Three goals from Dennis Eckert Ayensa give Standard their first league win in two months
At Sclessin on Friday evening, Standard beat SK Beveren 3-0, leaving the visitors without a win in five matches.
Standard opened the eleventh round of the Jupiler Pro League on Friday evening with a 3-0 win over SK Beveren. According to Sporza, German striker Dennis Eckert Ayensa scored all three goals: he struck after five minutes, converted a penalty in the 64th minute and added the third four minutes later. It was the first hat-trick of his professional career, Sporza says. The crowd numbered 16,262.
For Vincent Euvrard's side it was the first league win since 5 September, La DH writes, ending a run of five matches without a victory. Standard dominated possession, according to Sporza; Beveren had barely 28 percent of the ball in the first half. Euvrard was without captain Marlon Fossey, who Sporza says is out for around nine months with a knee injury, as well as Casper Nielsen and Dimitri Lavalée, L'Avenir reports.
Eckert Ayensa told La DH it was one of his best games and that Standard had again played forward and pressed high, as in the opening rounds. He also said he hoped the hateful messages on social media would now ease off. Standard provisionally move up to seventh place with 15 points, while Beveren stay thirteenth with 10.