Mechelen 2-1 Standard Liège: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 20 November 2016

Result

Mechelen 2-1 Standard Liège

Pro League · Sunday 20 November 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Mechelen 2-1 Standard Liège: match report

Mechelen beat Standard Liège 2-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 20 November 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Orlando Sá opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Mats Rits (45') and N. Verdier (53'). Standard Liège scored through Orlando Sá (26').

Discipline: Mechelen received 2 yellow cards; Standard Liège received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Mechelen were 10th on 19 points from 14 and Standard Liège 9th on 21 points from 14. Mechelen went on to finish that season 8th with 48 points, and Standard Liège 9th with 41.

Mechelen lined up in a 3-4-3 and Standard Liège in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Mechelen wins, 0 draws and 8 for Standard Liège.

Going into the match Mechelen's last five read D-W-L-W-L and Standard Liège's W-L-L-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Orlando SáStandard Liège · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Collins FaiStandard Liège
  • 43'Yellow card · I. BelfodilStandard Liège
  • 45'Goal · Mats RitsMechelen · 1-1
  • 53'Goal · N. VerdierMechelen · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Orlando SáStandard Liège
  • 77'Yellow card · Dimitrios KolovosMechelen
  • 79'Yellow card · Isaac MbenzaStandard Liège
  • 89'Yellow card · Mats RitsMechelen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Mechelen 2, draws 0, Standard Liège 8.

Team news

Mechelen line-up (3-4-3)

Colin Coosemans, Uroš Vitas, Yuan Chen Xavier Tsan, Edin Cocalić, Aleksandar Bjelica, Ahmed El Messaoudi, Mats Rits, Dimitrios Kolovos, Nils Schouterden, Nicolas Verdier, Yohan Croizet

Standard Liège line-up (4-4-2)

Guillaume Hubert, Alexander Scholz, Darwin Andrade, C. Fai, Konstantinos Laifis, Matthieu Dossevi, Edmílson Junior, Adrien Trébel, Ibrahima Cisse, Orlando Sá, Ishak Belfodil