Pro League match prediction: Little separates KV Oostende and Standard Liège in quality

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: DIaz Arena (8400 seats)

Pro League: We're looking at an action-packed and key scrap featuring KV Oostende and Standard Liège at DIaz Arena. Both need the points!

Insights:
  • KV Oostende have the most conceded goals (32) at home in Pro League
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough days rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an enthusiastic fixture!

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KV Oostende form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. KV Oostende have only managed 4 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from their games here at DIaz Arena. When KV Oostende hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Beerschot-Wilrijk, RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem), they have won 2 of 3 matches! The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at DIaz Arena, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the AS Eupen game.

D'Arpino was the last player to score a league goal for KV Oostende and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as KV Oostende haven't scored in 214 minutes.

Oostende lost their last game at Mechelen (placed 7th) after a 0-3 scoreline.

Before that, KV Oostende played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Zulte-Waregem.

KV Oostende are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. Oostende are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (32 from 13 played).

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Standard Liège form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Standard Liège playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. When Standard Liège is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 4 of 4 matches. Beerschot-Wilrijk, RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, Standard Liège and Zulte-Waregem is teams we like to compare KV Oostende with.

Standard Liège play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Genk (placed 8th). Midfielder Raskin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Raskin hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 38 total).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Cercle Brugge.

The visiting Standard Liège have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 13 games. As for defending, Standard rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Standard Liège - KV Oostende 1-0 was the outcome when these participants last met, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two KV Oostende victories, one draw and seven Standard Liège wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OostendeM. Gueye
M. Gueye
11 goals
KV OostendeT. Ambrose
T. Ambrose
5 goals
Standard LiègeD. Drăguş
D. Drăguş
5 goals

KV Oostende missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
KV Oostende Standard Liège
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
8 4 2 Won W 4 5 7
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 8
15 8 1 Lost L 0 5 11
27 15 5 Scored S 6 16 29
52 32 4 Conceded C 1 21 42
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 85% 77%
56% 77% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 50%
30% 46% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 31%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
44% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 62% 62%
15% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 23% 19%
44% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 19%
 
5.7 6.2 9.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.3 4.6
5.1 3.9 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.4 4.5
2.5 2.5 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.7 3.2
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
11.6 12.2 19 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.8 12.7
3.4 3.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 4.1
29% 29% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 35% 27%
 
13.7 12.2 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 14.2 13.1
5.1 4.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.5 4.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • KV Oostende have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KV Oostende have the most conceded goals (32) at home in Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in Pro League
  • KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Standard Liège have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 27 19 3 5 59 22 14 9 1 4 26 13 13 10 2 1 33 9 37 60
2 Antwerp 27 16 5 6 47 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 9 2 3 22 13 19 53
3 Club Brugge 27 14 9 4 49 32 14 7 6 1 27 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 17 51
4 Anderlecht 27 13 9 5 58 32 13 6 5 2 30 18 14 7 4 3 28 14 26 48
5 Gent 27 12 7 8 39 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 5 4 5 14 12 12 43
6 Sporting Charleroi 27 12 7 8 42 35 13 5 4 4 16 13 14 7 3 4 26 22 7 43
7 Mechelen 25 13 3 9 45 41 14 9 2 3 29 18 11 4 1 6 16 23 4 42
8 Genk 26 11 5 10 50 38 13 7 3 3 28 16 13 4 2 7 22 22 12 38
9 OH Leuven 26 9 9 8 39 42 13 6 3 4 19 20 13 3 6 4 20 22 -3 36
10 Cercle Brugge 27 10 5 12 38 34 13 4 2 7 15 16 14 6 3 5 23 18 4 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 10 4 13 30 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 14 6 2 6 13 17 -7 34
12 Kortrijk 27 8 10 9 32 34 13 4 4 5 14 17 14 4 6 4 18 17 -2 34
13 Standard Liège 26 7 8 11 29 42 13 2 5 6 13 21 13 5 3 5 16 21 -13 29
14 KV Oostende 27 8 4 15 27 52 13 4 1 8 15 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -25 28
15 AS Eupen 27 7 6 14 32 46 13 3 3 7 13 22 14 4 3 7 19 24 -14 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 6 8 13 37 56 14 3 4 7 19 30 13 3 4 6 18 26 -19 26
17 RFC Seraing 27 7 2 18 26 53 14 5 2 7 15 22 13 2 0 11 11 31 -27 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 26 4 4 18 27 55 14 4 1 9 13 25 12 0 3 9 14 30 -28 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 27 19 3 5 59 22 14 9 1 4 26 13 13 10 2 1 33 9 37 60
2 Antwerp 27 16 5 6 47 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 9 2 3 22 13 19 53
3 Club Brugge 27 14 9 4 49 32 14 7 6 1 27 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 17 51
4 Anderlecht 27 13 9 5 58 32 13 6 5 2 30 18 14 7 4 3 28 14 26 48
5 Gent 27 12 7 8 39 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 5 4 5 14 12 12 43
6 Sporting Charleroi 27 12 7 8 42 35 13 5 4 4 16 13 14 7 3 4 26 22 7 43
7 Mechelen 25 13 3 9 45 41 14 9 2 3 29 18 11 4 1 6 16 23 4 42
8 Genk 26 11 5 10 50 38 13 7 3 3 28 16 13 4 2 7 22 22 12 38
9 OH Leuven 26 9 9 8 39 42 13 6 3 4 19 20 13 3 6 4 20 22 -3 36
10 Cercle Brugge 27 10 5 12 38 34 13 4 2 7 15 16 14 6 3 5 23 18 4 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 10 4 13 30 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 14 6 2 6 13 17 -7 34
12 Kortrijk 27 8 10 9 32 34 13 4 4 5 14 17 14 4 6 4 18 17 -2 34
13 Standard Liège 26 7 8 11 29 42 13 2 5 6 13 21 13 5 3 5 16 21 -13 29
14 KV Oostende 27 8 4 15 27 52 13 4 1 8 15 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -25 28
15 AS Eupen 27 7 6 14 32 46 13 3 3 7 13 22 14 4 3 7 19 24 -14 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 6 8 13 37 56 14 3 4 7 19 30 13 3 4 6 18 26 -19 26
17 RFC Seraing 27 7 2 18 26 53 14 5 2 7 15 22 13 2 0 11 11 31 -27 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 26 4 4 18 27 55 14 4 1 9 13 25 12 0 3 9 14 30 -28 16

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