WAREGEM. Standard Liège was eventually too strong for Zulte-Waregem with the goal of N. Dussenne (78′ pen), S. Perica (87′) and S. Perica (90′). Standard Liège was surely better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Elindus Arena stadium in Waregem on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Jonathan Lardot with the collaboration of Florian Lemaire and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Matonga Simonini. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.8 degrees Celsius or 69.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Standard Liège was in firm control of the ball 62% while Zulte-Waregem was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Standard Liège had a more offensive attitude with 51 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Standard Liège won the match.​

Zulte-Waregem shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Standard Liège shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Zulte-Waregem received 1 yellow card (A. Ciranni). On the other side, Standard Liège received 1 yellow card (P. Zinckernagel).

(Zulte-Waregem) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Zulte-Waregem will stay with 11 points like RFC Seraing to sit in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Standard Liège will have 25 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Zulte-Waregem will host AS Eupen on the 12th of November with a 11-0 head to head in favor of Zulte-Waregem (3 draws).

Standard Liège will play away agasint AS Eupen on the 5th of November with a 9-2 head to head record in favor of Standard Liège (3 draws).

Zulte-Waregem – Formation

Zulte-Waregem started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager M’Baye Leye decided to play with the following team: Louis Bostyn (6.4), Alessandro Ciranni (6.7), Moudou Tambedou (7.1), Lukas Willen (6.9), Novatus Dismas (7.6), Abdoulaye Sissako (7.4), Nicolas Rommens (6.9), Lasse Vigen Christensen (7.0), Jelle Vossen (6.6), Zinho Gano (6.3) and Alieu Fadera (6.0).

The home team had on the bench: Dylan Demuynck, Alioune Ndour, Nnamdi Chinonso Offor (6.2), Ravy Tsouka (5.8), Oleksandr Drambaev, Pape Demba Diop, Lennert Hallaert and Sammy Bossut.

Substitutions

Zulte-Waregem made 4 changes: Z. Gano for C. Offor (67′), L. Vigen for R. Tsouka (67′), N. Miroshi for A. Drambayev (85′) and N. Rommens for A. Ndour (85′).

Best player: Novatus Dismas​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Zulte-Waregem was Novatus Dismas.

His rating is (7.6) with 29 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Standard Liège – Formation

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

Ronny Deila played with: Arnaud Bodart (7.1), Noë Dussenne (7.6), Merveille Bokadi (7.2), Konstantinos Laifis (6.5), Filippo Melegoni (7.4), Nicolas Raskin (7.3), Aron Dønnum (7.2), Steven Alzate (6.2), William Balikwisha (6.4), Philip Zinckernagel (6.9) and Denis Drăguş (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Aleksandar Boljević, Osher Davida, Nathan Ngoy, Laurent Henkinet, Stipe Perica (7.4), Jacob Laursen and Cihan Canak (6.4).

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 5 changes: D. M. Dragus for S. Perica (46′), S. Alzate for C. Canak (46′), P. Zinckernagel for J. Laursen (89′), A. Donnum for A. Boljevic (89′) and F. Melegoni for O. Davida (89′).

Best player: Noë Dussenne​

The player that probably impressed the most for Standard Liège was Noë Dussenne.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 61 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Zulte-Waregem – Standard Liège – 0-3
• Westerlo – Sint-Truiden – 2-3
• Kortrijk – Cercle Brugge – 1-1
• Club Brugge – KV Oostende – 4-2