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.