Gent 2-1 Standard Liège: result and report

Pro League · Friday 18 September 2026

Result

Gent 2-1 Standard Liège

Pro League · Friday 18 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Gent · Standard Liège

Gent 2-1 Standard Liège: match report

Gent beat Standard Liège 2-1 in the Pro League on Friday 18 September 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

José Mendieta opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Gent's goals came from José Mendieta (31') and Christian Burgess (83'). Standard Liège scored through Casper Nielsen (45+3').

Discipline: Gent received 1 yellow card; Standard Liège received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Gent were 2nd on 13 points from 5 and Standard Liège 6th on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Pro League season and is kept for reference.

Gent lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Standard Liège in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Burgess of Gent (8.0), ahead of Siebe Van der Heyden (7.4).

Going into the match Gent's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Standard Liège's L-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · José MendietaGent · 1-0
  • 45+3'Goal · Casper NielsenStandard Liège · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Siebe Van der HeydenGent
  • 83'Goal · Christian BurgessGent · 2-1

Team news

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Gent line-up (3-4-2-1)

Davy Roef, Mouhamed Ngom, Christian Burgess, Siebe Van der Heyden, Matties Volckaert, Tibe De Vlieger, Mathias Delorge, Tiago Araújo, Michel-Ange Balikwisha, Momodou Sonko, José Mendieta

Standard Liège line-up (4-3-3)

Matthieu Epolo, Marlon Fossey, Ibrahim Karamoko, Ibe Hautekiet, Henry Lawrence, Casper Nielsen, Alexis Trouillet, Rayan Touzghar, Salieu Drammeh, Dennis Eckert Ayensa, Adnane Abid