Match summary
Gent beat Standard Liege 3-1. Gent led 3-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Tarik Tissoudali put Gent ahead from a corner in the 33rd minute, Hugo Cuypers made it 2-0 with a header in the 36th minute, and Tissoudali made it 3-0 in the 40th minute. In the second half, Wilfried Kanga pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 67th minute.
The chances backed that up: Gent created 2.61 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Standard Liege's 2.26 from 12. Hugo Cuypers had a penalty saved for Gent. Wilfried Kanga had a penalty saved for Standard Liege. Wilfried Kanga had a penalty saved for Standard Liege.