Pro League game sneak peek: Standard Liège against Anderlecht

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

It's only 14 days since Standard Liège played against Club Brugge and the scoreline was 2-1. What will happen vs Anderlecht?

Insights:
  • Standard Liège have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Anderlecht have scored at least twice as many goals away as Standard Liège have scored home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Standard Liège form and stats

1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Standard Liège have to build on here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in the Pro League.

Standard Liège's last game was hosting Club Brugge (placed 5th) and winning 2-1. Standard Liège goalkeeper Bodart did an outstanding job against Club Brugge with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.

Before that match, a win away at OH Leuven.

Standard aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in the league, with only {3 goals} from 5 games. From these home matches, Standard Liège have conceded only 4 goals.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Playing away, Anderlecht have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Pro League this season.

Anderlecht go into this game after a win, the home game against Mechelen that ended 3-1. The attacker Hazard got a match rating of 8.0 in that game. Hazard served one assist, hit three key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 49 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at AS Eupen.

Goals from both teams? This team's latest fixtures suggest that, having played 7 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.

The visiting Anderlecht have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Anderlecht have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Anderlecht have managed a streak of 8 consecutive matches without losing (4-4-0) when facing Standard.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtK. Dolberg
K. Dolberg
5 goals
Standard LiègeA. Kanga
A. Kanga
3 goals
AnderlechtF. Amuzu
F. Amuzu
3 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Standard Liège Anderlecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 10
3 1 1 Won W 1 2 6
4 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 1
10 3 2 Scored S 2 7 16
9 4 2 Conceded C 1 6 10
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 80%
30% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 70%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 20%
40% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
3.8 3 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 5
5.8 4.6 9.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.2 4.1
2.1 2.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5.5 3 2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.3 9.4 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 12.6 14
4 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.4 5.1
25% 15% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 31%
 
13.9 13.4 20 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.2 11.8
4.6 4.8 7.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have scored at least twice as many goals away as Standard Liège have scored home.
  • Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Standard Liège have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 10 7 1 2 22 12 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 4 0 1 10 6 10 22
2 Anderlecht 10 6 3 1 16 10 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 2 2 1 7 6 6 21
3 Gent 10 5 5 0 16 10 5 3 2 0 10 7 5 2 3 0 6 3 6 20
4 Antwerp 10 4 5 1 17 5 5 3 2 0 11 1 5 1 3 1 6 4 12 17
5 Club Brugge 10 4 4 2 23 11 5 2 3 0 14 6 5 2 1 2 9 5 12 16
6 Genk 10 3 6 1 16 10 5 0 4 1 7 8 5 3 2 0 9 2 6 15
7 Cercle Brugge 10 5 0 5 12 11 5 3 0 2 7 6 5 2 0 3 5 5 1 15
8 Standard Liège 10 3 4 3 10 9 5 1 2 2 3 4 5 2 2 1 7 5 1 13
9 Sint-Truiden 10 3 4 3 11 14 5 2 0 3 3 7 5 1 4 0 8 7 -3 13
10 RWDM 10 3 3 4 11 20 5 2 1 2 6 9 5 1 2 2 5 11 -9 12
11 Mechelen 10 3 2 5 11 12 5 2 1 2 6 3 5 1 1 3 5 9 -1 11
12 Sporting Charleroi 10 2 4 4 10 15 5 2 3 0 6 4 5 0 1 4 4 11 -5 10
13 AS Eupen 10 3 1 6 13 22 5 1 1 3 7 14 5 2 0 3 6 8 -9 10
14 OH Leuven 10 2 3 5 14 19 5 1 2 2 7 6 5 1 1 3 7 13 -5 9
15 Westerlo 10 1 3 6 11 19 5 1 0 4 4 10 5 0 3 2 7 9 -8 6
16 Kortrijk 10 1 2 7 8 22 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 0 0 5 2 14 -14 5

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.