Standard Liège 3-0 SK Beveren: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How Standard Liège won it

The opening goal came in the 5th minute: Dennis Eckert Ayensa for Standard Liège, set up by Adnane Abid. Dennis Eckert Ayensa from the penalty spot made it 2-0 to Standard Liège in the 64th minute. Dennis Eckert Ayensa made it 3-0 to Standard Liège in the 67th minute, set up by Adnane Abid.

It was 1-0 at half-time.

Dennis Eckert Ayensa scored a hat-trick.

The referee, M. Ledda, showed 3 yellow cards: 0 to Standard Liège and 3 to SK Beveren.

Standard Liège: V. Euvrard, 4-2-3-1 · SK Beveren: T. Bakens, 4-2-3-1.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

The prediction got the result right. Before kick-off Moneyball made a Standard Liège win the most likely outcome at 55%, and that is what happened, though the most likely score was 2-1 rather than 3-0.

On goals the estimate was close: about 3.4 expected, 3 scored.

Over 2.5 goals had been put at 65%; with 3 goals the over came in, as the estimate leaned.

Both teams to score was 64%; they did not both score, against the estimate.

Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-11-05, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 0.69 for Standard Liège and 2.98 for SK Beveren.

Standard Liège scored about 2.3 more than their chances were worth: clinical finishing, or a goalkeeper having a bad day.

SK Beveren left about 3.0 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

SK Beveren created the better chances, 2.98 xG to 0.69, and still lost. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

The run of play itself went against the pre-match reading: Moneyball expected Standard Liège to create more, and SK Beveren did.

Standard Liège had 5 shots on target, SK Beveren 2.

Standard Liège had 62% of the ball and turned it into the win.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Standard Liège came into it with 11 Belgian Pro League matches played, scoring 1.6 and conceding 1.4 a match, with 1.88 expected goals for and 1.83 against, and had won 36% of their matches.

SK Beveren came into it with 11 Belgian Pro League matches played, scoring 1.2 and conceding 2.1 a match, with 1.05 expected goals for and 2.04 against, and had won 27% of their matches.

Standard Liège vs SK Beveren: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Dennis Eckert Ayensa (Standard Liège), rated 9.6 by Sportmonks, with 3 goals.

Standard Liège

• Dennis Eckert Ayensa 9.6 3 goals
• Adnane Abid 8.7 2 assists
• Alexis Trouillet 7.6
• Matthieu Epolo 7.2
• Ryan Fosso 7.2

SK Beveren

• Ferre Slegers 6.7
• Elohim Kaboré 6.7
• Sieben Dewaele 6.7
• Arno Verschueren 6.6
• Cheick Condé 6.6

The lowest-rated starter was Laurent Jans at 6.1. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Standard Liège: Lommel SK vs Standard Liège Sunday 22 November 2026 · Belgian Pro League
• SK Beveren: SK Beveren vs Gent Sunday 22 November 2026 · Belgian Pro League

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Standard Liège vs SK Beveren

What was the score in Standard Liège vs SK Beveren?

Standard Liège 3-0 SK Beveren (half-time 1-0), Belgian Pro League, Friday 6 November 2026.

Who scored in Standard Liège vs SK Beveren?

Dennis Eckert Ayensa 5', Dennis Eckert Ayensa 64', Dennis Eckert Ayensa 67'.

Did Moneyball predict Standard Liège vs SK Beveren correctly?

The prediction got the result right. Before kick-off Moneyball made a Standard Liège win the most likely outcome at 55%, and that is what happened, though the most likely score was 2-1 rather than 3-0.

Who was man of the match in Standard Liège vs SK Beveren?

Dennis Eckert Ayensa, rated 9.6 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Standard Liège vs SK Beveren?

M. Ledda.