Standard Liège will pray that their home advantage is enough to get some points from this hard meeting, against high-flying Club Brugge.
- Standard Liège have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals away as Standard Liège have scored home.
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.
Standard Liège form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. Standard Liège have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne. The Standard manager Elsner might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Standard Liège manager Elsner and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Anderlecht (placed 4th) in the Pro League. The hometeam coach Elsner made a successful contribution in the game against Anderlecht, bringing on Drăguş who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Dussenne was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.23 out of 10. The defender Dussenne won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Zulte-Waregem with the scoreline 0-1.There will be little rest for Standard Liège after this match as they are travelling to AS Eupen for a Pro League game in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Standard Liège here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Standard Liège defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Standard hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Beerschot-Wilrijk, Sint-Truiden, RFC Seraing, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Club Brugge form and stats
The visitors are W6-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Ketelaere and Dost scored in Club Brugge's previous match, the home game against Sint-Truiden that ended 2-0. Hendry, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.13. Hendry hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Karlsruher SC in the Club Friendlies 3.A quick return to home after this game, as Club Brugge are hosting Union Saint-Gilloise in the Pro League only four days away.
Brugge are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. As opposed to that, Club Brugge have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date reported scoreline between these sides is the Club Brugge - Standard Liège 2-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Standard Liège three wins, four draws and Club Brugge three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Drăguş 4 goals |  K. Laifis 2 goals |  S. Amallah 2 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Standard Liège | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 43 |
| 35 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 91% |
| 52% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 59% |
| 33% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 41% |
| 10% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 62% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 64% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 32% |
| 19% | 30% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 4.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| 3.9 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.1 | 14.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 12.2 | 15.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
| 29% | 21% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 11.5 | 9.9 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 11.8 | 10.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals away as Standard Liège have scored home.
- Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Standard Liège have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Standard Liège have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 47 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | Gent | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Genk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 32 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 24 |
| 14 | Standard Liège | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -20 | 23 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -14 | 23 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -19 | 19 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -29 | 9 |
