Pro League information and preview: Anderlecht small favoured to beat Standard Liège

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

High flying Standard Liège land at Anderlecht after their 4-2-result against Union Saint-Gilloise. Check out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Pro League
  • Standard Liège have won significantly less corners away then at home.

These are hustling days for the host team, as they played only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ludogorets, was also a home game here at Lotto Park. The away team is better rested.

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Anderlecht form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Anderlecht have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 13 games.

Anderlecht's previous fixture was a Europa Conference League game also played at home, finishing 2-1 versus Ludogorets. The home team hope to to build on that result. Midfield player Verschaeren got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Verschaeren scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Kortrijk that finished 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Anderlecht handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The Anderlecht fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 13 league matches. Anderlecht have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Standard Liège form and stats

Playing away, Standard Liège have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Pro League this season.

Two trips in a row for Standard, whose manager Deila could celebrate last time after the win against Union Saint-Gilloise. A mental match with plenty of goals last time out for Standard Liège, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as enjoying? Dønnum got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, top player of the team. Dønnum scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 10 times.

A 0-2 loss hosting Kortrijk before that.

We have checked recent matches where Standard Liège have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Standard are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Standard Liège have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other earlier this season: Standard Liège - Anderlecht 5-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Anderlecht victories, three draws and three Standard Liège wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Standard LiègeP. Zinckernagel
P. Zinckernagel
7 goals
AnderlechtL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
4 goals
AnderlechtB. Raman
B. Raman
4 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Anderlecht Standard Liège
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 13 26
10 5 0 Won W 2 5 12
5 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
11 6 4 Lost L 1 5 9
38 21 1 Scored S 6 17 42
35 18 7 Conceded C 6 20 34
92% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
69% 69% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 85%
54% 54% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 50%
42% 54% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 35%
19% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 19%
50% 54% 20% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 46%
27% 15% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 38%
31% 38% 80% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 19%
 
5.4 6.5 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 5
4.3 4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.3 5.2
2 1.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 2.6
4 2 2 Red cards R C 3 5 8
 
12.1 14.2 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.5 11.1
4.2 4.8 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 3.8
36% 34% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 44% 39%
 
11.4 9.7 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 13.2 12.5
3.8 3.5 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 3.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Standard Liège have won significantly less corners away then 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 Genk 26 20 3 3 62 25 13 11 1 1 33 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 37 63
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 17 5 4 53 29 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 8 3 2 28 17 24 56
3 Antwerp 26 16 5 5 45 23 13 10 2 1 28 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 22 53
4 Club Brugge 26 11 10 5 45 32 13 6 6 1 27 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 43
5 Gent 26 12 6 8 46 30 13 7 3 3 22 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 16 42
6 Standard Liège 26 12 5 9 42 34 13 7 2 4 25 14 13 5 3 5 17 20 8 41
7 Westerlo 26 11 6 9 49 43 13 6 3 4 31 20 13 5 3 5 18 23 6 39
8 Cercle Brugge 26 9 9 8 35 35 13 5 6 2 22 15 13 4 3 6 13 20 0 36
9 Anderlecht 26 10 5 11 38 35 13 5 2 6 21 18 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 35
10 Sint-Truiden 26 9 8 9 26 29 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 5 3 15 14 -3 35
11 OH Leuven 26 8 8 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 25 9 5 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -4 32
13 Mechelen 25 7 6 12 35 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 11 1 1 9 8 23 -11 27
14 Kortrijk 26 7 5 14 30 47 13 3 4 6 13 24 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 26
15 AS Eupen 26 7 4 15 32 51 13 4 2 7 15 21 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 25
16 Zulte-Waregem 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 3 7 20 32 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 22
17 KV Oostende 26 5 5 16 26 54 13 4 1 8 13 24 13 1 4 8 13 30 -28 20
18 RFC Seraing 26 5 4 17 24 49 13 1 3 9 7 19 13 4 1 8 17 30 -25 19

Table
  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 26 20 3 3 62 25 13 11 1 1 33 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 37 63
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 17 5 4 53 29 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 8 3 2 28 17 24 56
3 Antwerp 26 16 5 5 45 23 13 10 2 1 28 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 22 53
4 Club Brugge 26 11 10 5 45 32 13 6 6 1 27 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 43
5 Gent 26 12 6 8 46 30 13 7 3 3 22 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 16 42
6 Standard Liège 26 12 5 9 42 34 13 7 2 4 25 14 13 5 3 5 17 20 8 41
7 Westerlo 26 11 6 9 49 43 13 6 3 4 31 20 13 5 3 5 18 23 6 39
8 Cercle Brugge 26 9 9 8 35 35 13 5 6 2 22 15 13 4 3 6 13 20 0 36
9 Anderlecht 26 10 5 11 38 35 13 5 2 6 21 18 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 35
10 Sint-Truiden 26 9 8 9 26 29 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 5 3 15 14 -3 35
11 OH Leuven 26 8 8 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 25 9 5 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -4 32
13 Mechelen 25 7 6 12 35 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 11 1 1 9 8 23 -11 27
14 Kortrijk 26 7 5 14 30 47 13 3 4 6 13 24 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 26
15 AS Eupen 26 7 4 15 32 51 13 4 2 7 15 21 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 25
16 Zulte-Waregem 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 3 7 20 32 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 22
17 KV Oostende 26 5 5 16 26 54 13 4 1 8 13 24 13 1 4 8 13 30 -28 20
18 RFC Seraing 26 5 4 17 24 49 13 1 3 9 7 19 13 4 1 8 17 30 -25 19

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