Delightful dogfight as daring Standard Liège duels with determined Gent

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Fri 10.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)

Standard Liège and Gent are both riding high in the Pro League with their 3rd and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Standard Liège form and stats

Standard Liège have performed well so far this season with 10 wins from 15 matches. Points have also been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Standard Liège with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Gent game, 37 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

The fans are hoping that Standard Liège will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Pro League game against Anderlecht. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Antwerp.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Standard Liège handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D0-L0.

Goals decide football matches and Standard Liège are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 15 matches. Standard Liège's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gent form and stats

As the visiting team Gent have produced an overall stat of 6-3-6 so far. Recent form does not give Gent much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Standard Liège will be a tough nut to crack.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Club Brugge with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A loss against Mechelen was the result prior to that, in a Belgian Cup home game.

We have checked recent matches where Gent have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were W0-D2-L3.

Gent has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 27 goals from 15 games. Gent have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Gent - Standard Liège 1-2. Standard Liège-Gent H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Standard Liège 4 wins, Gent 4 wins, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

R. Emond
13 goals
R. Marin
8 goals / 8 assists
P. M'Poku
8 goals / 5 assists

Standard Liège missing players

Gent missing players

Standard Liège Gent
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
36 17 4 Played 6 18 37
17 11 2 Won 0 6 15
8 4 1 Drew 2 4 6
11 2 1 Lost 4 8 16
57 36 7 Scored 3 28 56
48 21 6 Conceded 11 29 56
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 83% 94% 95%
86% 88% 100% Over 1.5 83% 94% 86%
67% 71% 75% Over 2.5 50% 72% 70%
33% 53% 50% Over 3.5 17% 44% 35%
11% 24% 0% Over 4.5 0% 11% 14%
67% 76% 100% BTTS 50% 61% 65%
22% 18% 0% Clean Sheets 17% 22% 19%
22% 18% 0% Failed To Score 50% 22% 22%
 
5.9 6.5 4.5 Corners For (avg) 5.8 5.4 6.3
4.2 3.6 2.5 Corners Against (avg) 5.7 5.2 4.6
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 2.2 1.9
3 1 0 Red Cards 5 6 7
Key stats this season:
  • Gent is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Standard Liège is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Standard Liège
All Pro League Champions League Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
17-03-19 PRO Standard Liège 4 - 3 Waasland-Beveren
29-03-19 PRO Standard Liège 3 - 1 Antwerp
03-04-19 PRO Gent 1 - 2 Standard Liège
08-04-19 PRO Club Brugge 4 - 0 Standard Liège
19-04-19 PRO Standard Liège 1 - 3 Genk
26-04-19 PRO Antwerp 2 - 1 Standard Liège
05-05-19 PRO Anderlecht 2 - 1 Standard Liège
10-05-19 PRO Standard Liège 18:30 Gent
16-05-19 PRO Standard Liège 18:30 Club Brugge
19-05-19 PRO Genk 16:00 Standard Liège
Gent
All Pro League Europa League Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
03-04-19 PRO Gent 1 - 2 Standard Liège
06-04-19 PRO Genk 2 - 1 Gent
13-04-19 PRO Gent 1 - 2 Antwerp
21-04-19 PRO Anderlecht 0 - 0 Gent
27-04-19 PRO Gent 0 - 1 Genk
01-05-19 BC Gent 1 - 2 Mechelen
05-05-19 PRO Gent 0 - 1 Club Brugge
10-05-19 PRO Standard Liège 18:30 Gent
16-05-19 PRO Antwerp 18:30 Gent
19-05-19 PRO Gent 16:00 Anderlecht

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Genk 30 18 9 3 63 31 15 9 4 2 26 12 15 9 5 1 37 19 32 63
2 Club Brugge 30 16 8 6 64 32 15 10 2 3 36 14 15 6 6 3 28 18 32 56
3 Standard Liège 30 15 8 7 49 35 15 10 4 1 32 17 15 5 4 6 17 18 14 53
4 Anderlecht 30 15 6 9 49 34 15 8 6 1 27 12 15 7 0 8 22 22 15 51
5 Gent 30 15 5 10 53 45 15 9 2 4 26 21 15 6 3 6 27 24 8 50
6 Antwerp 30 14 7 9 39 34 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 8 3 4 17 14 5 49
7 Sint-Truiden 30 12 11 7 47 36 15 8 5 2 27 16 15 4 6 5 20 20 11 47
8 Kortrijk 30 12 7 11 44 42 15 6 3 6 24 25 15 6 4 5 20 17 2 43
9 Sporting Charleroi 30 12 6 12 43 43 15 7 3 5 22 18 15 5 3 7 21 25 0 42
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 30 11 7 12 33 33 15 7 4 4 17 10 15 4 3 8 16 23 0 40
11 Zulte-Waregem 30 8 9 13 49 60 15 5 5 5 29 27 15 3 4 8 20 33 -11 33
12 AS Eupen 30 10 2 18 34 57 15 6 0 9 20 28 15 4 2 9 14 29 -23 32
13 Cercle Brugge 30 7 7 16 35 59 15 6 3 6 23 27 15 1 4 10 12 32 -24 28
14 Waasland-Beveren 30 5 12 13 37 50 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 5 8 20 28 -13 27
15 KV Oostende 30 6 9 15 29 52 15 4 4 7 15 24 15 2 5 8 14 28 -23 27
16 Lokeren 30 5 5 20 28 53 15 5 3 7 16 24 15 0 2 13 12 29 -25 20

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