Jan Breydelstadion: Shake it up for a football jamboree when Cercle Brugge invite Standard Liège. Get the latest info on the match here!
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Cercle Brugge at their home stadium (Jan Breydelstadion) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
A nice win for Cercle last time playing, versus Gent. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Daland, Denkey and Ueda scoring for the victors. A late climax in the match against Gent as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Daland. The forward Somers outperformed all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Somers served one assist and hit three key passes.
In the game before, an away victory match versus KV Oostende with a 2-1 scoreline.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 Cercle Brugge have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 15 most recent league games shows that 12 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
The Cercle Brugge fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Cercle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Standard Liège form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Standard Liège have produced an overall stat of 4-2-5 so far.
Impressive finishing from Perica, Zinckernagel and Balikwisha secured the home win 3-1 against AS Eupen in their previous game. Attacker Perica got a player rating of 8.13 in the game. "Man of the match" Perica scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Antwerp wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.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 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Standard Liège wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The visiting Standard Liège have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. Standard's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Standard Liège have won or drawn the last 12 matches (9-3-0) against Cercle Brugge.The most up to date archived scoreline featuring both these sides is the Standard Liège - Cercle 2-0 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 9 goals |  A. Denkey 7 goals |   P. Zinckernagel 5 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 32 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 37 |
| 32 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 78% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 83% |
| 48% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 52% |
| 26% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 35% |
| 17% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 17% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 43% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 26% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 12.6 | 13.8 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 36% | 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 11.6 | 9 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 12.8 | 12.2 |
| 3.9 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genk | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 37 | 58 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 22 | 52 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 46 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 40 |
| 5 | Gent | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 38 |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 31 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -10 | 25 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -18 | 22 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -18 | 20 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -18 | 20 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -26 | 18 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -23 | 15 |
