LIEGE. Standard Liège manages to recover against OH Leuven with a goal on the X. Mercier 90′ and a goal on the S. Kaba 90′.
The match was played at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne stadium in Liege on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Kevin Van Damme who had the assistance of Michael Geerolf and Quentin Blaise. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.7 degrees Celsius or 44.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 18 Total 13
- 6 On Target 7
- 7 Off Target 4
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 114 Attack 108
- 62 Dangerous attack 53
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 16 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Standard Liège was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. OH Leuven that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Standard Liège was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Standard Liège to win the match.
Standard Liège shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, OH Leuven shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Standard Liège received 2 yellow cards (A. Tapsoba and N. Raskin). On the opposite side, OH Leuven received 1 yellow card (L. Shengelia).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Standard Liège will have 14 points like Sporting Charleroi and Sint-Truiden to stay in the 12th place. On the other side, OH Leuven will have 10 points to stay in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Standard Liège will play away with Cercle Brugge on the 23rd of October with a 20-3 head to head stats in favor of Standard Liège (4 draws).
OH Leuven will host Sint-Truiden on the 24th of October with a 7-3 head to head stats in favor of Sint-Truiden (2 draws).
Standard Liège – Formation
Standard Liège started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).
The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Arnaud Bodart , Hugo Siquet , Ameen Al-Dakhil , Noë Dussenne , Niels Nkounkou , Samuel Bastien , Nicolas Raskin , Abdoul Tapsoba , Selim Amallah , João Klauss and Denis Drăguş .
The home team had on the bench: Nicolas Gavory , Mehdi Carcela-González , Jackson Muleka , Aron Dønnum , L. Henkinet, Moussa Sissako and D. Peeters.
Substitutions
Standard Liège made 5 changes: S. Amallah for A. Donnum (46′), D. M. Dragus for M. Carcela-Gonzalez (67′), A. Tapsoba for N. Gavory (75′), N. Dussenne for M. Sissako (83′) and J. Klauss for J. Muleka (83′).
Best player: Denis Drăguş
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Standard Liège was Denis Drăguş.
His rating is with 1 goal, 37 passes (62% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.
OH Leuven – Formation
OH Leuven started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the opposite side, Marc Brys played with: Rafael Romo , Soufiane Chakla , Sébastien Dewaest , Cenk Özkaçar , Musa Al-Taamari , Mandela Keita , Alexis De Sart , Casper De Norre , Xavier Mercier , Mathieu Maertens and Siebe Schrijvers .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Yannick Aguemon , P. Ngawa, D. Ouédraogo, Sory Kaba , T. Vlietinck, R. Rúnarsson and Levan Shengelia .
Substitutions
OH Leuven made 3 changes: A. De Sart for S. Kaba (64′), M. Al-Tamari for Y. Aguemon (64′) and C. De Norre for L. Shengelia (83′).
Best player: Xavier Mercier
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for OH Leuven was Xavier Mercier.
His rating is with 1 goal, 52 passes (80% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Standard Liège – OH Leuven – 2-2
- Union Saint-Gilloise – RFC Seraing – 4-2
- Zulte-Waregem – Antwerp – 2-1
- KV Oostende – Cercle Brugge – 2-1