KORTRIJK. Standard Liège defeats Kortrijk 1-0 after S. Amallah scored just 1 goal (83′).

K. Vandendriessche received a red card (76′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Kortrijk lost the match.

The match was played at the Guldensporenstadion stadium in Kortrijk on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Lothar D’hondt with the assistance of Tom Vanpoucke and Philippe Vandecauter. The 4th official was Wim Smet. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.5 degrees Celsius or 74.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.​

Match Statistics​

Kortrijk

0 - 1

Standard Liège

  • 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
  • 6 Total 16
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 3 Off Target 11
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 87 Attack 108
  • 32 Dangerous attack 74
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 9
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 10 Total 19
  • 4 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Kortrijk was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Standard Liège that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Standard Liège was more pushing with 74 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Standard Liège won the match.​

Kortrijk shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Standard Liège shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Kortrijk received 4 yellow cards (M. Bruno, S. Tanaka, K. Vandendriessche and K. Belhocine). Talking about the opposition, Standard Liège received 3 yellow cards (M. Bokadi, A. Donnum and N. Ngoy).

K. Vandendriessche (Kortrijk) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (76′).

Match Timeline

M. Bruno- Yellow
20'
24'
Merveille Bokadi - Yellow
45'
46'
53'
Nathan Ngoy - Yellow
54'
56'
62'
63'
F. Avenatti- sub ->P. Gueye
63'
63'
76'
78'
81'
83'
89'
L. Noubi- sub ->A. Donnum
89'
C. Çanak- sub ->W. Balikwisha
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Gent
44
6
Antwerp
47
6
Cercle Brugge
36
6
Genk
46
6
Union Saint-Gilloise
46
6
Westerlo
30
6
Standard Liège
30
6
Club Brugge
36
6
OH Leuven
48
34
Sporting Charleroi
48
34
Anderlecht
46
34
Sint-Truiden
42
34
Mechelen
40
34
Kortrijk
31
34
AS Eupen
28
34
Zulte-Waregem
27
34
KV Oostende
27
34
RFC Seraing
20
34

After playing this match, Kortrijk will stay with 4 points to sit in the 17th place. On the other side, Standard Liège will have 7 points like Mechelen to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Kortrijk will play away with AS Eupen on the 3rd of September with a 8-6 head to head stats in favor of Kortrijk (8 draws).

Standard Liège will host KV Oostende on the 3rd of September with a 9-8 head to head in favor of Standard Liège (3 draws).

Kortrijk – Formation

Kortrijk
G
Marko Ilic 31.Serbia
7.0
D
D. Dessoleil 24.Belgium
6.4
D
Aleksandar Radovanović 66.Serbia
7.6
D
Tsuyoshi Watanabe 4.Japan
7.7
M
Kristof D'Haene 30.Belgium
7.1
M
K. Vandendriessche 26.France
6.7
76'
M
Habib Keïta 12.Mali
6.6
46'
M
M. Bruno 70.Belgium
6.7
62' 20'
M
F. Selemani 10.France
6.2
81'
F
Didier Lamkel Zé 22.Cameroon
6.4
78'
F
Pape Habib Gueye 17.Senegal
6.7
63'
Substitutes
G
T. Vandenberghe 1.Belgium
G
Maxim Deman 16.Belgium
D
João Silva 44.Portugal
M
S. Tanaka 32.Japan
7.0
46' 54'
M
Alexandre De Bruyn 21.Belgium
6.5
78'
M
Luca Foubert 5.Belgium
F
David Henen 77.Togo
6.4
81'
F
F. Avenatti 20.Uruguay
6.8
63'
F
Billal Messaoudi 9.Algeria
6.6
62'

Kortrijk adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Karim Belhocine decided to play with the following team: Marko Ilić (7.0), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (7.7), Dorian Dessoleil (6.4), Aleksandar Radovanović (7.6), Faïz Selemani (6.2), Massimo Bruno (6.7), Kevin Vandendriessche (6.7), Habib Keita (6.6), Kristof D’Haene (7.1), Pape Habib Gueye (6.7) and Didier Lamkel Zé (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Satoshi Tanaka (7.0), Tom Vandenberghe, Maxim De Man, David Henen (6.4), Felipe Avenatti (6.8), Alexandre De Bruyn (6.5), João Silva, Billal Messaoudi (6.6) and Luca Foubert.

Substitutions

Kortrijk made 5 changes: H. Keita for S. Tanaka (46′), P. Gueye for F. Avenatti (62′), M. Bruno for B. Messaoudi (62′), D. Lamkel Ze for A. De Bruyn (78′) and F. Selemani for D. Henen (81′).

Best player: Tsuyoshi Watanabe​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kortrijk was Tsuyoshi Watanabe.

His rating is (7.7) with 51 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

Standard Liège – Formation

Standard Liège
G
Arnaud Bodart 16.Belgium
7.2
D
Konstantinos Laifis 34.Cyprus
7.0
D
Nathan Ngoy 3.Belgium
7.4
53'
D
Merveille Bokadi 20.DR Congo
7.0
24'
M
Gojko Cimirot 8.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.1
M
Aleksandar Boljević 18.Montenegro
7.1
63'
M
Selim Amallah 19.Morocco
7.2
83'
M
Aron Dønnum 11.Norway
8.0
89' 45'
M
William Balikwisha 22.Belgium
7.2
89'
F
Renaud Emond 9.Belgium
7.0
90'
F
Denis Drăguş 7.Romania
6.4
63'
Substitutes
G
Laurent Henkinet 30.Belgium
D
Gilles Dewaele 2.Belgium
D
L. Noubi 51.Belgium
89'
M
E. Shamir 15.Israel
90'
M
Nicolas Raskin 26.Belgium
6.8
63'
M
C. Çanak 61.Belgium
89'
F
O. Davida 17.Israel
6.6
63'

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

Ronny Deila played with: Arnaud Bodart (7.2), Nathan Ngoy (7.4), Merveille Bokadi (7.0), Konstantinos Laifis (7.0), Aleksandar Boljević (7.1), William Balikwisha (7.2), Gojko Cimirot (7.1), Selim Amallah (7.2), Aron Dønnum (8.0), Denis Drăguş (6.4) and Renaud Emond (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Eden Shamir, Laurent Henkinet, Gilles Dewaele, Lucas Noubi, Nicolas Raskin (6.8), Osher Davida (6.6) and Cihan Canak.

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 5 changes: D. M. Dragus for O. Davida (62′), A. Boljevic for N. Raskin (63′), A. Donnum for L. Noubi Ngnokam (89′), W. Balikwisha for C. Canak (89′) and R. Emond for E. Shamir (90′).

Best player: Aron Dønnum​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Standard Liège was Aron Dønnum even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 32 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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