Match Report
20 points separated the sides: Sint-Truiden 3rd on 57, Standard Liège 2nd on 37. Sint-Truiden had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Standard Liège were scoring 1.7 and conceding 1.1, Sint-Truiden 1.57 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 30 games: 7 Standard Liège wins, 12 for Sint-Truiden, 11 draws, at 2.3 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Stade Maurice Dufrasne (capacity 27,670). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Standard Liège: Casper Nielsen (20') · Sint-Truiden: Keisuke Goto (35'), Keisuke Goto (63')
Key stats
Possession: Standard Liège 31% · Sint-Truiden 69% · Total shots: 5-16 · On target: 2-3 · Corners: 1-5