Kortrijk vs Standard Liège match preview: Even contest expected at Guldensporenstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Kortrijk in this match against Standard Liège, but the guests will fight to the bitter end. Here's our match preview!

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Kortrijk form and stats

Kortrijk have played 15 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Kortrijk to get some points in this home game.

Kortrijk lost their last game at Cercle Brugge (placed 9th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Defender Radovanović got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.61/10. Radovanović won 9 of 13 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise (2-3).

This is expected to be a close game, with Kortrijk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kortrijk as a small favourite), we find ten games. Kortrijk has won one of these, drawn five and lost four.

The Kortrijk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. Kortrijk have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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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 6 defeats.

Standard Liège have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 236 minutes ago. Dragus was the goal scorer.

Home advantage was not enough for Standard in their previous game as they lost hosting RFC Seraing, 0-1. Noubi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.14. Noubi won 2 of 4 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sporting Charleroi that ended 0-0.

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 two Standard Liège wins, five draws and three defeats.

The visiting Standard have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Standard Liège have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Standard Liège - Kortrijk 1-1 was the product when these two sides last met, also in this season. Kortrijk-Standard Liège H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kortrijk three wins, Standard Liège five wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
13 goals
Standard LiègeD. Drăguş
D. Drăguş
6 goals
KortrijkP. Guèye
P. Guèye
5 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kortrijk Standard Liège
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
9 5 3 Won W 0 5 8
10 4 2 Drew D 2 4 9
12 6 0 Lost L 2 6 14
39 21 10 Scored S 2 16 30
41 20 2 Conceded C 5 22 45
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 97%
87% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 65%
39% 47% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 47% 42%
26% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 26%
6% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 6%
52% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 52%
26% 27% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 23%
23% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 29%
 
4.5 4.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 4.3
5.8 5.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.5 4.5
2.8 2.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.2 3.7 3.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
12.1 13.9 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.4 12.1
4 4.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 3.8
31% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 33% 25%
 
15.7 14.1 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 13.8 12.8
4.5 4.3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 31 22 4 5 69 25 15 9 2 4 26 13 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 70
2 Club Brugge 31 18 9 4 64 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 10 3 3 33 20 29 63
3 Anderlecht 31 16 10 5 65 33 16 9 5 2 37 19 15 7 5 3 28 14 32 58
4 Antwerp 31 17 5 9 52 37 15 8 3 4 28 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 15 56
5 Gent 31 16 7 8 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 20 55
6 Mechelen 31 14 6 11 53 56 16 9 4 3 33 22 15 5 2 8 20 34 -3 48
7 Sporting Charleroi 31 13 9 9 47 42 15 5 5 5 16 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 5 48
8 Genk 31 13 6 12 58 44 16 9 3 4 34 18 15 4 3 8 24 26 14 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 12 7 12 46 38 16 6 3 7 21 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 8 43
10 Sint-Truiden 31 12 6 13 34 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 16 7 3 6 14 17 -4 42
11 OH Leuven 31 10 10 11 46 51 16 7 4 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 21 27 -5 40
12 Kortrijk 31 9 10 12 39 41 15 5 4 6 21 20 16 4 6 6 18 21 -2 37
13 Standard Liège 31 8 9 14 30 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 15 5 4 6 16 22 -15 33
14 KV Oostende 31 9 5 17 29 58 16 5 2 9 17 35 15 4 3 8 12 23 -29 32
15 Zulte-Waregem 31 8 8 15 42 63 16 5 4 7 23 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -21 32
16 AS Eupen 31 8 7 16 36 53 15 4 3 8 17 26 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 31
17 RFC Seraing 31 8 2 21 27 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 26
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 31 4 4 23 30 65 16 4 1 11 15 30 15 0 3 12 15 35 -35 16

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 Union Saint-Gilloise 31 22 4 5 69 25 15 9 2 4 26 13 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 70
2 Club Brugge 31 18 9 4 64 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 10 3 3 33 20 29 63
3 Anderlecht 31 16 10 5 65 33 16 9 5 2 37 19 15 7 5 3 28 14 32 58
4 Antwerp 31 17 5 9 52 37 15 8 3 4 28 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 15 56
5 Gent 31 16 7 8 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 20 55
6 Mechelen 31 14 6 11 53 56 16 9 4 3 33 22 15 5 2 8 20 34 -3 48
7 Sporting Charleroi 31 13 9 9 47 42 15 5 5 5 16 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 5 48
8 Genk 31 13 6 12 58 44 16 9 3 4 34 18 15 4 3 8 24 26 14 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 12 7 12 46 38 16 6 3 7 21 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 8 43
10 Sint-Truiden 31 12 6 13 34 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 16 7 3 6 14 17 -4 42
11 OH Leuven 31 10 10 11 46 51 16 7 4 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 21 27 -5 40
12 Kortrijk 31 9 10 12 39 41 15 5 4 6 21 20 16 4 6 6 18 21 -2 37
13 Standard Liège 31 8 9 14 30 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 15 5 4 6 16 22 -15 33
14 KV Oostende 31 9 5 17 29 58 16 5 2 9 17 35 15 4 3 8 12 23 -29 32
15 Zulte-Waregem 31 8 8 15 42 63 16 5 4 7 23 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -21 32
16 AS Eupen 31 8 7 16 36 53 15 4 3 8 17 26 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 31
17 RFC Seraing 31 8 2 21 27 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 26
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 31 4 4 23 30 65 16 4 1 11 15 30 15 0 3 12 15 35 -35 16

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.