Another all-action match in Pro League as Standard Liège welcome Anderlecht

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

Standard Liège have been busy practising for another game following their 1-0 result vs RFC Seraing, a match that produced some answers. Will they show it against Anderlecht?

Insights:
  • Standard Liège have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Standard Liège and Anderlecht 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.

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Standard Liège form and stats

Standard Liège have played 3 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Standard against RFC Seraing the last match, as Selim Amallah were on target. Arnaud Bodart, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.01 out of 10 in that game. Bodart stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Union Saint-Gilloise.

Standard has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Standard Liège with 6 goals conceded in these matches.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Anderlecht are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Anderlecht had fun at their own home (Stade Maurice Dufrasne) last time out, beating Mechelen 7-2. Francis Amuzu, Benito Raman, Christian Kouamé (2), Yari Verschaeren, Joshua Zirkzee and Michael Murillo scored. Christian Kouamé, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.45. Kouamé scored two goals and hit one key pass. As mentioned above, Anderlecht was the only team on the pitch versus Mechelen in their previous game, winning 7-2. This could be a tougher task.

A 0-1 defeat away at Genk before that.

A quick return to home after this game, as Anderlecht are hosting Gent in the Pro League only four days away.

The visiting Anderlecht have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. Anderlecht have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Standard Liège victories, two draws and four Anderlecht wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtJ. Zirkzee
J. Zirkzee
3 goals
Standard LiègeS. Amallah
S. Amallah
2 goals
StandardJ. De Mello
J. De Mello
2 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Standard Liège Anderlecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 2 3 6
4 1 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 1 1 Lost L 1 1 2
8 4 3 Scored S 1 3 14
11 6 5 Conceded C 2 3 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 83%
43% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 67%
29% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
14% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
43% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 67%
43% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 17%
 
5 7.3 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.3 5.7
3.6 2.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.3 3.3
3.4 2.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 16 16 Shots (avg) S ( 12 14 14.3
3.7 6.3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.3 4.7
31% 21% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 43% 50%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Standard Liège have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Pro League
  • Standard Liège have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Standard Liège have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 Club Brugge 7 4 2 1 15 11 4 2 2 0 9 5 3 2 0 1 6 6 4 14
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 7 4 1 2 14 6 3 2 0 1 6 1 4 2 1 1 8 5 8 13
3 Sporting Charleroi 7 3 4 0 15 8 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 2 2 0 9 5 7 13
4 Standard Liège 7 4 1 2 8 11 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 3 0 1 4 5 -3 13
5 Genk 6 3 2 1 12 7 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 11
6 AS Eupen 7 3 2 2 13 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 2 1 0 9 4 4 11
7 Anderlecht 6 3 1 2 14 8 3 2 0 1 11 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 6 10
8 Kortrijk 7 3 1 3 9 8 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 0 2 4 4 1 10
9 RFC Seraing 7 3 0 4 7 11 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 9
10 KV Oostende 7 3 0 4 8 14 3 1 0 2 1 5 4 2 0 2 7 9 -6 9
11 Antwerp 6 2 2 2 11 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 8
12 Cercle Brugge 7 2 2 3 9 9 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 7 5 0 8
13 Zulte-Waregem 7 2 2 3 11 14 4 0 1 3 5 12 3 2 1 0 6 2 -3 8
14 Gent 6 2 1 3 13 9 4 2 1 1 12 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 4 7
15 Sint-Truiden 6 2 1 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 -3 7
16 OH Leuven 7 1 4 2 8 14 4 1 2 1 5 7 3 0 2 1 3 7 -6 7
17 Mechelen 7 2 1 4 11 18 3 2 0 1 7 6 4 0 1 3 4 12 -7 7
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 6 0 1 5 6 15 3 0 0 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 6 10 -9 1

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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.