Kortrijk challenge Standard Liège for kudos and victory.
- Kortrijk have yet to win a game at home.
- Standard Liège have lost all their away matches so far.
Kortrijk 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.
Kortrijk form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Kortrijk at their home stadium (Guldensporenstadion) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Kortrijk are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Club Brugge. Kortrijk's goalkeeper Ilić was extremely busy against Club Brugge, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eleven saves.
Prior to that, an away loss at Union Saint-Gilloise.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kortrijk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 5 and lost 5.
Kortrijk has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Standard Liège form and stats
It's not happening yet for Standard Liège on their Pro League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Standard has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The manager Deila was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stade Maurice Dufrasne. Standard Liège suffered a 1-3 loss to OH Leuven (placed 6th). Midfielder Balikwisha was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Balikwisha hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times.
Prior to that match, the Standard manager Deila faced defeat when travelling to Westerlo and losing 2-4.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 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Standard Liège wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
3 goals so far away for Standard Liège, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 7. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Kortrijk wins - draws - Standard Liège wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Amallah 3 goals |  N. Dussenne 2 goals |   F. Selemani 1 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Kortrijk | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.4 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 6.6 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 6.4 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 13 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 32% |
| 20.8 | 18.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.5 | 13.8 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5.4 |
- All of Standard Liège's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Kortrijk have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Kortrijk have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Kortrijk have yet to win a game at home.
- Standard Liège have lost all their away matches so far.
- Standard Liège have scored in all their matches so far.
- Standard Liège have scored more than double the goals of Kortrijk.
- Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Kortrijk | Last season | Standard Liège | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Conceded | C | 25 | 51 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 65% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 26% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 29% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.7 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 26% | ||
| 15.6 | 13.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | OH Leuven | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Gent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Westerlo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Standard Liège | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | AS Eupen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
