Standard 3–0 Beveren: Eckert hat-trick turns a narrow lead into a clear win

Standard de Liège beat SK Beveren 3–0 at Sclessin on Friday, 6 November, with Eckert scoring all three goals.

The lead stayed narrow until the second half

Standard’s official match centre records Eckert’s opener in the fifth minute. His second arrived in the 64th, followed by his third in the 67th.

That left Standard only one goal ahead for much of the evening. Two goals in three minutes then changed the contest’s margin from 1–0 to 3–0.

What the statistics add

The club’s match centre gives Standard 62% possession and ten shots, five on target. Beveren recorded six shots, three on target, with 38% possession.

Our analysis: those figures support a picture of Standard spending more time with the ball and producing more attempts. They also show why the scoreline alone is incomplete: Beveren still put three efforts on target, while Standard’s five on-target attempts produced three goals.

The decisive scoring burst matters alongside that overall edge. An early lead gave Standard an advantage, but the two later goals provided the separation. Possession and shot totals describe the broader balance; the timing explains when the result became much more comfortable.