Lierse Kempenzonen

Match report

Lierse Kempenzonen and Liège played out a goalless draw in the fourth round of the Challenger Pro League on 6 September 2026. The result leaves the hosts in tenth place with five points and moves Liège up to eleventh on four.

And here's the thing — the game settled into a pattern early on. Samih El Touile picked up a booking in the thirty-first minute, and by then it was clear neither side wanted to take unnecessary risks. Lierse managed three shots on target but could not find the net, while Liège were slightly more precise with five on target and still came away empty-handed.

The substitutions started coming in clusters around the hour mark. Lierse brought on Ousmane Camara, J.D'Ostillio and Arnold Qevani in quick succession, and that was when the game really shifted shape. Noam Mayoka-Tika was pulled off in the sixty-fourth minute, and Benoit Bruggeman went off for Liège in the seventieth.

To be fair, the statistics tell this story too. Both teams registered ninety-nine attacks, but Liège held fifty-five percent possession and completed 366 passes compared to Lierse's 296. The hosts had more corners and more blocked shots, while the visitors were sharper in front of goal. Neither side had a red card to account for.

By then, Lierse were looking to build on their draw with Sereing United last time out, while Liège were trying to recover from that heavy 7-0 defeat to Waregem earlier in the month. This result means both sides remain within touching distance of each other in the lower half of the table, and neither can afford another slip.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 45 – 55.00

Shots on target 3 – 5

Shots off target 9 – 5

Attacks 99 – 99

🟨 31' Samih El Touile — Yellow card 🟨 43' Kays Ruiz Atil — Yellow card ⇄ 45' Daan De Peuter — Substitution 🟨 60' Noam Mayoka-Tika — Yellow card ⇄ 61' Ousmane Camara — Substitution ⇄ 61' J.D'Ostillio — Substitution ⇄ 61' Arnold Qevani — Substitution ⇄ 64' Noam Mayoka-Tika — Substitution 🟨 70' Benoit Bruggeman — Yellow card ⇄ 80' Kays Ruiz Atil — Substitution ⇄ 80' Benoit Bruggeman — Substitution ⇄ 85' Marko Mitrovic — Substitution ⇄ 85' Cristian Makate — Substitution

Match events

31' 0:0 Lierse Kempenzonen Yellow card Samih El Touile
43' 0:0 Liège Yellow card Kays Ruiz Atil
45' 0:0 Lierse Kempenzonen Substitution Daan De Peuter off: Pierre Dwomoh
60' 0:0 Lierse Kempenzonen Yellow card Noam Mayoka-Tika
61' 0:0 Liège Substitution Ousmane Camara off: Nacim Dendani
61' 0:0 Liège Substitution J.D'Ostillio off: Stephen Reynaerts
61' 0:0 Liège Substitution Arnold Qevani off: Rambok Ryan Wesley Ogam
64' 0:0 Lierse Kempenzonen Substitution Noam Mayoka-Tika off: yohan mboko
70' 0:0 Liège Yellow card Benoit Bruggeman
80' 0:0 Liège Substitution Kays Ruiz Atil off: Afonso N'Salambi
80' 0:0 Liège Substitution Benoit Bruggeman off: Adham Refai
85' 0:0 Lierse Kempenzonen Substitution Marko Mitrovic off: Jayden Braaf
85' 0:0 Lierse Kempenzonen Substitution Cristian Makate off: Elton Yeboah

Statistics

45 Possession, % 55.00

3 Shots on target 5

9 Shots off target 5

99 Attacks 99

5 Corners 9

18 Fouls 10

10 Free kicks 18

2 Offsides 3

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

11 Goal kicks 14

22 Throw-ins 22

All statistics

6 Blocked shots 3

81 Failed passes 81

5 Goalkeeper saves 4

0.17 Shot accuracy 0.38

5 Shots from outside the box 2

13 Shots inside the box 11

377 Total passes 447

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	J. De Smet	1
2	P. Perdichizzi	2
4	S. Vanderhallen	4
27	Daan De Peuter	27
30	P. De Schrijver	30
6	N. Mayoka-Tika	6
11	S. El Touile	11
20	D. Dassy	20
80	M. Mitrovic	80
9	Cristian Makate Bokoya	9
10	Alexandre Stanic	10

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Liège

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Alexis Andre Jr.	1
5	Pierre-Yves Raffaella Michel L Ngawa	5
13	Damien Mouchamps	13
16	Eric N'jo	16
25	Jonathan D'Ostilio	25
7	Benoît Bruggeman	7
14	V. Guillaume	14
24	O. Camara	24
28	Reno Johan Wilmots	28
8	Kays Ruiz-Atil	8
9	Arnold Qevani	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
22	J. Mpenza	22
2	Ilunga Kitoko	2
6	K. Shkurti	6
17	A. N'Salambi	17
19	A. Refai	19
23	Stephen Reynaerts	23
11	N. Dendani	11
15	R. Ogam	15
20	N. Lawson	20

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