Pro League match guide and stats: Cercle Brugge host Standard Liège

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Here's everything you need to know about the Pro League fixture Cercle Brugge - Standard Liège!

Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

8 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Cercle Brugge have to build on here at Jan Breydelstadion in the Pro League. Two home wins in a row for Cercle bring valid hopes of a third.

Cercle Brugge enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Zulte-Waregem's place. The match ended 3-2 with Siquet, Somers and Ueda scoring. Midfield player Deman got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Deman hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Cercle Brugge won a home game hosting Sint-Truiden (3-1).

An interesting fact: 12 of the latest 15 league games from this football club have had goals from both sides.

Cercle Brugge have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jan Breydelstadion with 31 goals in 17 league matches. 18 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Standard Liège form and stats

6-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Standard Liège in their Pro League matches away.

There might be some fixture complaints from Standard as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 2-3 against OH Leuven. That loss was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points. Midfielder Melegoni was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Melegoni scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Sporting Charleroi.

Standard Liège have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Standard Liège have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Standard Liège have put together a streak of 13 consecutive games without losing (9-4-0) when facing Cercle Brugge.

Cercle - Standard Liège 1-1 was the scoreline in these participants' previous H2H fixture, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeA. Ueda
A. Ueda
18 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Denkey
A. Denkey
9 goals
Standard LiègeP. Zinckernagel
P. Zinckernagel
9 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge Standard Liège
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
13 8 1 Won W 2 6 16
11 7 3 Drew D 1 4 7
10 2 1 Lost L 2 7 11
50 31 7 Scored S 9 24 58
46 18 8 Conceded C 10 28 45
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
82% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 82% 88%
50% 47% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 53% 53%
32% 41% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 41% 41%
15% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 24% 18%
65% 71% 80% BTTS BTTS 80% 59% 50%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 35%
24% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 18%
 
5.5 6.5 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 4.4 5.1
4.7 4.1 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.5 5.2
2 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.4
4 0 0 Red cards R C 3 5 10
 
13.6 15.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 11.1 12
4.3 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 4.2
34% 36% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 41% 38%
 
10.7 8.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.3 12.7
3.7 2.8 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.7 4.1

  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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

Table
  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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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