Match Report
Kortrijk (3rd, 37 pts) visited Standard Liège (6th, 27 pts) with 10 points between them. The last five rounds placed Standard Liège no better than 25th for form, against 6th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Standard Liège 0.68 scored and 1.08 conceded per game, Kortrijk 1.11 and 1.75, with the league averaging 1.36.
6 games without a win framed Standard Liège's arrival. Kortrijk had gone 5 games without a win.
40 meetings are on record — 18 won by Standard Liège, 15 by Kortrijk, 7 drawn, at 2.68 goals per meeting. The fixture has tightened lately: 1.4 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 2.68 all-time.
Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Liege, capacity 27,670, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Standard Liège: D. Eckert Ayensa (50')