Mechelen 3-1 Standard Liège: result and report

Pro League · Friday 1 October 2021

Result

Mechelen 3-1 Standard Liège

Pro League · Friday 1 October 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Mechelen 3-1 Standard Liège: match report

Mechelen defeated Standard Liège 3-1 in the Pro League on Friday 1 October 2021. The half-time score was 3-0.

Hugo Cuypers opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Hugo Cuypers (4'), Kerim Mrabti (10', penalty) and Sandy Walsh (18'). Standard Liège scored through Denis Dragus (82').

Discipline: Mechelen received 2 yellow cards; Standard Liège received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Mechelen were 10th on 13 points from 9 and Standard Liège 12th on 13 points from 9. Mechelen went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Standard Liège 14th with 36.

Mechelen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Standard Liège in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rob Schoofs of Mechelen (8.6), ahead of Vinicius de Souza Costa (8.2).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Hugo CuypersMechelen · 1-0
  • 10'Penalty goal · Kerim MrabtiMechelen · 2-0
  • 18'Goal · Sandy WalshMechelen · 3-0
  • 25'Yellow card · A. Al DakhilStandard Liège
  • 28'Yellow card · Selim AmallahStandard Liège
  • 28'Yellow card · Sandy WalshMechelen
  • 51'Yellow card · Nikola StormMechelen
  • 64'Yellow card · Nicolas GavoryStandard Liège
  • 82'Goal · Denis DragusStandard Liège · 3-1

Team news

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

Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Sheldon Bateau, Lucas Bijker, Samuel Oum Gouet, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Kerim Mrabti, Rob Schoofs, Nikola Storm, Hugo Cuypers

Standard Liège line-up (5-4-1)

Arnaud Bodart, Hugo Siquet, Nathan Ngoy, Ameen Al-Dakhil, Nicolas Gavory, Niels Nkounkou, Hamza Rafia, Gojko Cimirot, Samuel Bastien, Selim Amallah, João Klauss