Match Report
18 points separated the sides: Lierse Kempenzonen 11th on 35, Standard Liège II 16th on 17. Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Standard Liège II 0.83 scored and 2 conceded per game, Lierse Kempenzonen 1.47 and 1.97, with the league averaging 1.42.
Standard Liège II had gone 11 games without a win. Standard Liège II had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Lierse Kempenzonen, 9.
The match was played at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Liege (capacity 27,670). On the scoreboard, Lierse Kempenzonen led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.