National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Standard Liège or Genk that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Belgian Cup.Standard Liège have played 17 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-7-3 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Belgian Cup, Standard Liège has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Standard Liège after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Standard Liège goalkeeper Arnaud Bodart is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 227 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pro League.
In the game before, an away victory in the Pro League match versus AS Eupen with a 4-0 scoreline.
A decent goal production from Standard in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 17 league matches. Standard have conceded 20 in these home matches.
Genk form and stats
Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Belgian Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Before that, Genk secured a home win against Sint-Truiden with the score 4-0.
Leading 2-0 was not enough for Genk in their fight with Antwerp last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss. Late heartbreak for Genk in the Antwerp match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.
The travelling fans enjoy Genk's attacking play in away games, having scored 29 goals in 17 league matches away. As for defending, Genk rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 28 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Standard Liège-Genk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Standard three wins, Genk three wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
![]() E. Onuachu 29 goals | ![]() T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 14 goals | ![]() J. Ito 10 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
Genk missing players
| Standard Liège | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Scored | S | 26 | 52 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 68% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 45% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 47 | 76 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 60 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 58 |
| 4 | Genk | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 53 |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 50 |
| 7 | Gent | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 49 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 48 |
| 9 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 64 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -6 | 47 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 69 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 31 | -16 | 46 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 36 | -5 | 45 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -11 | 43 |
| 13 | Sporting Charleroi | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 33 | -3 | 42 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | -13 | 39 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 38 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -11 | 36 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | -26 | 31 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 32 | -22 | 31 |