Balanced ball game between AS Eupen and Standard Liège expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Wed 26.January
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion am Kehrweg (8363 seats)

AS Eupen have managed 3 home victories this season, Standard Liège have won 4 away. Who improves their results after this one?

Insights:
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 AS Eupen and Standard Liège.

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AS Eupen form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for AS Eupen at their home stadium (Stadion am Kehrweg) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Three consecutive losses here at Stadion am Kehrweg is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

It's back home for AS Eupen, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kortrijk away with the result 1-1. Ngoy found the net in that victory. An away draw last time out for AS Eupen, facing Kortrijk in a game that ended 1-1. AS Eupen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kortrijk (1-1). Midfield player N'Dri got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, the max score being 10. N'Dri served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Ahead of that match, AS Eupen won a home game hosting Cercle Brugge (0-2). Before that, Eupen drew at home versus Cercle Brugge. Preceding that match was a defeat to Cercle Brugge (0-2).

The manager Krämer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to RFC Seraing in only three days.

AS Eupen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the AS Eupen defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Standard Liège form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Standard Liège have produced an overall stat of 4-3-4 so far. With three draws in a row for Standard Liège the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

Standard's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Club Brugge that finished 2-2. Standard Liège failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Club Brugge (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 2-2. Cafaro and Emond scored in Standard Liège's previous match, the home game against Club Brugge that ended 2-2. Midfield player Cafaro was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Cafaro scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-1 at Anderlecht. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Anderlecht that ended 1-1. Prior to that match, the Standard Liège manager Elsner faced defeat when travelling to Anderlecht and losing 1-1.

After this away game Standard Liège return home for a Pro League game against Mechelen. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Standard Liège have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 11 games. Standard have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Standard Liège - AS Eupen 1-0 was the outcome when these two squads formerly met, some time ago this season. Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): AS Eupen won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Standard Liège have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

AS EupenS. Prevljak
S. Prevljak
6 goals
AS EupenE. Agbadou
E. Agbadou
5 goals
AS EupenE. Kayembe
E. Kayembe
4 goals

AS Eupen missing players

Standard Liège missing players

AS Eupen Standard Liège
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 2 11 22
7 3 1 Won W 0 4 6
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 7
11 5 1 Lost L 1 4 9
31 13 3 Scored S 2 14 25
39 19 3 Conceded C 4 19 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 73%
61% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 55%
35% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 36%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
61% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 64%
9% 9% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 18%
30% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 18%
 
4.6 5.3 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.9
5.1 4.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5 4
2.5 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.8 3.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
12.1 12.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 12.1
4.6 5.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 3.9
29% 22% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 29%
 
13.2 12 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.9 11.9
4.7 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.5 4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Standard Liège have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 23 17 2 4 56 21 12 8 1 3 25 12 11 9 1 1 31 9 35 53
2 Club Brugge 23 12 8 3 45 30 11 6 5 0 24 12 12 6 3 3 21 18 15 44
3 Antwerp 22 13 4 5 42 25 11 7 2 2 24 12 11 6 2 3 18 13 17 43
4 Anderlecht 23 11 9 3 52 27 11 5 5 1 26 15 12 6 4 2 26 12 25 42
5 Gent 23 10 6 7 35 24 11 7 2 2 24 13 12 3 4 5 11 11 11 36
6 Sporting Charleroi 23 10 6 7 38 32 11 4 3 4 13 12 12 6 3 3 25 20 6 36
7 Mechelen 22 10 3 9 37 38 12 7 2 3 23 16 10 3 1 6 14 22 -1 33
8 Kortrijk 22 8 9 5 29 25 10 4 4 2 13 11 12 4 5 3 16 14 4 33
9 Genk 23 9 5 9 45 36 11 5 3 3 24 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 9 32
10 Cercle Brugge 23 9 4 10 33 29 12 4 2 6 15 15 11 5 2 4 18 14 4 31
11 Sint-Truiden 23 8 3 12 25 34 12 4 2 6 17 19 11 4 1 6 8 15 -9 27
12 AS Eupen 23 7 5 11 31 39 11 3 3 5 13 19 12 4 2 6 18 20 -8 26
13 OH Leuven 22 6 8 8 30 37 11 4 3 4 14 17 11 2 5 4 16 20 -7 26
14 Standard Liège 22 6 7 9 25 37 11 2 4 5 11 18 11 4 3 4 14 19 -12 25
15 KV Oostende 22 7 2 13 24 45 12 4 1 7 14 29 10 3 1 6 10 16 -21 23
16 Zulte-Waregem 22 6 5 11 32 48 11 3 2 6 17 27 11 3 3 5 15 21 -16 23
17 RFC Seraing 23 6 1 16 24 49 11 4 1 6 13 20 12 2 0 10 11 29 -25 19
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 22 3 3 16 19 46 12 3 0 9 8 21 10 0 3 7 11 25 -27 12

Read more about Pro League

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.