SERAING. Liège tops RFC Seraing 4-0 after playing a incredible match. Reno Wilmots (16′), Alessio Cascio (53′), Ryan Merlen (55′) and Mohamed Mouhli (77′). RFC Seraing lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade du Pairay stadium in Seraing on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Lawrence Visser with the collaboration of Rien Vanyzere and Jordan Vandenborre. The 4th official was Theophile Diskeuve. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.07 degrees Celsius or 50.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

RFC Seraing had a superior ball possession 56% while Liège was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

RFC Seraing was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Liège was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

RFC Seraing shot 11 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Liège shot 16 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

RFC Seraing received 2 yellow cards (Djibril Diarra and Marvin Tshibuabua). On the other side, Liège received 2 yellow cards (Alessio Cascio and Zakaria Atteri).

Standings

After this contest, RFC Seraing stays with 18 points to hold in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Liège will has 35 points like Waasland-Beveren to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Challenger Pro League, RFC Seraing will play away with Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 24th of February with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Beerschot-Wilrijk (0 draws).

Liège will host Standard Liège II on the 24th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Standard Liège II (0 draws).

RFC Seraing – Formation

RFC Seraing adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager M’Baye Leye decided to play with the following team: Pape Sy (6.6), Cheikhou Ndiaye (6.1), Marvin Tshibuabua (6.3), Sandro Trémoulet (6.4), Oussmane Kébé (6.0), Djibril Diarra (7.3), Édouard Soumah-Abbad (6.3), Christophe Lepoint (6.8), Mathieu Cachbach (7.0), Valentin Guillaume (6.7) and Pape Moussa Fall (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Noah Solheid, Lucas Margueron, Alama Bayo (6.6), Harrison Ondo-Eyi (6.4), Nelson Balongo (7.0), Désiré Segbé Azankpo, Yannis Lawson (6.6), Lilian Raillot (7.3) and Mahamadou Dembélé.

Substitutions

RFC Seraing made 4 changes: Édouard Soumah-Abbad for Lilian Raillot (46′), Djibril Diarra for Alama Bayo (46′), Valentin Guillaume for Nelson Balongo (46′) and Mathieu Cachbach for Harrison Ondo-Eyi (68′).

Player of the match: Djibril Diarra​

The player that probably impressed the most for RFC Seraing was Djibril Diarra.

His rating is 7.3 with 24 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 6.

Liège – Formation

Also Liège adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Gaëtan Englebert played with: Kevin Debaty (8.1), Benoit Nyssen (8.5), Benjamin Edouardo Lambot (7.5), Jordan Bustin (7.1), Lucca Lucker (7.3), Reno Wilmots (7.8), Alessio Cascio (6.7), Ryan Merlen (8.1), Yannick Gaby Loemba (7.7), Benoit Bruggeman (7.3) and Zakaria Atteri (6.3).

They had on the bench: Jérémie Lioka Lima, Benjamin Van den Ackerveken, Mohamed Mouhli (7.7), Damien Mouchamps, Tom Panepinto, Emilien Massart, Joshua Mpenza and Maxime Cavelier (7.5).

Substitutions

Liège made 5 changes: Alessio Cascio for Maxime Cavelier (75′), Yannick Gaby Loemba for Mohamed Mouhli (76′), Benoit Bruggeman for Emilien Massart (87′), Zakaria Atteri for Tom Panepinto (88′) and Ryan Merlen for Damien Mouchamps (88′).

Player of the match: Benoit Nyssen​

The most impressive player for Liège was Benoit Nyssen even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.5 with 40 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Challenger Pro League.​

• Dender – Waasland-Beveren – 1-0
• Lommel United – KV Oostende – 0-1
• RFC Seraing – Liège – 0-4