Standard Liège vs Club Brugge match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 18.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

A important game in Pro League as both participants are fighting for the top positions. With Standard Liège in 6th position and Club Brugge placed 3rd, this has all the looks of a thriling battle. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Standard Liège have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

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

Standard Liège have played 4 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Standard, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sint-Truiden away with the result 2-1. Drăguş found the net in that victory. The striker Drăguş was named "man of the match" for Standard Liège with the rating of 7.61/10. Drăguş scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Standard won a home game hosting KV Oostende (1-0).

The Standard Liège fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Standard Liège's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Club Brugge form and stats

3-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Club Brugge in their Pro League matches away.

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. Brugge goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is eager to challenge this, with his 261 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two away games in a row for Club Brugge, whose coach Hoefkens could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against Porto. Jutglà, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.11. Jutglà scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Prior to that result Club Brugge won their away game at RFC Seraing in the Pro League. The scoreline was 2-0.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Brugge are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Club Brugge as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Standard Liège won two, Club Brugge triumphed in three and we saw five draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Standard LiègeS. Amallah
S. Amallah
4 goals
Club BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
4 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 2 Played P 1 4 8
4 2 0 Won W 1 3 6
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
12 6 3 Scored S 3 9 19
13 5 5 Conceded C 0 3 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 75%
50% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 38%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
62% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 62%
38% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 38%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.1 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 6.4
5.9 6.2 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4 3.6
3.2 2.5 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 14.2 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12 16.1
4.6 5.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.8
32% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 64% 63%
 
14 13.2 16 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13 12.5
4.9 5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.8 4.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Club Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Standard Liège have scored in all their matches so far.
  • 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 Antwerp 8 8 0 0 19 5 4 4 0 0 12 4 4 4 0 0 7 1 14 24
2 Genk 8 6 1 1 21 9 4 3 1 0 9 4 4 3 0 1 12 5 12 19
3 Club Brugge 8 6 1 1 19 7 4 3 1 0 10 4 4 3 0 1 9 3 12 19
4 OH Leuven 8 5 1 2 16 13 4 3 0 1 7 6 4 2 1 1 9 7 3 16
5 Gent 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 14
6 Standard Liège 8 4 1 3 12 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 2 6 8 -1 13
7 Union Saint-Gilloise 8 4 1 3 12 13 4 3 0 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 6 9 -1 13
8 Sporting Charleroi 8 4 0 4 13 13 4 2 0 2 7 8 4 2 0 2 6 5 0 12
9 Anderlecht 8 3 1 4 12 9 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 1 0 3 5 5 3 10
10 Mechelen 8 3 1 4 16 15 4 2 0 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 10
11 Sint-Truiden 8 2 4 2 7 8 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 1 3 0 2 1 -1 10
12 Westerlo 8 3 0 5 13 16 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 4 5 12 -3 9
13 KV Oostende 8 3 0 5 8 11 4 2 0 2 4 5 4 1 0 3 4 6 -3 9
14 Kortrijk 8 2 1 5 5 11 4 0 1 3 1 7 4 2 0 2 4 4 -6 7
15 AS Eupen 8 2 0 6 7 14 4 1 0 3 3 6 4 1 0 3 4 8 -7 6
16 RFC Seraing 8 2 0 6 7 16 4 0 0 4 0 8 4 2 0 2 7 8 -9 6
17 Zulte-Waregem 8 1 2 5 7 15 4 1 0 3 5 10 4 0 2 2 2 5 -8 5
18 Cercle Brugge 8 1 2 5 3 13 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 0 0 4 1 10 -10 5

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.