National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Antwerp or Standard Liège that keep their silverware dream alive.
Antwerp form and stats
Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Bosuilstadion as Antwerp have scored 20 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Antwerp shared the glory with Club Brugge in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Club Brugge last time out, but a goal from Janssen completed a comeback to a draw result for Antwerp. The striker Janssen outperformed all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.31 out of 10. Janssen scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the game before, 2-2 away to Waasland-Beveren (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) (Belgian Cup). The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Antwerp handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 9 games), Antwerp's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Antwerp have conceded only 8 goals.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard Liège's mission in Belgian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.4-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Standard Liège in their Pro League matches away.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Union Saint-Gilloise with 2-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Zinckernagel got a match rating of 8.01 in that game. Zinckernagel scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 10 times and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).
A loss against Union Saint-Gilloise was the result prior to that, in a Pro League home game.We have checked recent matches where Standard have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Standard Liège now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pro League game at Gent is waiting in only three days.
Standard Liège find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Standard have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these sides: Antwerp won three, Standard Liège triumphed in four and we saw three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Janssen 9 goals |  M. Frey 6 goals |   N. Dussenne 4 goals |
Antwerp missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Antwerp | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 9.3 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genk | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | Gent | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | Westerlo | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Standard Liège | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -14 | 16 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 13 |
| 17 | Kortrijk | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -17 | 11 |
