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 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.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · J. Legear
- 56'Goal · Oleksandr Yakovenko
- 58'Yellow card · Benjamin Nicaise
- 64'Goal · Axel Witsel
- 90'Goal · Milan Jovanovic
- 90'Yellow card · Milan Jovanovic
Head-to-head
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