LIEGE. Union Saint-Gilloise prevails over Standard Liège 3-1. Union Saint-Gilloise capitalized on its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne stadium in Liege on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen with the help of Mathias Hillaert and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Bert Put. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.6 degrees Celsius or 43.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Standard Liège

1 - 3

Union Saint-Gilloise

  • 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
  • 5 Total 13
  • 1 On Target 5
  • 4 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 3
  • 83 Attack 133
  • 29 Dangerous attack 63
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 18 Total 12
  • 4 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Union Saint-Gilloise had a strong ball possession 56% while Standard Liège was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Union Saint-Gilloise was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Union Saint-Gilloise won the match.​

Standard Liège shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Standard Liège received 4 yellow cards (M. Cafaro, J. van Damme, G. Dewaele and S. Bastien). On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise received 2 yellow cards (C. Burgess and C. Nielsen).

Match Timeline

9'
21'
22'
24'
Joachim Van Damme- Yellow
28'
36'
Christian Burgess- Yellow
57'
57'
Gilles Dewaele- Yellow
61'
70'
79'
Nathan Ngoy - sub ->N. Dussenne
79'
79'
83'
85'
86'
Cameron Puertas- sub ->J. Lazare Amani
88'
88'
89'

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 playing this encounter, Standard Liège will stay with 36 points to remain in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise will have 74 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Standard Liège will play away against Sint-Truiden on the 10th of April with a 11-6 head to head in favor of Sint-Truiden (10 draws).

Union Saint-Gilloise will host Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 10th of April with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Beerschot-Wilrijk (3 draws).

Standard Liège – Formation

Standard Liège
G
Laurent Henkinet 30.Belgium
6.2
D
Noë Dussenne 6.Belgium
7.1
79'
D
Moussa Sissako 5.Mali
7.4
24'
D
Merveille Bokadi 20.DR Congo
6.6
M
Gilles Dewaele 2.Belgium
6.7
61'
M
Joachim Van Damme 13.Belgium
6.6
57' 28'
M
Mathieu Cafaro 24.France
6.8
21'
M
Selim Amallah 19.Morocco
6.1
57'
M
Damjan Pavlovic 4.Serbia
6.8
79'
F
M. Carcela-González 10.Morocco
6.9
79'
F
Renaud Emond 18.Belgium
6.6
Substitutes
G
Matthieu Epolo 40.Belgium
D
Nathan Ngoy 33.Belgium
6.6
79'
D
Niels Nkounkou 14.France
5.7
79'
M
Gojko Cimirot 8.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.7
57'
M
Samuel Bastien 28.Belgium
6.6
57' 88'
F
Denis Drăguş 7.Romania
6.4
79'
F
Abdoul Tapsoba 23.Burkina Faso

Standard Liège adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 5 changes: S. Amallah for S. Bastien (57′), J. van Damme for G. Cimirot (57′), M. Carcela-Gonzalez for D. M. Dragus (79′), N. Dussenne for N. Ngoy (79′) and D. Pavlovic for N. Nkounkou (79′).

Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation

Union Saint-Gilloise
G
Anthony Moris 49.Luxembourg
6.1
D
Christian Burgess 16.England
6.9
36'
D
Jonas Bager 4.Denmark
6.8
D
Siebe Van der Heyden 44.Belgium
6.8
85'
M
Bart Nieuwkoop 2.Netherlands
8.1
70'
M
Teddy Teuma 17.Malta
7.4
22' 9'
M
Casper Nielsen 6.Denmark
8.0
88' 83'
M
L. Amani 8.Ivory Coast
6.2
86'
M
Kaoru Mitoma 18.Japan
6.8
89'
F
Deniz Undav 9.Germany
6.9
F
Loïc Lapoussin 94.France
6.4
Substitutes
G
L. Pirard 21.Belgium
D
Ismaël Kandouss 59.Morocco
6.4
85'
D
Guillaume François 19.Belgium
M
Ilyes Ziani 24.Morocco
M
Cameron Puertas 23.Spain
6.6
86'
M
Dillon Sheppard 25.France
6.7
22'
F
Álex Millán 11.Spain
89'

Also Union Saint-Gilloise adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Felice Mazzù played with: .

Union Saint-Gilloise could not rely on the presence of D. Marcq (injured) and I. Kandouss (injured).

Substitutions

Union Saint-Gilloise made 4 changes: T. Teuma for D. Marcq (22′), S. Van Der Heyden for I. Kandouss (85′), J. Lazare Amani for A. Millan (86′) and K. Mitoma for A. Millan (89′).

Results of the day

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