Early weight of the money signal Standard Liège superiority when facing Zulte-Waregem

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

Turn on the lights for Standard Liège - Zulte-Waregem! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this match should be cracking!

Insights:
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (67) in Pro League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Standard Liège form and stats

8-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Standard Liège so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Standard will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Club Brugge (placed 4th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated in three league matches. Midfield player Dønnum got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Dønnum hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, Standard Liège had a home game versus Westerlo which ended with a victory 2-0.

Standard have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne with 27 goals in 14 league matches.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zulte-Waregem so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-8 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Zulte-Waregem in their previous game as they lost hosting Gent, 2-6. Zulte-Waregem lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-6 beating and focus on this one. Attacker Vossen got a player rating of 7.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Vossen scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting OH Leuven's place.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Zulte-Waregem playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 2 away wins, 2 draws and 2 home wins.

Observe! Both sides have scored at least once in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.

As for defending, Zulte-Waregem rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the teams played each other previously this season; Zulte-Waregem - Standard 0-3. Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Standard Liège won four games, one match ended in a draw and Zulte-Waregem managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
9 goals
Zulte-WaregemZ. Gano
Z. Gano
9 goals
StandardP. Zinckernagel
P. Zinckernagel
7 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Standard Liège Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
13 8 3 Won W 1 2 5
6 2 0 Drew D 1 4 8
10 4 2 Lost L 2 8 16
46 27 6 Scored S 6 14 39
38 14 5 Conceded C 9 26 67
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 93% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 93%
48% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 59%
34% 36% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 45%
17% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 28%
45% 36% 20% BTTS BTTS 75% 57% 66%
38% 50% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
21% 14% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 43% 28%
 
5 6.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5 4.9
5.1 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 4.6
2.4 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.4 2.4
9 4 1 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
11.6 12.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.1 10.9
3.9 4.8 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 3.7
38% 35% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 28% 36%
 
12.4 11.4 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 14.6 13.3
3.9 2.9 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.1 4.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Standard Liège have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Zulte-Waregem have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (67) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most points from losing position (15) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zulte-Waregem is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 29 21 4 4 68 29 15 12 1 2 37 12 14 9 3 2 31 17 39 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 29 19 5 5 59 35 14 10 2 2 27 13 15 9 3 3 32 22 24 62
3 Antwerp 29 18 6 5 53 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 15 7 4 4 20 15 29 60
4 Club Brugge 29 13 10 6 49 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 49
5 Gent 29 14 6 9 53 34 14 8 3 3 23 13 15 6 3 6 30 21 19 48
6 Westerlo 29 13 6 10 56 48 15 8 3 4 38 23 14 5 3 6 18 25 8 45
7 Standard Liège 29 13 6 10 46 38 14 8 2 4 27 14 15 5 4 6 19 24 8 45
8 Cercle Brugge 29 10 10 9 40 40 14 6 6 2 25 16 15 4 4 7 15 24 0 40
9 Anderlecht 29 11 6 12 42 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 4 39
10 OH Leuven 29 10 9 10 44 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 15 5 4 6 22 22 3 39
11 Sporting Charleroi 28 11 5 12 35 38 14 6 1 7 18 18 14 5 4 5 17 20 -3 38
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 9 11 28 33 14 4 4 6 13 17 15 5 5 5 15 16 -5 36
13 Mechelen 28 9 6 13 38 51 15 7 5 3 28 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -13 33
14 AS Eupen 29 7 6 16 39 59 15 4 4 7 21 27 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 27
15 Kortrijk 29 7 6 16 34 54 14 3 4 7 13 25 15 4 2 9 21 29 -20 27
16 KV Oostende 29 6 6 17 33 61 14 5 1 8 16 24 15 1 5 9 17 37 -28 24
17 Zulte-Waregem 29 5 8 16 39 67 15 3 4 8 25 41 14 2 4 8 14 26 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 29 5 4 20 25 56 15 1 3 11 7 23 14 4 1 9 18 33 -31 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 29 21 4 4 68 29 15 12 1 2 37 12 14 9 3 2 31 17 39 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 29 19 5 5 59 35 14 10 2 2 27 13 15 9 3 3 32 22 24 62
3 Antwerp 29 18 6 5 53 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 15 7 4 4 20 15 29 60
4 Club Brugge 29 13 10 6 49 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 49
5 Gent 29 14 6 9 53 34 14 8 3 3 23 13 15 6 3 6 30 21 19 48
6 Westerlo 29 13 6 10 56 48 15 8 3 4 38 23 14 5 3 6 18 25 8 45
7 Standard Liège 29 13 6 10 46 38 14 8 2 4 27 14 15 5 4 6 19 24 8 45
8 Cercle Brugge 29 10 10 9 40 40 14 6 6 2 25 16 15 4 4 7 15 24 0 40
9 Anderlecht 29 11 6 12 42 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 4 39
10 OH Leuven 29 10 9 10 44 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 15 5 4 6 22 22 3 39
11 Sporting Charleroi 28 11 5 12 35 38 14 6 1 7 18 18 14 5 4 5 17 20 -3 38
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 9 11 28 33 14 4 4 6 13 17 15 5 5 5 15 16 -5 36
13 Mechelen 28 9 6 13 38 51 15 7 5 3 28 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -13 33
14 AS Eupen 29 7 6 16 39 59 15 4 4 7 21 27 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 27
15 Kortrijk 29 7 6 16 34 54 14 3 4 7 13 25 15 4 2 9 21 29 -20 27
16 KV Oostende 29 6 6 17 33 61 14 5 1 8 16 24 15 1 5 9 17 37 -28 24
17 Zulte-Waregem 29 5 8 16 39 67 15 3 4 8 25 41 14 2 4 8 14 26 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 29 5 4 20 25 56 15 1 3 11 7 23 14 4 1 9 18 33 -31 19

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