First Amateur Division: Liège anticipated to win home match against Dessel Sport

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Competition: Belgium First Amateur Division
Competition: Wed 18.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Rue de la Tonne (3468 seats)

These two participants are delivering a sweet season so far and occasions like this one could be influential. Read up on Liège - Dessel Sport!

Insights:
  • Liège have the most scored goals (57) in First Amateur Division
  • Dessel Sport have the most points from losing position (10) in First Amateur Division

Liège have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. Dessel Sport is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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.

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Liège form and stats

Liège are steadily winning First Amateur Division games and points here at Stade Rue de la Tonne. 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 14 games. The Liège fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade Rue de la Tonne and will expect new points from this game. Liège has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Liège, who won 4-2 against Dessel Sport. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Prior to that, an away loss at Dender.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the First Amateur Division game versus Dender in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade Rue de la Tonne.

Goals decide football matches and Liège are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Liège have conceded only 8 goals.

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Dessel Sport form and stats

4-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dessel Sport in their First Amateur Division matches away.

Dessel Sport might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Liège proved too strong as Dessel Sport slumped to a 2-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Armand Melis Stadion. As you can tell from the result, the match against Liège was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Knokke that ended 3-3.

A quick return to home after this game, as Dessel are hosting Knokke in the First Amateur Division only three days away.

Dessel Sport are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Dessel Sport have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head encounter ended Dessel Sport - Liège 2-4, earlier this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Liège victories, four draws and one Dessel Sport win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LiègeJ. Perbet
J. Perbet
23 goals
Dessel SportJ. Breugelmans
J. Breugelmans
12 goals
LiègeM. Lallemand
M. Lallemand
11 goals

Liège missing players

Dessel Sport missing players

Liège Dessel Sport
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
16 10 4 Won W 1 4 13
8 4 0 Drew D 2 6 10
7 1 0 Lost L 1 5 8
63 37 11 Scored S 7 21 53
28 9 2 Conceded C 7 20 45
87% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 87%
81% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 74%
58% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 53% 61%
35% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 33% 48%
13% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 23%
48% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 65%
45% 53% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 29%
19% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 19%
 
5.9 5.8 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.3 3.8
3.6 2.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.9 6.7
1.3 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 12.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 10.5 10.2
6.2 6.5 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.2 4.5
37% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 40% 44%
 
7 6.7 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 12.9 12
2.9 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.7 5.3 5.3
Key stats in First Amateur Division this season:
  • Dessel Sport have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Dessel Sport have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in First Amateur Division
  • Dessel Sport have the most points from losing position (10) in First Amateur Division
  • Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Liège have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Liège have the most clean sheets (13) in First Amateur Division
  • Liège have the most scored goals (35) at home in First Amateur Division
  • Liège have the most scored goals (57) in First Amateur Division
  • Liège have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in First Amateur Division
  • Liège have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in First Amateur Division
  • Liège have the the best goal difference (+27) at home in First Amateur Division
  • Liège have the the best goal difference (+34) in First Amateur Division
  • Liège have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liège 28 14 8 6 57 23 14 9 4 1 35 8 14 5 4 5 22 15 34 50
2 Knokke 28 14 6 8 48 33 14 9 2 3 30 18 14 5 4 5 18 15 15 48
3 Dessel Sport 28 13 9 6 47 35 14 9 4 1 29 18 14 4 5 5 18 17 12 48
4 Dender 28 12 10 6 41 30 14 9 5 0 25 7 14 3 5 6 16 23 11 46
5 Olympic Charleroi 28 12 10 6 41 31 14 6 6 2 16 13 14 6 4 4 25 18 10 46
6 Patro Eisden 28 12 10 6 28 21 14 9 5 0 18 5 14 3 5 6 10 16 7 46
7 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 28 12 8 8 40 36 14 8 3 3 23 16 14 4 5 5 17 20 4 44
8 URSL Vise 28 11 6 11 45 34 14 7 4 3 27 13 14 4 2 8 18 21 11 39
9 Heist 28 10 9 9 41 34 14 7 4 3 24 15 14 3 5 6 17 19 7 39
10 Thes Sport 28 10 9 9 35 35 14 5 5 4 17 21 14 5 4 5 18 14 0 39
11 Tienen 28 9 8 11 28 34 14 7 4 3 21 17 14 2 4 8 7 17 -6 35
12 Rupel Boom 28 10 3 15 26 39 14 6 2 6 10 15 14 4 1 9 16 24 -13 33
13 Francs Borains 28 8 8 12 26 29 14 7 4 3 16 8 14 1 4 9 10 21 -3 32
14 Mandel United 28 4 7 17 26 50 14 2 3 9 13 25 14 2 4 8 13 25 -24 19
15 La Louviere Centre 28 2 3 23 13 78 14 1 2 11 6 33 14 1 1 12 7 45 -65 9

Read more about First Amateur Division

The Belgian First Amateur Division is the third highest football league in Belgium. It was created in 2016 following a revolution in the Belgian football league system. It has 16 teams playing a regular season of 30 game weeks. The top four then enter a promotion play-off while three or four teams are relegated.