Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Standard Liège & Beerschot-Wilrijk face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Standard Liège form and stats
Last season, Standard's Belgian Cup journey ended in the final.Standard Liège have played 8 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager L. Elsner led his Standard to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Gent. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne. Noë Dussenne was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Dussenne won 9 of 12 duels.
Before that, Standard had a Pro League home game versus AS Eupen which ended with a victory 1-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Standard's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won zero matches, drawn one and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pro League game versus Sporting Charleroi in only three days. This game is also played here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne.
Standard has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Standard Liège defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats
Beerschot-Wilrijk was sent out of Belgian Cup in the 8th finals last season.Beerschot-Wilrijk have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 0-3-5 (8 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Beerschot-Wilrijk have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Waasland-Beveren game.
Beerschot-Wilrijk play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Zulte-Waregem. Jan Van den Bergh was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Bergh won 12 of 17 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Genk in the Pro League.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Beerschot-Wilrijk when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
A quick return to home after this game, as Beerschot-Wilrijk are hosting Antwerp in the Pro League only three days away.
Beerschot-Wilrijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Beerschot-Wilrijk are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 10 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: three - zero - zero (Standard wins - draws - Beerschot-Wilrijk wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Drăguş 3 goals |   R. Holzhauser 3 goals |  M. Noubissi 3 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players
| Standard Liège | Beerschot-Wilrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 15 | 26 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Conceded | C | 28 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9.9 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | ||
| 11.1 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 13 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 24 | 34 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | Gent | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 8 | AS Eupen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Genk | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Standard Liège | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -16 | 17 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 9 |