Pro League match preview and statistics: Antwerp fight Standard Liège

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 08.November
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Antwerp will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Standard Liège.

It's no vacation for neither Antwerp nor Standard Liège as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Antwerp form and stats

Overall Pro League stats at home this season for Antwerp are 3-2-0 (wins-draw-losses). Antwerp has recorded two wins in a row here at Bosuilstadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Antwerp crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to LASK Linz here at Bosuilstadion in a Europa League match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Anderlecht (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Antwerp perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Antwerp as a small favourite), we find six games. Antwerp has won two of these, drawn two and lost two.

The Antwerp manager I. Leko has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Standard Liège form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Standard Liège playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

Standard play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Lech Poznań. Before that, Standard secured a home win against KV Oostende with the score 1-0.

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 nine relevant matches. Results were three Standard Liège wins, two draws and four defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Standard have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. Standard have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Antwerp won three, Standard Liège won three and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Antwerp missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Antwerp Standard Liège
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
6 3 1 Won W 0 3 6
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 3
3 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
21 11 3 Scored S 0 7 14
15 6 2 Conceded C 1 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 64%
64% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 45%
55% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
27% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
73% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 45%
9% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 36%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
90 38 9 Total Shots T S 10 49 102
52 23 4 Shots on Target S O 2 23 45
40% 48% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 31%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Antwerp have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 11 7 2 2 21 10 5 4 0 1 10 3 6 3 2 1 11 7 11 23
2 Genk 12 6 4 2 22 16 6 3 2 1 13 7 6 3 2 1 9 9 6 22
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 12 7 1 4 33 30 6 5 0 1 21 13 6 2 1 3 12 17 3 22
4 Standard Liège 11 6 3 2 14 9 6 3 3 0 7 4 5 3 0 2 7 5 5 21
5 Club Brugge 11 6 2 3 25 10 6 3 1 2 11 6 5 3 1 1 14 4 15 20
6 Anderlecht 11 5 5 1 21 15 6 3 3 0 10 5 5 2 2 1 11 10 6 20
7 Antwerp 11 6 2 3 21 15 5 3 2 0 11 6 6 3 0 3 10 9 6 20
8 OH Leuven 11 5 3 3 19 19 5 3 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 12 13 0 18
9 Kortrijk 12 4 4 4 18 19 6 1 2 3 11 14 6 3 2 1 7 5 -1 16
10 KV Oostende 10 4 3 3 15 9 5 3 1 1 12 5 5 1 2 2 3 4 6 15
11 Cercle Brugge 10 5 0 5 16 15 4 3 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 4 6 11 1 15
12 Gent 11 4 0 7 19 19 5 2 0 3 10 8 6 2 0 4 9 11 0 12
13 AS Eupen 11 2 6 3 11 17 5 1 2 2 5 9 6 1 4 1 6 8 -6 12
14 Mechelen 11 2 3 6 15 21 6 1 2 3 10 11 5 1 1 3 5 10 -6 9
15 Sint-Truiden 11 2 3 6 12 21 6 2 2 2 7 6 5 0 1 4 5 15 -9 9
16 Zulte-Waregem 11 2 2 7 12 25 6 1 1 4 7 15 5 1 1 3 5 10 -13 8
17 Waasland-Beveren 10 1 2 7 14 27 5 0 1 4 6 14 5 1 1 3 8 13 -13 5
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 9 0 3 6 3 14 5 0 1 4 1 6 4 0 2 2 2 8 -11 3

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.