Standard Liège v Cercle Brugge betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

Standard Liège are up for a new challenge after their 1-2 against Mechelen last time out. Cercle Brugge are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Standard Liège have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Standard Liège form and stats

Standard Liège's struggle is real here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne with only 10 points collected from 12 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-6.

Standard Liège's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Mechelen (placed 7th). Dussenne, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Dussenne won 4 of 9 duels.

Before that match, a win away at AS Eupen.

This is expected to be a close game, with Standard Liège perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Standard Liège as a small favourite), we find six games. Standard Liège has won zero of these, drawn three and lost three.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Standard defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Playing away, Cercle Brugge have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pro League this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Cercle Brugge are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Cercle Brugge failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs KV Oostende (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Anderlecht.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Cercle Brugge in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Cercle Brugge, two draws and five defeats.

Cercle Brugge has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 12 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Cercle Brugge in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cercle Brugge - Standard 1-1 was the product when these two participants last played each other, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Standard Liège victories, two draws and zero Cercle Brugge wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeR. Matondo
R. Matondo
6 goals
Standard LiègeD. Drăguş
D. Drăguş
5 goals
Cercle BruggeD. Hotič
D. Hotič
5 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Standard Liège Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
7 2 0 Won W 2 6 10
7 4 2 Drew D 1 2 4
10 6 2 Lost L 0 4 11
28 12 4 Scored S 5 20 35
39 20 6 Conceded C 2 14 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 84%
54% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 48%
33% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 16%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
62% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 60%
21% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 24%
17% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 16%
 
4.8 6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.1 4.5
4.4 3.2 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 4.7
3.1 2.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.4
5 3 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.8 14.9 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.2 13
4 4.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5 4.8
29% 22% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 29%
 
12.8 11.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.9 10
4.2 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.2 3.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cercle Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 25 18 3 4 57 21 13 9 1 3 26 12 12 9 2 1 31 9 36 57
2 Club Brugge 25 13 9 3 46 30 12 6 6 0 24 12 13 7 3 3 22 18 16 48
3 Antwerp 24 14 5 5 44 26 12 7 3 2 25 13 12 7 2 3 19 13 18 47
4 Anderlecht 25 11 9 5 52 30 12 5 5 2 26 17 13 6 4 3 26 13 22 42
5 Sporting Charleroi 25 11 7 7 40 33 12 4 4 4 14 13 13 7 3 3 26 20 7 40
6 Gent 25 10 7 8 36 26 13 7 3 3 25 15 12 3 4 5 11 11 10 37
7 Mechelen 23 11 3 9 39 39 12 7 2 3 23 16 11 4 1 6 16 23 0 36
8 Cercle Brugge 25 10 4 11 35 30 13 4 2 7 15 16 12 6 2 4 20 14 5 34
9 Kortrijk 24 8 10 6 30 27 11 4 4 3 13 12 13 4 6 3 17 15 3 34
10 Genk 23 9 5 9 45 36 11 5 3 3 24 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 9 32
11 Sint-Truiden 25 8 4 13 26 36 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 4 2 6 9 16 -10 28
12 Standard Liège 24 7 7 10 28 39 12 2 4 6 12 20 12 5 3 4 16 19 -11 28
13 KV Oostende 24 8 3 13 26 46 12 4 1 7 14 29 12 4 2 6 12 17 -20 27
14 AS Eupen 25 7 6 12 31 41 12 3 3 6 13 21 13 4 3 6 18 20 -10 27
15 OH Leuven 23 6 9 8 31 38 11 4 3 4 14 17 12 2 6 4 17 21 -7 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 24 6 7 11 36 52 12 3 3 6 18 28 12 3 4 5 18 24 -16 25
17 RFC Seraing 25 7 2 16 26 50 13 5 2 6 15 21 12 2 0 10 11 29 -24 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 24 3 4 17 23 51 13 3 1 9 11 24 11 0 3 8 12 27 -28 13

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 25 18 3 4 57 21 13 9 1 3 26 12 12 9 2 1 31 9 36 57
2 Club Brugge 25 13 9 3 46 30 12 6 6 0 24 12 13 7 3 3 22 18 16 48
3 Antwerp 24 14 5 5 44 26 12 7 3 2 25 13 12 7 2 3 19 13 18 47
4 Anderlecht 25 11 9 5 52 30 12 5 5 2 26 17 13 6 4 3 26 13 22 42
5 Sporting Charleroi 25 11 7 7 40 33 12 4 4 4 14 13 13 7 3 3 26 20 7 40
6 Gent 25 10 7 8 36 26 13 7 3 3 25 15 12 3 4 5 11 11 10 37
7 Mechelen 23 11 3 9 39 39 12 7 2 3 23 16 11 4 1 6 16 23 0 36
8 Cercle Brugge 25 10 4 11 35 30 13 4 2 7 15 16 12 6 2 4 20 14 5 34
9 Kortrijk 24 8 10 6 30 27 11 4 4 3 13 12 13 4 6 3 17 15 3 34
10 Genk 23 9 5 9 45 36 11 5 3 3 24 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 9 32
11 Sint-Truiden 25 8 4 13 26 36 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 4 2 6 9 16 -10 28
12 Standard Liège 24 7 7 10 28 39 12 2 4 6 12 20 12 5 3 4 16 19 -11 28
13 KV Oostende 24 8 3 13 26 46 12 4 1 7 14 29 12 4 2 6 12 17 -20 27
14 AS Eupen 25 7 6 12 31 41 12 3 3 6 13 21 13 4 3 6 18 20 -10 27
15 OH Leuven 23 6 9 8 31 38 11 4 3 4 14 17 12 2 6 4 17 21 -7 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 24 6 7 11 36 52 12 3 3 6 18 28 12 3 4 5 18 24 -16 25
17 RFC Seraing 25 7 2 16 26 50 13 5 2 6 15 21 12 2 0 10 11 29 -24 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 24 3 4 17 23 51 13 3 1 9 11 24 11 0 3 8 12 27 -28 13

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