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

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Kortrijk are ready to battle it out with Standard Liège in this Pro League match. All you must learn about the match is here!

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have the most conceded goals (13) in Pro League
  • Standard Liège have the fewest scored goals (1) in Pro League

This has all the signs of an intriguing match with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Kortrijk form and stats

Overall Pro League statistics at home this season for Kortrijk are 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Kortrijk followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Guldensporenstadion: A 1-3 defeat against AS Eupen (placed 8th). The striker Kadri won the honour of being "man of the match" for Kortrijk with a rating of 7.81/10. Kadri scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).

Heartbreak before that as Kortrijk lost 0-6 at Antwerp's place.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Kortrijk at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Standard Liège form and stats

The Pro League season is young and Standard Liège have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

The manager Hoefkens was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stade Maurice Dufrasne. Standard Liège suffered a 0-1 loss to Cercle Brugge (placed 9th). Defender Vanheusden was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Vanheusden won 17 of 20 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sporting Charleroi that ended 1-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Standard Liège has managed {1 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Kortrijk won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Standard Liège got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkA. Kadri
A. Kadri
2 goals
KortrijkF. Avenatti Dovillabichus
F. Avenatti Dovillabichus
1 goals
Standard LiègeD. Drăguş
D. Drăguş
1 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kortrijk Standard Liège
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
3 1 0 Scored S 1 1 1
13 4 0 Conceded C 1 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 25%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 75%
 
2.8 2.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 2
8.5 11.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 13 8 7.8
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.8 10.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 7.2
2.2 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 2.8
33% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 20% 9%
 
17.8 14.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 18 14.5 17.2
6.2 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 4.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Kortrijk have the most conceded goals (13) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk is in the worst form (0-0-4)
  • Standard Liège have the fewest scored goals (1) in Pro League
  • Standard Liège have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Pro League
Kortrijk Last season Standard Liège
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   20 39
8 4   Won W   6 15
7 5   Drew D   5 9
19 8   Lost L   9 15
37 16   Scored S   25 57
61 29   Conceded C   34 59
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 95%
71% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 87%
56% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 56%
41% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 41%
21% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 13%
56% 47%   BTTS BTTS   55% 51%
21% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 31%
29% 41%   Failed to Score F T   30% 23%
 
4.2 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 5
6.4 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5.2
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
6 3   Red cards R C   5 11
 
11.2 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.7
3.7 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.9
29% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 37%
 
16.3 15.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.4 12.7
5.1 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Club Brugge 4 3 1 0 14 2 2 1 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 12 10
2 Gent 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 10
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 9
4 Anderlecht 4 3 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 9
5 Antwerp 4 2 1 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 6 7
6 Genk 4 2 1 1 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 7
7 Sint-Truiden 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
8 AS Eupen 4 2 1 1 6 8 2 0 1 1 2 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 -2 7
9 Cercle Brugge 4 2 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
10 RWDM 4 2 0 2 4 12 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 3 8 -8 6
11 Mechelen 4 1 1 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4
12 Sporting Charleroi 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 3
13 OH Leuven 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 6 -5 2
14 Standard Liège 4 0 1 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
15 Westerlo 4 0 1 3 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -4 1
16 Kortrijk 4 0 0 4 3 13 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 9 -10 0
Last season 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 Club Brugge 4 3 1 0 14 2 2 1 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 12 10
2 Gent 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 10
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 9
4 Anderlecht 4 3 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 9
5 Antwerp 4 2 1 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 6 7
6 Genk 4 2 1 1 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 7
7 Sint-Truiden 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
8 AS Eupen 4 2 1 1 6 8 2 0 1 1 2 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 -2 7
9 Cercle Brugge 4 2 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
10 RWDM 4 2 0 2 4 12 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 3 8 -8 6
11 Mechelen 4 1 1 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4
12 Sporting Charleroi 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 3
13 OH Leuven 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 6 -5 2
14 Standard Liège 4 0 1 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
15 Westerlo 4 0 1 3 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -4 1
16 Kortrijk 4 0 0 4 3 13 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 9 -10 0

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