Can Standard Liège beat Club Brugge in Stade Maurice Dufrasne clash?

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Standard Liège - Club Brugge!

Standard Liège and Club Brugge should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Standard Liège form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Standard Liège have to build on here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in the Pro League.

A strong away win for Standard against Sporting Charleroi the last match, as M. Balikwisha and N. Raskin were on target. Before that, Standard had a Europa League home game versus MOL Vidi which ended with a victory 3-1.

Standard are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Standard have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge are yet to lose a point on their Pro League travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games. Club Brugge have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Brugge won their last game, 3-0 versus Anderlecht played at home. Before that, Brugge secured a home win against Cercle Brugge with the score 2-1.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Champions League trip to Zenit.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Club Brugge alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (12 from 3 played). Brugge are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Standard won two, Club Brugge won three and five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
5 goals
Club BruggeK. Diatta
K. Diatta
4 goals
Club BruggeM. Krmenčík
M. Krmenčík
3 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Standard Liège Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 0 3 8
5 2 0 Won W 0 3 6
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
12 5 0 Scored S 0 12 21
6 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
88% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
62% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
62% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
12% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 25%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 38%
38% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 38%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
71 30 0 Total Shots T S 0 27 43
34 15 0 Shots on Target S O 0 15 18
35% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 80% 117%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals (12) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals (21) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+11) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+16) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Club Brugge have won all their away games so far.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Club Brugge is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Standard Liège have not yet lost a 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 Sporting Charleroi 8 6 1 1 14 5 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 3 1 0 7 2 9 19
2 Club Brugge 8 6 0 2 21 5 5 3 0 2 9 4 3 3 0 0 12 1 16 18
3 Standard Liège 8 5 2 1 12 6 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 3 0 1 7 3 6 17
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 8 5 0 3 16 17 4 3 0 1 11 8 4 2 0 2 5 9 -1 15
5 Antwerp 8 4 2 2 15 11 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 7 7 4 14
6 OH Leuven 8 4 2 2 13 12 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 2 1 1 8 7 1 14
7 Anderlecht 8 3 4 1 15 12 4 2 2 0 7 3 4 1 2 1 8 9 3 13
8 KV Oostende 8 3 3 2 12 8 4 2 1 1 9 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 12
9 Cercle Brugge 8 4 0 4 11 10 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 2 0 3 6 8 1 12
10 Kortrijk 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 0 11
11 Genk 8 2 4 2 12 13 4 1 2 1 7 6 4 1 2 1 5 7 -1 10
12 Gent 8 3 0 5 12 11 4 2 0 2 9 6 4 1 0 3 3 5 1 9
13 AS Eupen 8 1 5 2 8 12 4 1 1 2 4 8 4 0 4 0 4 4 -4 8
14 Mechelen 8 2 1 5 9 14 4 1 1 2 6 6 4 1 0 3 3 8 -5 7
15 Zulte-Waregem 8 2 1 5 10 18 4 1 0 3 5 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 -8 7
16 Sint-Truiden 8 1 3 4 6 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 6
17 Waasland-Beveren 8 1 1 6 12 22 4 0 1 3 5 10 4 1 0 3 7 12 -10 4
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 8 0 3 5 3 12 4 0 1 3 1 4 4 0 2 2 2 8 -9 3

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.