Standard Liège have excelled Sint-Truiden so far this season, but every match begins at 0-0. Here's all the data you need prior to kickoff:
- Standard Liège have the most clean sheets (9) in Pro League
Standard Liège's stadium, Stade Maurice Dufrasne, has a grass surface. Sint-Truiden have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Sint-Truiden when playing on grass; 16 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses from 37 matches. They have scored {42 goals} in these games and conceded 41.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Standard Liège form and stats
5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Standard Liège so far this season.
The Standard coach Deila and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Gent (placed 5th). The goalie Bodart was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.11 out of ten. Bodart topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Antwerp in the Belgian Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Standard Liège have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 10 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Standard Liège's attacking play is working. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Sint-Truiden form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sint-Truiden playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Sint-Truiden has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Bruno and Hayashi scored in Sint-Truiden's previous match, the home game against Zulte-Waregem that ended 2-0. Midfielder Brüls was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Brüls served one assist, hit two key passes and had 54 successful passes (of 64 total).
Earlier, the Belgian Cup win away at Club Brugge. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sint-Truiden playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 4 Sint-Truiden wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Sint-Truiden are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head encounter ended Sint-Truiden - Standard Liège 1-2, earlier this season. Standard-Sint-Truiden H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Standard Liège two wins, Sint-Truiden six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  G. Bruno 8 goals |  D. Hayashi 5 goals |   N. Dussenne 4 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
Sint-Truiden missing players
| Standard Liège | Sint-Truiden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 29 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 19 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 78% | 83% |
| 78% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 67% |
| 56% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | 44% |
| 33% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 39% |
| 50% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | 33% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 44% | 44% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 6.1 | 5.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.2 | 12.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 11.8 | 13.2 |
| 3.9 | 5.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 36% | 33% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 45% | 44% |
| 13.2 | 12.6 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.3 | 10.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
- Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Standard Liège have the most clean sheets (9) in Pro League
- Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 29 | 46 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
| 5 | Gent | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Sporting Charleroi | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -13 | 19 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -20 | 17 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -18 | 15 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -19 | 13 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -18 | 11 |
