Kortrijk matched Standard Liege's chances from 40% of the ball

Standard Liege and Kortrijk shared the points at the Maurice Dufrasnestadion, with a half-time penalty and a Drammeh equaliser splitting them.

Kortrijk went in at half-time ahead, and a penalty put them there. Goduine Koyalipou scored from the spot in the 45th minute, which meant Standard Liege, playing at home, had to come back from behind. Salieu Drammeh levelled in the 63rd minute, finishing a goal that I. Hautekiet had set up, and the game stayed level from there.

Standard Liege had 60% of the ball, a clear step up on the 49.6% they average at home. They also took 16 shots, above their home average of 13 and the league figure of 12.8 per side. Expected goals, a rough measure of how dangerous each chance was based on where it was taken from, came to 1.31. That is below their usual 1.5 at home, so they were shooting more often, but from chances that were less threatening than normal.

Kortrijk were the reverse. They had 40% of the ball, a little under their away average of 43.3%, yet they got more out of each chance. Their 12 shots were above the 10.1 they usually take on the road, and their expected goals figure nearly doubled the 0.62 they normally generate away from home. Five of those efforts were on target, and Koyalipou accounted for four of the shots himself, three of them on target.

Marko Ilić made five saves for Kortrijk, one more than the four made by the Standard Liege goalkeeper. Each side picked up three yellow cards and nobody was sent off, so neither team played a man short at any stage. Kortrijk gave away fourteen fouls to Standard Liege's seven, but the bookings were shared evenly.

Two goals is below the 3.2 the league averages per match, so this was a quieter game than most in the division. For Kortrijk, though, one goal is a strong return on the road, given they average 0.3 away from home, which makes this more than three times their usual output. Standard Liege, by contrast, scored below their home average of 1.6, while conceding one goal against a usual 1.7, so their defence did its job better than their attack.

Form points in different directions. Standard Liege have lost four of their last six matches, while Kortrijk have lost five of their last six, with their only win coming on the road. The point eases the pressure a little for both, though neither side moves far from where it started.

In the table Standard Liege are ninth and Kortrijk are 17th, and the two sides left the Maurice Dufrasnestadion level.

Player of the matchSalieu Drammeh1 goal7.9

Marlon Fossey2 chances created7.7

Adnane Abid2 chances created7.5

Axel Drouhin1 chance created7.5