Match Report
4 points for Standard Liège (3rd), 12 for Benfica (2nd): an 8-point gap. Standard Liège ranked just 33rd in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Standard Liège 1.17 scored and 2.33 conceded per game, Benfica 3 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.55.
Benfica arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Standard Liège held 6 points of 15 and Benfica 13.
Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Liege staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,670. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.