Match Report
Standard Liège II, 16th on 17 points, faced a 32-point deficit to Liège (7th, 49). RFC Liège had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 7th overall. Per game in the league, Liège were scoring 1.63 and conceding 1.37, Standard Liège II 0.83 and 2, against a competition average of 1.42 goals per team per game.
Standard Liège II had lost seven in a row. The last-five ledger: Liège 9/15, Standard Liège II 0/15.
Stade Rue de la Tonne in Liege, capacity 8,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.