SINT TRUIDEN. Standard Liège beat Sint-Truiden to win 2-1. It was Standard Liège to strike first with a goal of D. M. Dragus at the 26′. Then T. Leistner scored again for Standard Liège in the 43′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, C. Bruls reduced the distance for Sint-Truiden a penalty (63′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sint-Truiden lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadion Stayen stadium in Sint Truiden on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Alexandre Boucaut who was helped by Quentin Lesceux and Michele Seeldraeyers. The 4th official was Michiel Allaerts.

Match Statistics​

Sint-Truiden

1 - 2

Standard Liège

  • 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
  • 22 Total 12
  • 4 On Target 3
  • 18 Off Target 9
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 137 Attack 90
  • 50 Dangerous attack 29
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 0
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 12 Total 14
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 7 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sint-Truiden had a superior ball possession 58% while Standard Liège was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sint-Truiden was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Standard Liège was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Sint-Truiden shot 22 times, 4 on target, 18 off target. Talking about the opposition, Standard Liège shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Sint-Truiden didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Standard Liège received 3 yellow cards (A. Donnum, S. Amallah and F. Melegoni).

Match Timeline

26'
41'
43'
46'
Aboubakary Koita- sub ->D. Hayashi
46'
46'
57'
59'
63'
66'
71'
71'
S. Perica- sub ->D. M. Dragus
72'
Fatih Kaya- sub ->S. Okazaki
77'
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, Sint-Truiden will stay with 10 points like Anderlecht to hold in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Standard Liège will have 13 points like OH Leuven and Union Saint-Gilloise to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Sint-Truiden will host Sporting Charleroi on the 14th of October with a 11-5 head to head stats in favor of Sporting Charleroi (12 draws).

Standard Liège will host RFC Seraing on the 30th of September with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Sint-Truiden – Formation

Sint-Truiden
G
Daniel Schmidt 21.Japan
5.9
D
Toni Leistner 37.Germany
6.5
D
Ameen Al-Dakhil 3.Belgium
7.0
D
Wolke Janssens 22.Belgium
6.5
M
Daiki Hashioka 4.Japan
7.0
M
Shinji Kagawa 10.Japan
6.4
46'
M
Christian Brüls 44.Belgium
8.2
63'
M
Mory Konaté 6.Guinea
6.8
M
Stan Van Dessel 19.Belgium
6.4
46'
F
Shinji Okazaki 30.Japan
6.5
77'
F
Daichi Hayashi 8.Japan
6.5
46'
Substitutes
G
Jo Coppens 12.Belgium
D
R. Bauer 20.Germany
D
Eric Junior Bocat 77.France
M
Frank Boya 27.Cameroon
7.4
46'
F
Aboubakary Koita 7.Mauritania
7.1
46'
F
G. Bruno 91.Belgium
6.8
46'
F
Fatih Kaya 11.Germany
6.9
77'

Sint-Truiden adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Bernd Hollerbach decided to play with the following team: Daniel Schmidt (5.9), Wolke Janssens (6.5), Toni Leistner (6.5), Ameen Al-Dakhil (7.0), Daiki Hashioka (7.0), Shinji Kagawa (6.4), Mory Konate (6.8), Christian Brüls (8.2), Stan Van Dessel (6.4), Shinji Okazaki (6.5) and Daichi Hayashi (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Robert Bauer, Eric Bocat, Aboubakary Koita (7.1), Gianni Bruno (6.8), Jo Coppens, Fatih Kaya (6.9) and Frank Boya (7.4).

Substitutions

Sint-Truiden made 4 changes: S. Kagawa for G. Bruno (46′), D. Hayashi for A. Koita (46′), S. van Dessel for F. Boya (46′) and S. Okazaki for F. Kaya (77′).

Best player: Christian Brüls​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sint-Truiden was Christian Brüls.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 64 passes (85% accurate) and 8 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 14 crosses.

Standard Liège – Formation

Standard Liège
G
Arnaud Bodart 16.Belgium
7.3
D
Noë Dussenne 6.Belgium
6.8
D
Nathan Ngoy 3.Belgium
6.7
41'
D
Merveille Bokadi 20.DR Congo
7.3
M
Gilles Dewaele 2.Belgium
7.0
M
Gojko Cimirot 8.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.7
59'
M
Aron Dønnum 11.Norway
6.9
71' 57'
M
Nicolas Raskin 26.Belgium
7.3
M
William Balikwisha 22.Belgium
6.8
72'
F
Selim Amallah 19.Morocco
7.1
66'
F
Denis Drăguş 7.Romania
7.4
71' 26'
Substitutes
G
Laurent Henkinet 30.Belgium
D
Jacob Barrett Laursen 38.Denmark
6.8
41'
M
Filippo Melegoni 21.Italy
6.5
59' 90'
M
C. Çanak 61.Belgium
F
S. Perica 28.Croatia
6.1
71'
F
Philip Zinckernagel 77.Denmark
7.1
72'
F
O. Davida 17.Israel
6.5
71'

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

Ronny Deila played with: Arnaud Bodart (7.3), Noë Dussenne (6.8), Merveille Bokadi (7.3), Nathan Ngoy (6.7), Gilles Dewaele (7.0), William Balikwisha (6.8), Gojko Cimirot (6.7), Nicolas Raskin (7.3), Aron Dønnum (6.9), Selim Amallah (7.1) and Denis Drăguş (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Stipe Perica (6.1), Jacob Laursen (6.8), Filippo Melegoni (6.5), Philip Zinckernagel (7.1), Laurent Henkinet, Cihan Canak and Osher Davida (6.5).

Standard Liège could not rely on the presence of J. Laursen (injured).

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 5 changes: N. Ngoy for J. Laursen (41′), G. Cimirot for F. Melegoni (59′), A. Donnum for O. Davida (71′), D. M. Dragus for S. Perica (71′) and W. Balikwisha for P. Zinckernagel (72′).

Best player: Denis Drăguş​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Standard Liège was Denis Drăguş.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 14 passes (64% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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