Standard Liège vs Cercle Brugge betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

The home team, Standard Liège, should be odds-on favourites in this fixture, but Cercle Brugge have exhibited both smartness and spirit. Learn more about the game!

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

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Standard Liège form and stats

The total Pro League statistics playing at home this season for Standard Liège are 10-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Standard lost their last game at Westerlo after a 0-3 scoreline. Midfield player Alzate got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Alzate hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 48 successful passes (of 50 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Westerlo that ended 2-2.

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 7 games. Standard Liège has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

At Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Standard Liège has the goal stats of 34-17 (for/against) from 17 league fixtures.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Cercle Brugge playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gent in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. Goalkeeper Majecki made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Gent. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Attacker Denkey got a player rating of 8.22 in the game. "Man of the match" Denkey scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Gent.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Cercle Brugge in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cercle Brugge, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The visiting Cercle have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 17 games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cercle Brugge struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Standard Liège have managed a streak of 14 consecutive games without losing (9-5-0) when facing Cercle Brugge.

The two combatants have battled before this season: Cercle Brugge - Standard 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeA. Ueda
A. Ueda
21 goals
Standard LiègeP. Zinckernagel
P. Zinckernagel
10 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Denkey
A. Denkey
10 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 top Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 6 19 38
16 10 3 Won W 1 6 14
9 4 2 Drew D 1 5 13
13 5 1 Lost L 4 8 11
61 37 14 Scored S 9 26 57
52 21 7 Conceded C 15 33 55
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 92%
87% 95% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 84% 82%
55% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 53%
39% 42% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 32% 37%
16% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 16% 16%
50% 47% 67% BTTS BTTS 83% 63% 63%
34% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 16% 18%
21% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 26% 26%
 
5.1 5.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.4 5.5
5.2 4.9 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.1 4.6
2.4 2.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2
11 6 2 Red cards R C 0 4 5
 
11.7 12.7 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.5 13.7
4 4.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.4
38% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 34%
 
12.5 11.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 12.9 10.8
4.2 3.6 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.9 3.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cercle Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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