KORTRIJK. Standard Liège beats Kortrijk 1-0 after S. Amallah scored just 1 goal (77′).

The match was played at the Guldensporenstadion stadium in Kortrijk on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Erik Lambrechts assisted by Rien Vanyzere and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Jordy Vermeire. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Kortrijk

0 - 1

Standard Liège

  • 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
  • 12 Total 10
  • 1 On Target 3
  • 9 Off Target 3
  • 2 Shots blocked 4
  • 133 Attack 123
  • 38 Dangerous attack 42
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 16 Total 19
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Kortrijk was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Standard Liège that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Standard Liège was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Standard Liège won the match.​

Kortrijk shot 12 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Standard Liège shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Kortrijk didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Standard Liège received 3 yellow cards (A. Tapsoba, M. Cafaro and G. Cimirot).

Match Timeline

13'
57'
58'
68'
68'
70'
72'
77'
84'
84'
87'
87'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Club Brugge
50
6
Gent
43
6
Union Saint-Gilloise
46
6
Genk
37
6
Sporting Charleroi
34
6
Anderlecht
40
6
Mechelen
30
6
Antwerp
36
6
Sint-Truiden
51
34
Cercle Brugge
45
34
OH Leuven
41
34
KV Oostende
37
34
Kortrijk
37
34
Standard Liège
36
34
AS Eupen
32
34
Zulte-Waregem
32
34
RFC Seraing
28
34
Beerschot-Wilrijk
16
34

After this match, Kortrijk will stay with 37 points to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Standard Liège will have 36 points to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Kortrijk will play away with Mechelen on the 2nd of April with a 13-9 head to head stats in favor of Kortrijk (9 draws).

Standard Liège will host Union Saint-Gilloise on the 3rd of April with a 1-1 head to head.

Kortrijk – Formation

Kortrijk
G
Marko Ilic 31.Serbia
6.7
D
Trent Sainsbury 5.Australia
6.8
D
Aleksandar Radovanović 66.Serbia
6.8
D
Tsuyoshi Watanabe 4.Japan
6.8
D
N. Mehssatou 25.Chile
6.9
M
K. Vandendriessche 26.France
6.8
87'
M
Sambou Sissoko 14.Mali
7.3
87'
M
A. Kadri 18.Algeria
7.8
M
Marlos Moreno 29.Colombia
7.3
M
Dylan Mbayo 7.Belgium
6.4
70'
F
Jesaja Herrmann 39.Germany
6.2
58'
Substitutes
G
Maxim Deman 16.Belgium
D
L. Rougeaux 6.France
D
B. Reynolds 2.United States
M
A. Palaversa 8.Croatia
6.8
87'
M
Amine Benchaib 11.Belgium
6.8
87'
M
M. Jonckheere 27.Belgium
M
Tsotne Bendianishvili 22.Georgia
F
David Henen 77.Togo
6.8
70'
F
Billal Messaoudi 9.Algeria
6.4
58'

Kortrijk started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Karim Belhocine decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Kortrijk made 4 changes: C. Herrmann for B. Messaoudi (58′), D. Mbayo for D. Henen (70′), S. Sissoko for A. Benchaib (87′) and K. Vandendriessche for A. Palaversa (87′).

Standard Liège – Formation

Standard Liège
G
Laurent Henkinet 30.Belgium
7.4
D
Noë Dussenne 6.Belgium
6.8
D
Nathan Ngoy 33.Belgium
6.9
D
Merveille Bokadi 20.DR Congo
7.6
M
Gilles Dewaele 2.Belgium
6.2
M
Alexandro Calut 31.Belgium
6.8
57'
M
Gojko Cimirot 8.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.2
84'
M
Samuel Bastien 28.Belgium
7.1
F
Mathieu Cafaro 24.France
7.3
84' 72'
F
Renaud Emond 18.Belgium
6.6
68'
F
Abdoul Tapsoba 23.Burkina Faso
6.7
68' 13'
Substitutes
G
Arnaud Bodart 16.Belgium
M
M. Carcela-González 10.Morocco
6.3
84'
M
Selim Amallah 19.Morocco
7.6
68' 77'
M
Damjan Pavlovic 4.Serbia
6.2
57'
M
Joachim Van Damme 13.Belgium
M
Aron Dønnum 11.Norway
F
Denis Drăguş 7.Romania
6.6
68'

Standard Liège started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Luka Elsner played with: .

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 4 changes: A. Calut for D. Pavlovic (57′), R. Emond for S. Amallah (68′), A. Tapsoba for D. M. Dragus (68′) and M. Cafaro for M. Carcela-Gonzalez (84′).

Results of the day

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