Soccer betting preview: Standard Liège welcomes Cercle Brugge in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 07.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

This could be another absorbing battle at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in the Pro League. Standard Liège is in 16th place and welcome Cercle Brugge in 12th spot. Read all about the fixture here!

This could be an entertaining game with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Standard Liège form and stats

A Pro League draw at home so far for Standard Liège. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 17 matches.

The club members are hoping that Standard Liège will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Genk (placed 4th). Dussenne was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.43 out of 10. The defender Dussenne won 8 of 8 duels.

Before that, Standard Liège drew at home versus Gent.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Standard Liège at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Pro League ended in defeat. Last season Cercle Brugge had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 6, drew 5 and lost 6.

Impressive finishing from Torres secured the home win 1-0 against Anderlecht in their previous game. Defender Torres was the best team player with a rating of 7.94. Torres scored one goal and won 8 of 13 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Westerlo's place.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cercle Brugge has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Standard won seven, Cercle Brugge triumphed in zero and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Standard LiègeN. Dussenne
N. Dussenne
1 goals
Standard LiègeS. Amallah
S. Amallah
1 goals
Standard LiègeD. Drăguş
D. Drăguş
1 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Standard Liège Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 2 0 Scored S 0 0 1
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
3 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 6
9.5 12 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 2
4 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.5 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 9.5
3 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
20.5 25 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 22 13.5
6.5 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 4
Standard Liège Last season Cercle Brugge
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
9 3   Won W   6 12
9 5   Drew D   5 9
16 9   Lost L   6 13
32 15   Scored S   26 49
51 26   Conceded C   26 46
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
65% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 88%
44% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
26% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 12%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   71% 62%
24% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 24%
29% 29%   Failed to Score F T   6% 15%
 
4.3 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5
4.6 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.6
3.3 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.3
6 4   Red cards R C   4 4
 
11.7 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 13.7
3.6 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.9
26% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 30%
 
12.9 11.9   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 10.8
4.3 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 OH Leuven 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Antwerp 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Genk 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
5 Sporting Charleroi 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
6 Anderlecht 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
7 Zulte-Waregem 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Club Brugge 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
9 Westerlo 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
10 AS Eupen 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
11 KV Oostende 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
12 Cercle Brugge 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 Kortrijk 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
14 Gent 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
15 Sint-Truiden 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
16 Standard Liège 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
17 Mechelen 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
18 RFC Seraing 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
Last season 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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liège 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

Read more about Pro League

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.