Antwerp will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Standard Liège.
Antwerp have less rest than Standard Liège in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pro League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Club Brugge, was also a home game here at Bosuilstadion. The away team is better rested.
Antwerp form and stats
6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Antwerp so far this season.Antwerp drew their last game, also a home match. Club Brugge was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Before that match, a win away at Gent.
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 Antwerp have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 1n Drawn 3 Lost 1.
Antwerp are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 22 goals in 15 matches. Antwerp have conceded 20 in these home matches.
Standard Liège form and stats
Playing away, Standard Liège have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats so far this season.Standard Liège failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Genk that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Club Brugge's place.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Standard Liège playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were 2 Standard Liège wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Standard Liège find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 15 away fixtures. Standard Liège have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Standard Liège - Antwerp 3-1 earlier this season. Last eight meetings between the teams: Antwerp won 1, Standard Liège won 4 and 3 draws.Top Goalscorers
  R. Emond 13 goals |   L. Refaelov 10 goals / 2 assists |  D. Mbokani 9 goals / 6 assists |
Antwerp missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Antwerp | Standard Liège | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | Played | 17 | 34 |
| 45 | 23 | Scored | 19 | 55 |
| 39 | 20 | Conceded | 23 | 44 |
| 89% | 88% | Over 0.5 | 88% | 88% |
| 71% | 71% | Over 1.5 | 82% | 85% |
| 46% | 47% | Over 2.5 | 59% | 65% |
| 17% | 24% | Over 3.5 | 18% | 35% |
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 12% |
| 51% | 59% | Both teams to score | 53% | 65% |
| 37% | 29% | Clean Sheet | 29% | 24% |
| 23% | 24% | Failed To Score | 29% | 24% |
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners For (avg) | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 3 |
- Antwerp is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Genk | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 63 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 19 | 32 | 63 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 32 | 56 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 53 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 51 |
| 5 | Gent | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 50 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 49 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 47 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 43 |
| 9 | Sporting Charleroi | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 42 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 40 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 60 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 33 | -11 | 33 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 34 | 57 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -23 | 32 |
| 13 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 59 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 32 | -24 | 28 |
| 14 | Waasland-Beveren | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | -13 | 27 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -23 | 27 |
| 16 | Lokeren | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 29 | -25 | 20 |
