Match Summary · Football · Belgium · Pro League · Gent · Standard Liege · Jose Vergara · Casper Nielsen · Dennis Dargahi
| Metric | Gent | Standard Liege |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 44% | 56% |
| Shots | 9 | 12 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 4 |
| Shots off target | 2 | 3 |
| Corners | 5 | 6 |
| Fouls | 11 | 5 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 0 | 1 |
| Goalkeeper saves | 3 | 4 |
Before the breakthrough, Gent made its first substitution at 26 minutes, with Maksim Paskotsi replacing Mouhamed El Bachir Ngom. Vergara put the hosts ahead at 30 minutes, but Standard Liege answered at the end of the half: Dargahi assisted Nielsen’s equalizer at 45 minutes. The teams went into the interval level at 1-1.
After the restart, Gent brought on Leonardo Lopes and Hyllarion Goore around 71 minutes, while Standard replaced Dargahi with Bruny Nsimba. Siebe Van Der Heyden received a yellow card at 75 minutes. The score stayed level until De Vlieger set up Burgess to restore Gent’s lead at 82 minutes. Standard made two more substitutions at 86 minutes, and Gent changed Jose Vergara and Momodou Lamin Sonko at 90 as the hosts held on through full-time.
The match summary was shaped by three goals, with Burgess’s late finish deciding the result. League stats listed Gent third on 28 points after 11 matches, with Standard eighth on 15.
Our exact score call landed: 2-1. The pre-match prediction matched the final score at 2-1.