Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Standard Liege - Club Brugge!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Standard Liège form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 12 Pro League games here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne for Standard Liège. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
In their previous game, the manager M. Preud'homme led his Standard Liège to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Kortrijk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne. Before that, Standard Liège had a home game versus KV Oostende which ended with a victory 2-1.
A decent goal production from Standard Liège in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Standard Liège have conceded only 9 goals.
Club Brugge form and stats
Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (51) in Pro League, have an excellent away record in the Pro League so far with 8-3-1 from 12 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Club Brugge as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. Visiting Club Brugge has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Club Brugge goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is eager to challenge this, with his 223 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
H. Vanaken scored in Club Brugge's previous match, the home game against Antwerp that ended 1-0. A 0-0 draw at Sporting Charleroi's stadium before that.
Club Brugge has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 12 games. Club Brugge are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Club Brugge - Standard Liège 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Standard Liège won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Club Brugge has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
 
H. Vanaken
12 goals
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D. Okereke
9 goals
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S. Amallah
7 goals
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Standard Liège missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Standard Liège | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | 23 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 23 | 51 |
| 29 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 92% |
| 88% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 79% |
| 67% | 58% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 71% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 8% | 8% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 7.2 | 6.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 1.3 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 196 | 81 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 94 | 183 |
| 78 | 27 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 39 | 80 |
| 55% | 85% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 59% | 64% |
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (8) away
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (15)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (6) away
- Club Brugge has the most points (27) away
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals (23) away
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals (51)
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals in the first half (25)
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+15) away
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+40)
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Standard Liège have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 40 | 57 |
| 2 | Gent | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 48 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 45 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 6 | Genk | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -4 | 34 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 29 |
| 11 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 26 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -29 | 20 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 29 | -30 | 11 |