National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dender or Standard Liège that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Dender form and stats
Last season, Dender's Belgian Cup journey ended in the round of 32.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the First Division B this season. Dender have only managed 1 win, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Van Roystadion.
The Dender crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to RWDM here at Van Roystadion.
Before that, Dender had a First Division B home game versus Club Brugge II which ended with a victory 3-2.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dender as they are travelling to their away game against Standard Liege II in the First Division B. That match is three days after this one.
Dender have conceded 14 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard Liège was sent out of Belgian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.4-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Standard Liège in their Pro League matches away.
Standard play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to AS Eupen. Cimirot was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.35. The defender Cimirot won 3 of 3 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Zulte-Waregem at their stadium, the result 3-0.Standard Liège are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As for defending, Standard Liège rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Standard Liège have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing Dender.Top Goalscorers
  S. Amallah 4 goals |  D. Drăguş 4 goals |   M. Lallemand 3 goals |
Dender missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Dender | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 27 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 28 | 24 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11.5 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 31% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Waasland-Beveren | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | RWDM | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | RSC Anderlecht II | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Club Brugge II | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Lommel United | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Deinze | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Dender | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Standard Liege II | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 11 | Excelsior Virton | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | KRC Genk II | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 8 |
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Gent | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 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 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
