Standard Liège 3-2 Mechelen: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 26 August 2012
Result
Standard Liège 3-2 Mechelen
Pro League · Sunday 26 August 2012, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Standard Liège 3-2 Mechelen: match report
Standard Liège defeated Mechelen 3-2 in the Pro League on Sunday 26 August 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Yoni Buyens opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Standard Liège's goals came from Yoni Buyens (56'), Imoh Ezekiel (58') and Ignacio González (65', penalty). Mechelen scored through Mads Junker (67') and Thomas Enevoldsen (90+3').
Discipline: Standard Liège received 4 yellow cards; Mechelen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Standard Liège were 4th on 7 points from 4 and Mechelen 12th on 5 points from 4. Standard Liège went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and Mechelen 9th with 51.
Going into the match Standard Liège's last five read W-W-D-L and Mechelen's L-D-D-W.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Steven De Petter
- 21'Yellow card · M. Biset
- 30'Yellow card · Reginal Goreux
- 45+1'Yellow card · Jelle Van Damme
- 50'Yellow card · Laurent Ciman
- 56'Goal · Yoni Buyens
- 58'Goal · Imoh Ezekiel
- 65'Penalty goal · Ignacio González
- 67'Goal · Mads Junker
- 78'Yellow card · Frédéric Bulot
- 90+3'Goal · Thomas Enevoldsen
Team news
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Standard Liège line-up
Eiji Kawashima, Reginal Goreux, Laurent Ciman, S. Pocognoli, Jelle Van Damme, Ignacio González, Frédéric Bulot, Yoni Buyens, Luis Manuel Seijas, William Vainqueur, Imoh Ezekiel
Mechelen line-up
Olivier Renard, Seth De Witte, Yuan Chen Xavier Tsan, Maxime Biset, Anthony Van Loo, Steven De Petter, Wannes Van Tricht, Alessandro Cordaro, Mads Junker, Thomas Enevoldsen, David Destorme