Standard Liège know they will have a strenuous excursion to Cercle Brugge and their Jan Breydelstadion. This match preview has all the details you require ahead of the fixture.
- Cercle Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Pro League
- Standard Liège have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cercle Brugge form and stats
Cercle Brugge have played 5 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Cercle Brugge are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Cercle are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus KV Oostende. The attacking player Álex Millán was announced as "man of the match" for Cercle with the rating of 7.34/10. Millán served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise (0-3).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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost four.
Cercle aren't scoring a lot here at Jan Breydelstadion in the league, with only 3 goals from 5 games. Cercle have conceded 9 from these games.
Standard Liège form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Standard's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus OH Leuven that finished 2-2. Drawing 2-2 against OH Leuven after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager L. Elsner needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Denis Drăguş, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.02. Drăguş scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Mechelen'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 ten relevant matches. Results were three Standard wins, four draws and three defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Standard now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Belgian Cup game at Royal Excel Mouscron is waiting in only three days.
Standard Liège are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Standard have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these teams: Cercle won zero, Standard Liège were winners in nine and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Millán Iranzo 3 goals |   D. Drăguş 3 goals |  O. Deman 2 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 64% |
| 64% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 55% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 73% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 55% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 27% |
| 18% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.9 | 12.8 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.6 | 11.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2 | 3.4 |
| 29% | 18% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 50% | 32% |
- Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Cercle Brugge have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cercle Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge have yet to win a game at home.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Standard Liège have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
- 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 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | AS Eupen | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Genk | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | KV Oostende | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Sporting Charleroi | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Standard Liège | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | RFC Seraing | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 16 | OH Leuven | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -15 | 2 |