VWinner of Lyra-Lierse in the Cup during the week, Standard hosts Sint-Truiden this Saturday afternoon during the 13th day of the Pro League. Les Rouches are in 9th with 15 points. While Felice Mazzu’s men have only one point less than Standard but are 14th in the standings.
Highlights of the meeting:
Standard came into the match very well. After only 4 minutes, a nice combination between Fossey and Price on the right flank brought the first chance of the game. But the Northern Irishman’s shot missed.
The Liégeois concluded their great period of domination by opening the score at the half-hour mark. O’Neill received the ball on the right flank and delivered a magnificent cross into the second zone. Zeqiri passed the defender and opened the scoring.
7 minutes later, Sint-Truiden created a big chance of coming back to score. On a quick reconversion, Bertaccini was in a very good position but it took a good intervention from Epolo to prevent the Canaries from equalizing.
What a save from Kokubo to keep Sint-Truiden in the match. 5 minutes before the break, Sotiris collected the ball at the edge of the area, played with two players before unleashing a magnificent strike. The Japanese goalkeeper intervened perfectly.
After this strike from Sotiris, a penalty was finally awarded to Liege for a foul on Ayensa, after intervention by the VAR. Zeqiri took charge of transforming it and scored a double to make the break.
Standard’s first real error in this match. Lawrence received a complicated ball from Camara behind. Instead of clearing the ball, the Briton tried to play clean. He lost the ball to Patris. In a nice triangle game, Dumont received the ball at the entrance to the rectangle. He finished with a nice shot into the top corner.
The compositions
Standard : Epolo, Šutalo, Hautekiet, Lawrence, Fossey, Camara, O’Neill, Sotíris, Price, Zeqiri & Ayensa
Saint-Trond : Kokubo, Ogawa, Taniguchi, Fujita, Ito, Zahiroleslam, Patris, Van Helden, Godeau, Vanwesemael, Bertaccini.
