Challenger Pro League game forecast and stats, news and lineups for the Standard Liège II vs Deinze meet

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Competition: Belgium Challenger Pro League
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

Standard Liège II believe to fill the stadium for this match even though the season has been grim so far with 19 points and a 11th place in the Challenger Pro League table. Guests Deinze are in 8th place with 30 pts.

Insights:
  • Standard Liège II have the most conceded goals (43) in Challenger Pro League
  • Deinze have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Challenger Pro League

Standard Liège II have had a bad season and will be relegated from Challenger Pro League. Deinze are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's look for an enthusiastic game!

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Standard Liège II form and stats

Standard Liège II's struggle is real here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne with only 8 points collected from 11 Challenger Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-5-5.

In their previous game, the manager Laumann led his Standard Liège II to a defeat away at Deinze. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne. Standard were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dender that ended 1-1.

Standard Liège II has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Standard are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (24 from 11 played). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Deinze form and stats

Deinze have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Challenger Pro League, after 3-2-6 (11 played).

The regulars enjoyed Deinze's previous game versus Standard Liège II, a 5-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Deinze was the only team on the pitch versus Standard Liège II in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Lommel United.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Deinze as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Deinze have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head game ended Deinze - Standard 5-0, earlier this season. Statistics for the last three meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Standard Liège II, zero draws and three wins for Deinze. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

DeinzeB. Dansoko
B. Dansoko
6 goals
StandardI. Ziani
I. Ziani
5 goals
DeinzeA. Staelens
A. Staelens
5 goals

Standard Liège II missing players

Deinze missing players

Standard Liège II Deinze
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 13 27
5 2 1 Won W 3 4 11
9 6 0 Drew D 1 2 4
13 5 3 Lost L 1 7 12
28 16 4 Scored S 4 9 38
51 25 10 Conceded C 2 16 39
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 85% 93%
78% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 54% 78%
59% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 38% 59%
41% 46% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 30%
15% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 26%
59% 77% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 59%
19% 15% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 31% 22%
26% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 46% 26%
 
5 4.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 5.3 5.2
5.7 6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.8 4.6
2.1 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.2 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.2 9.6 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 10.5 10.6
4.5 4.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.9 4.5
22% 25% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 18% 31%
 
11.8 10.5 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 12.2 11.7
5.3 5.7 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 5.3 5.1
Key stats in Challenger Pro League this season:
  • Deinze have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Challenger Pro League
  • Standard Liège II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Standard Liège II have the most conceded goals (43) in Challenger Pro League
  • Standard Liège II have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Challenger Pro League
  • Standard Liège II have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Challenger Pro League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RWDM 22 14 4 4 41 21 11 8 2 1 25 9 11 6 2 3 16 12 20 46
2 Waasland-Beveren 22 12 7 3 52 25 11 8 2 1 29 11 11 4 5 2 23 14 27 43
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 22 12 2 8 33 28 11 6 1 4 15 11 11 6 1 4 18 17 5 38
4 Club Brugge II 22 10 6 6 38 30 11 7 3 1 22 12 11 3 3 5 16 18 8 36
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 22 11 3 8 42 42 11 7 1 3 25 18 11 4 2 5 17 24 0 36
6 RSC Anderlecht II 22 9 7 6 42 35 11 3 5 3 18 15 11 6 2 3 24 20 7 34
7 Lommel United 22 10 2 10 33 36 11 4 1 6 13 18 11 6 1 4 20 18 -3 32
8 Deinze 22 9 3 10 29 33 11 6 1 4 22 19 11 3 2 6 7 14 -4 30
9 KRC Genk II 22 5 5 12 28 40 11 3 3 5 15 17 11 2 2 7 13 23 -12 20
10 Dender 22 5 4 13 27 40 11 2 0 9 13 24 11 3 4 4 14 16 -13 19
11 Standard Liège II 22 4 7 11 25 43 11 1 5 5 14 24 11 3 2 6 11 19 -18 19
12 Excelsior Virton 22 2 8 12 21 38 11 0 5 6 7 15 11 2 3 6 14 23 -17 14

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