Standard Liège 2-1 Anderlecht: result and report

Pro League · Friday 26 September 2008

Result

Standard Liège 2-1 Anderlecht

Pro League · Friday 26 September 2008, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Standard Liège · Anderlecht · Pro League predictions

Standard Liège 2-1 Anderlecht: match report

Standard Liège defeated Anderlecht 2-1 in the Pro League on Friday 26 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Oleksandr Yakovenko opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Standard Liège's goals came from Axel Witsel (64') and Milan Jovanovic (90'). Anderlecht scored through Oleksandr Yakovenko (56').

Discipline: Standard Liège received 2 yellow cards; Anderlecht received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Standard Liège were 2nd on 13 points from 5 and Anderlecht 1st on 13 points from 5. Standard Liège went on to finish that season 1st with 81 points, and Anderlecht 2nd with 78.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Standard Liège win, 1 draw and 0 for Anderlecht.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · J. LegearAnderlecht
  • 56'Goal · Oleksandr YakovenkoAnderlecht · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Benjamin NicaiseStandard Liège
  • 64'Goal · Axel WitselStandard Liège · 1-1
  • 90'Goal · Milan JovanovicStandard Liège · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Milan JovanovicStandard Liège

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Standard Liège 1, draws 1, Anderlecht 0.

Team news

Anderlecht expected line-up

Daniel Zítka, Olivier Deschacht, Anthony Vanden Borre, Roland Juhász, Nicolás Pareja, Lucas Biglia, Bart Goor, Mark De Man, Meme Tchite, Nicolás Frutos