Standard Liège vs AS Eupen preview: Guests will have a difficult 90 minutes at Stade Maurice Dufrasne

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 27.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

There should be a noteworthy difference in performance between these teams based on the matches played so far, with Standard Liège in front of AS Eupen by 14 points.

Insights:
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AS Eupen have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Pro League

This promises to be an intriguing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Standard Liège form and stats

Standard Liège have collected 20 points from their Pro League home games so far after 6-2-3.

Standard Liège faced defeat in their previous match, away at Antwerp (1-4). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through four league fixtures. Midfield player Alzate got a match rating of 7.23 in that game, the max score being 10. Alzate scored one goal and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Mechelen in a game that was won 2-0.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Standard Liège at home in the league. 22 on target and 11 scored by the opposition; from 11 matches.

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AS Eupen form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for AS Eupen so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

AS Eupen are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at OH Leuven (placed 9th). Goalkeeper Moser made a total of six saves, making him a hero against OH Leuven. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

A loss against Sint-Truiden was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Eupen playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 3 home wins.

The visiting AS Eupen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. The AS Eupen manager Still has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head encounter ended AS Eupen - Standard Liège 2-0, earlier this season. Numbers for the previous ten meetings involving these two squads are: seven wins for Standard, one draw and two wins for AS Eupen. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

AS EupenK. Jocelyn N’dri
K. Jocelyn N’dri
5 goals
Standard LiègeN. Dussenne
N. Dussenne
4 goals
Standard LiègeS. Amallah
S. Amallah
4 goals

Standard Liège missing players

AS Eupen missing players

Standard Liège AS Eupen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 1 11 21
10 6 2 Won W 0 3 6
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
8 3 1 Lost L 1 6 13
34 22 3 Scored S 2 16 27
28 11 2 Conceded C 4 25 43
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 91% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 71%
50% 55% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 55% 57%
32% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 45% 38%
18% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 36% 24%
41% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 57%
45% 55% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 19%
18% 9% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 24%
 
5.2 5.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.7 5.2
5.6 5.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.4 5.7
2.7 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2.4
7 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
11.2 11.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.9 12.3
3.7 4.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 3.9
37% 35% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 42% 33%
 
12.4 11.9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 26 15.7 14.2
4 3.4 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 13 5.5 4.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Genk 21 18 1 2 52 19 11 10 1 0 29 9 10 8 0 2 23 10 33 55
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 22 15 4 3 45 24 11 8 2 1 19 8 11 7 2 2 26 16 21 49
3 Antwerp 22 14 3 5 42 23 11 9 1 1 26 9 11 5 2 4 16 14 19 45
4 Gent 22 11 5 6 37 21 11 6 3 2 18 10 11 5 2 4 19 11 16 38
5 Club Brugge 22 10 7 5 40 28 12 6 5 1 26 14 10 4 2 4 14 14 12 37
6 Standard Liège 22 10 4 8 34 28 11 6 2 3 22 11 11 4 2 5 12 17 6 34
7 Westerlo 22 9 4 9 42 39 11 5 2 4 26 17 11 4 2 5 16 22 3 31
8 Sint-Truiden 22 8 7 7 23 24 11 3 3 5 10 14 11 5 4 2 13 10 -1 31
9 OH Leuven 22 8 6 8 36 33 10 4 2 4 16 15 12 4 4 4 20 18 3 30
10 Cercle Brugge 22 8 6 8 29 30 10 4 4 2 16 10 12 4 2 6 13 20 -1 30
11 Anderlecht 22 8 3 11 31 32 11 4 1 6 18 17 11 4 2 5 13 15 -1 27
12 Sporting Charleroi 21 8 3 10 28 34 10 4 1 5 14 16 11 4 2 5 14 18 -6 27
13 Mechelen 21 7 4 10 30 38 12 6 3 3 23 19 9 1 1 7 7 19 -8 25
14 Kortrijk 22 6 3 13 24 42 11 3 2 6 9 20 11 3 1 7 15 22 -18 21
15 AS Eupen 21 6 2 13 27 43 10 3 0 7 11 18 11 3 2 6 16 25 -16 20
16 Zulte-Waregem 22 5 5 12 29 46 11 3 2 6 18 29 11 2 3 6 11 17 -17 20
17 KV Oostende 22 5 2 15 23 49 11 4 0 7 13 22 11 1 2 8 10 27 -26 17
18 RFC Seraing 22 4 3 15 21 40 11 0 2 9 4 17 11 4 1 6 17 23 -19 15

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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.