Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Standard Liège and Antwerp.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard Liège participated in Belgian Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.23 points is a decent return from 10 Pro League games here for Standard Liège. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Standard Liège drew their last game, also a home match. Anderlecht was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Arsenal that ended 2-2.
There will be little rest for Standard Liège after this match as they are travelling to Waasland-Beveren for a Pro League game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Standard Liège are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 10 league matches. Standard Liège are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Antwerp form and stats
Antwerp was sent out of Belgian Cup in the 16th finals last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Antwerp's previous game versus AS Eupen, a Pro League 1-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Waasland-Beveren.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Antwerp manager L. Bölöni as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sint-Truiden.
Antwerp are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Antwerp have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Standard Liège 4 wins, 4 draws and Antwerp 2 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Mbokani 14 goals |  L. Refaelov 8 goals |   R. Emond 7 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Standard Liège | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 19 | 49 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 226 | 110 | Total Shots | T S | 72 | 216 | ||
| 93 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 105 | ||
| 46% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 34 | 45 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | Gent | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 35 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 7 | Genk | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -15 | 22 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 19 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 18 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -26 | 11 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 27 | -28 | 8 |
