Antwerp 2-3 Standard Liège: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 12 December 2021

Result

Antwerp 2-3 Standard Liège

Pro League · Sunday 12 December 2021, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Antwerp · Standard Liège · Pro League predictions

Antwerp 2-3 Standard Liège: match report

Antwerp lost to Standard Liège 2-3 in the Pro League on Sunday 12 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Konstantinos Laifis opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Antwerp's goals came from Björn Engels (66') and Michel-Ange Balikwisha (77'). Standard Liège scored through Konstantinos Laifis (57'), Mehdi Carcela-González (87') and Jackson Muleka (89').

Discipline: Antwerp received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Standard Liège received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Antwerp were 2nd on 33 points from 17 and Standard Liège 13th on 20 points from 17. Antwerp went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Standard Liège 14th with 36.

Antwerp lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Standard Liège in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Manuel Benson of Antwerp (8.3), ahead of Konstantinos Laifis (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Antwerp wins, 5 draws and 2 for Standard Liège.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

27'Yellow card · Collins FaiStandard Liège
45+3'Red card · A. SeckAntwerp
45+3'Yellow card · Selim AmallahStandard Liège
49'Yellow card · Alhassan YusufAntwerp
55'Yellow card · Noë DussenneStandard Liège
57'Goal · Konstantinos LaifisStandard Liège · 0-1
59'Yellow card · N. RaskinStandard Liège
64'Yellow card · Merveille BokadiStandard Liège
64'Yellow card · Radja NainggolanAntwerp
66'Goal · Björn EngelsAntwerp · 1-1
77'Goal · Michel-Ange BalikwishaAntwerp · 2-1
87'Goal · Mehdi Carcela-GonzálezStandard Liège · 2-2
89'Goal · Jackson MulekaStandard Liège · 2-3
90+2'Red card · Damjan PavlovicStandard Liège
90+2'Red card · J. BatailleAntwerp
90+6'Yellow card · Jean ButezAntwerp
90+12'Yellow card · Björn EngelsAntwerp
90+12'Yellow card · N. NkounkouStandard Liège

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Antwerp 3, draws 5, Standard Liège 2.

Standard Liège 2-5 AntwerpPro League · 8 Aug 2021
Standard Liège 1-1 AntwerpPro League · 14 Feb 2021
Antwerp 1-1 Standard LiègePro League · 8 Nov 2020
Standard Liège 1-0 AntwerpPro League · 22 Feb 2020
Antwerp 2-2 Standard LiègePro League · 6 Oct 2019
Antwerp 2-1 Standard LiègePro League · 26 Apr 2019

Team news

Unavailable

Sander CoopmanAntwerp · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Willian PachoAntwerp · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Joachim Van DammeStandard Liège · injury (Muscle Injury)
Koji MiyoshiAntwerp · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Aurélio ButaAntwerp · injury (Muscle Injury)
Daouda PeetersStandard Liège · injury (Neuropathy)

Antwerp line-up (4-3-1-2)

Jean Butez, Ritchie De Laet, Abdoulaye Seck, Björn Engels, Sam Vines, Alhassan Yusuf, Birger Verstraete, Radja Nainggolan, Viktor Fischer, Ally Samatta, Michael Frey

Standard Liège line-up (4-4-2)

Arnaud Bodart, C. Fai, Noë Dussenne, Konstantinos Laifis, Niels Nkounkou, Aron Dønnum, Nicolas Raskin, Merveille Bokadi, Samuel Bastien, Selim Amallah, João Klauss