Mechelen 2-1 Standard Liège: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 20 November 2016
Result
Mechelen 2-1 Standard Liège
Pro League · Sunday 20 November 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Mechelen 2-1 Standard Liège: match report
Mechelen beat Standard Liège 2-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 20 November 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Orlando Sá opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Mats Rits (45') and N. Verdier (53'). Standard Liège scored through Orlando Sá (26').
Discipline: Mechelen received 2 yellow cards; Standard Liège received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Mechelen were 10th on 19 points from 14 and Standard Liège 9th on 21 points from 14. Mechelen went on to finish that season 8th with 48 points, and Standard Liège 9th with 41.
Mechelen lined up in a 3-4-3 and Standard Liège in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Mechelen win, 0 draws and 1 for Standard Liège.
Going into the match Mechelen's last five read D-W-L-W-L and Standard Liège's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Orlando Sá
- 30'Yellow card · Collins Fai
- 43'Yellow card · I. Belfodil
- 45'Goal · Mats Rits
- 53'Goal · N. Verdier
- 67'Yellow card · Orlando Sá
- 77'Yellow card · Dimitrios Kolovos
- 79'Yellow card · Isaac Mbenza
- 89'Yellow card · Mats Rits
Head-to-head
Team news
Mechelen line-up (3-4-3)
Colin Coosemans, Uroš Vitas, Yuan Chen Xavier Tsan, Edin Cocalić, Aleksandar Bjelica, Ahmed El Messaoudi, Mats Rits, Dimitrios Kolovos, Nils Schouterden, Nicolas Verdier, Yohan Croizet
Standard Liège line-up (4-4-2)
Guillaume Hubert, Alexander Scholz, Darwin Andrade, C. Fai, Konstantinos Laifis, Matthieu Dossevi, Edmílson Junior, Adrien Trébel, Ibrahima Cisse, Orlando Sá, Ishak Belfodil