Standard Liege vs Kortrijk 1-1

Kortrijk left Maurice Dufrasne with a point after G. Koyalipou’s stoppage-time penalty in the first half and S. Drammeh’s equaliser after the break. The match finished 1-1.

Kortrijk struck in the 45th minute plus one when Koyalipou converted from the spot to make it 1-0. Standard Liege had already picked up bookings for I. Hautekiet on 5 minutes, A. Trouillet on 30 minutes and A. Abid in first-half stoppage time, while Kortrijk’s A. Drouhin was booked on 15 minutes and T. Ambrose on 49. The interval arrived with Standard Liege 0-1 Kortrijk.

Standard Liege made a change at the break, B. Nsimba replacing A. Zeqiri, and the equaliser came on 63 minutes when Drammeh scored from I. Hautekiet’s assist to make it 1-1. Kortrijk responded with changes on 67 and then a double switch on 76 minutes, and Standard Liege also sent on B. Nguene for D. Eckert on 81 minutes. J. van Landschoot was booked on 71 minutes before Kortrijk made two more late changes on 88 and 89 minutes, but neither side found a winner.

Standard Liege had 60% of the possession and 480 passes to Kortrijk’s 315, with 74% pass accuracy compared with 65%. They also led 16-12 for shots, 6-5 on target, 9-3 for corners and 1.31-1.2 for expected goals. Kortrijk still forced 5 saves from Standard Liege’s goalkeeper, while Standard Liege had 4 saves at the other end and committed 7 fouls to Kortrijk’s 14.

Both sides finished with 3 yellow cards. Standard Liege’s cautions went to I. Hautekiet, A. Trouillet and A. Abid, while Kortrijk’s were shown to A. Drouhin, T. Ambrose and J. van Landschoot.