Pro League duel: Close contest expected between Standard Liège and Gent

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

Standard Liège have performed better than Gent so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Standard Liège form and stats

Overall Pro League stats at home this season for Standard Liège are 7-7-3 (wins-draw-losses). Standard has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Before that game, the home loss against Genk with the scoreline 1-2.

Standard were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

This is expected to be a close game, with Standard Liège perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Standard Liège as a small favourite), we find six games. Standard has won one of these, drawn two and lost three.

A decent goal production from Standard in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 17 league matches. On the other hand, Standard have conceded 20 goals.

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Gent form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Zulte-Waregem at their stadium, the result 7-2.

A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Mechelen. Gent were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with V. Odjidja-Ofoe scoring the equalizer.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gent playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Gent wins, four draws and one defeat.

Gent has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 26 goals from 17 games. 21 goals have been conceded by Gent in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Standard - Gent 2-1 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Standard Liège won five, Gent won five and zero draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentR. Yaremchuk
R. Yaremchuk
18 goals
Standard LiègeS. Amallah
S. Amallah
9 goals
StandardJ. Muleka
J. Muleka
8 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Gent missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Standard Liège Gent
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
13 7 1 Won W 1 6 14
11 7 4 Drew D 2 4 8
11 3 0 Lost L 2 7 13
54 26 10 Scored S 3 26 57
47 20 7 Conceded C 4 21 44
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
77% 76% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 65% 71%
63% 59% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 47% 57%
37% 35% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 29%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
63% 71% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 59% 54%
26% 24% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 31%
17% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 18% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 1.6 1.5
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.4 9.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 8.9 8.6
4 3.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 4.2
39% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 36% 39%

  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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liège 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

Table
  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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liège 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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