Match preview: Club Brugge favourite to defeat Standard Liège at Complex Molenhoek

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Complex Molenhoek (1000 seats)

The Club Brugge & Standard Liège head coaches Parker and Deila are both anxious about and looking forward to this highly important game in the top part of the Pro League league table.

Insights:
  • All of Club Brugge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Standard Liège have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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.

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Club Brugge form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Club Brugge have managed 7 wins, 6 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 14 games.

The regulars hope that Club Brugge will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-5 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against Benfica. Midfielder Meijer was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.53 (out of ten) in that game. Meijer scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).

A Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at KV Oostende.

Observe: 9 of the most recent 12 league matches from this club have had goals from both teams.

Club Brugge can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 29 times. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Standard Liège form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Impressive finishing from Dønnum and Balikwisha secured the home win 2-0 against Westerlo in their previous game. The attacker Zinckernagel got a match rating of 8.03 in that game. Zinckernagel hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Before that, Standard travelled to Anderlecht and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Standard Liège are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Standard's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Standard Liège have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Club Brugge.

These competitors have battled before this season: Standard Liège - Brugge 3-0. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
9 goals
Club BruggeF. Jutlgà Blanc
F. Jutlgà Blanc
8 goals
Club BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
7 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Club Brugge Standard Liège
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
12 7 2 Won W 1 5 13
10 6 2 Drew D 1 4 6
6 1 0 Lost L 2 5 9
47 29 8 Scored S 6 19 46
35 15 5 Conceded C 9 22 36
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 96%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 86%
61% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 50%
32% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 36% 36%
7% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 21% 18%
57% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 57% 46%
29% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 39%
18% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 21% 18%
 
5.7 6.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 3.9 5
3.6 3 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.4 5.1
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.1 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 5 9
 
14.1 17.8 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 10.4 11.4
3.7 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 3.9
46% 47% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 44% 39%
 
11.4 10.2 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 13.3 12.4
4.1 3.2 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 4.8 3.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Standard Liège have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 28 21 4 3 67 27 14 12 1 1 36 10 14 9 3 2 31 17 40 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 28 18 5 5 57 34 14 10 2 2 27 13 14 8 3 3 30 21 23 59
3 Antwerp 28 17 6 5 51 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 27 57
4 Club Brugge 28 12 10 6 47 35 14 7 6 1 29 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 12 46
5 Gent 28 13 6 9 47 32 14 8 3 3 23 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 15 45
6 Standard Liège 28 13 6 9 46 36 14 8 2 4 27 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 10 45
7 Westerlo 28 12 6 10 53 47 14 7 3 4 35 22 14 5 3 6 18 25 6 42
8 Cercle Brugge 28 10 10 8 40 38 14 6 6 2 25 16 14 4 4 6 15 22 2 40
9 Sporting Charleroi 27 11 5 11 35 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 14 5 4 5 17 20 -2 38
10 OH Leuven 28 9 9 10 43 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 14 4 4 6 21 22 2 36
11 Anderlecht 28 10 6 12 40 38 14 5 3 6 23 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 2 36
12 Sint-Truiden 28 9 9 10 28 32 14 4 4 6 13 17 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 36
13 Mechelen 27 8 6 13 37 51 14 6 5 3 27 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -14 30
14 Kortrijk 28 7 6 15 33 51 14 3 4 7 13 25 14 4 2 8 20 26 -18 27
15 AS Eupen 28 7 5 16 35 55 14 4 3 7 17 23 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 28 5 8 15 37 61 14 3 4 7 23 35 14 2 4 8 14 26 -24 23
17 KV Oostende 28 6 5 17 29 57 14 5 1 8 16 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 28 5 4 19 25 54 14 1 3 10 7 21 14 4 1 9 18 33 -29 19

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 28 21 4 3 67 27 14 12 1 1 36 10 14 9 3 2 31 17 40 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 28 18 5 5 57 34 14 10 2 2 27 13 14 8 3 3 30 21 23 59
3 Antwerp 28 17 6 5 51 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 27 57
4 Club Brugge 28 12 10 6 47 35 14 7 6 1 29 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 12 46
5 Gent 28 13 6 9 47 32 14 8 3 3 23 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 15 45
6 Standard Liège 28 13 6 9 46 36 14 8 2 4 27 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 10 45
7 Westerlo 28 12 6 10 53 47 14 7 3 4 35 22 14 5 3 6 18 25 6 42
8 Cercle Brugge 28 10 10 8 40 38 14 6 6 2 25 16 14 4 4 6 15 22 2 40
9 Sporting Charleroi 27 11 5 11 35 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 14 5 4 5 17 20 -2 38
10 OH Leuven 28 9 9 10 43 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 14 4 4 6 21 22 2 36
11 Anderlecht 28 10 6 12 40 38 14 5 3 6 23 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 2 36
12 Sint-Truiden 28 9 9 10 28 32 14 4 4 6 13 17 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 36
13 Mechelen 27 8 6 13 37 51 14 6 5 3 27 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -14 30
14 Kortrijk 28 7 6 15 33 51 14 3 4 7 13 25 14 4 2 8 20 26 -18 27
15 AS Eupen 28 7 5 16 35 55 14 4 3 7 17 23 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 28 5 8 15 37 61 14 3 4 7 23 35 14 2 4 8 14 26 -24 23
17 KV Oostende 28 6 5 17 29 57 14 5 1 8 16 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 28 5 4 19 25 54 14 1 3 10 7 21 14 4 1 9 18 33 -29 19

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