Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège spectators can't wait for Pro League clash at Jan Breydelstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sat 27.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29062 seats)

Only the second game in the Pro League for these teams and it's all to play for here at Jan Breydelstadion as Cercle Brugge welcomes Standard Liège. Check out this preview!

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 Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Cercle Brugge's first home game here at Jan Breydelstadion ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 15 matches. Problems are piling up for Cercle Brugge as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of seven games. This streak could be one for the history books. The home stadium (Jan Breydelstadion) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Cercle Brugge it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

The Cercle Brugge crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Standard Liège here at Jan Breydelstadion in a Pro League match. A UEFA Europa League Play-offs defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Kortrijk.

Cercle Brugge has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game.

Last season, Cercle Brugge's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the First Division B. Over these 30 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 59. Playing at home last season Cercle Brugge managed 6-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 27 conceded.

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Standard Liège form and stats

Only one away game so far for Standard Liège and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 3 losses from five travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Standard Liège, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Cercle Brugge in the Pro League last time out. Before that, Standard Liège travelled to Genk and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Standard Liège has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Let's have a look at how Standard Liège performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. In total they scored 17 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 4/9 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège have met before this season: Cercle Brugge - Standard Liège 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 1 - 8 (Cercle Brugge wins - draws - Standard Liège wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Emond
1 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Cercle Brugge Standard Liège
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 2 2
2 2 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
3 3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 7 7
7 7 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 3
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Cercle Brugge Last season Standard Liège
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
30 15   Played   20 40
7 6   Won   6 19
7 3   Drew   5 9
16 6   Lost   9 12
35 23   Scored   21 66
59 27   Conceded   27 51
93% 100%   Over 0.5   85% 88%
87% 93%   Over 1.5   80% 85%
70% 80%   Over 2.5   60% 65%
37% 33%   Over 3.5   15% 35%
17% 13%   Over 4.5   0% 15%
67% 73%   BTTS   55% 62%
10% 7%   Clean Sheets   30% 28%
30% 20%   Failed To Score   30% 22%
 
4.7 5.1   Corners For (avg)   5.3 5.7
5.2 4.9   Corners Against (avg)   4.8 4.3
2.8 2.6   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.5 2.2
4 2   Red Cards   2 4
Key stats last season:
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Cercle Brugge
All Pro League First Division B Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
29-06-19 CF Cercle Brugge 1 - 1 KV Oostende
03-07-19 CF Cercle Brugge 2 - 3 Zulte-Waregem
06-07-19 CF Cercle Brugge 1 - 4 Monaco
19-07-19 CF Auxerre 1 - 0 Cercle Brugge
27-07-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 0 - 2 Standard Liège
03-08-19 PRO KV Oostende 18:00 Cercle Brugge
10-08-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 18:00 Kortrijk
17-08-19 PRO Mechelen 18:00 Cercle Brugge
24-08-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 18:00 Waasland-Beveren
31-08-19 PRO Gent 18:00 Cercle Brugge
Standard Liège
All Pro League Champions League Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
16-05-19 PRO Standard Liège 2 - 0 Club Brugge
19-05-19 PRO Genk 0 - 0 Standard Liège
13-07-19 CF Strasbourg 0 - 2 Standard Liège
21-07-19 CF Standard Liège 2 - 1 Nice
27-07-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 0 - 2 Standard Liège
03-08-19 PRO Standard Liège 16:00 Zulte-Waregem
11-08-19 PRO Sint-Truiden 12:30 Standard Liège
18-08-19 PRO Standard Liège 12:30 Royal Excel Mouscron
25-08-19 PRO Standard Liège 16:00 Kortrijk
01-09-19 PRO Anderlecht 16:00 Standard Liège

  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 Standard Liège 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Genk 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
15 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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