It's a new beginning in Pro League - the first game of the season. Read our full guide and see how Standard Liège and Gent did in their pre-season matches!
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.
Standard Liège form and stats
In the previous season, Standard Liège's league results were 9 wins, 9 draws and 16 losses, providing 14th spot in the Pro League. During these 34 matches they scored 32 goals and gave away 51. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Standard Liège generated 3-5-9 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 26 conceded.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Standard Liège friendly games in pre-season: Standard Liège played three friendlies, won 0, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Standard Liège scored 2 goals and conceded 5 in these three games.
Gent form and stats
Let's have a look at how Gent performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 19/14 goals scored/conceded.
Just as the home team, Gent have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 Gent wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Standard Liège won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Gent managed eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeStandard Liège missing players
Gent missing players
| Standard Liège | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Standard Liège | Last season | Gent | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 10 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Scored | S | 26 | 65 | ||
| 51 | 26 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 65% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 65% | ||
| 44% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 25% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 10% | ||
| 50% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 45% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 40% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 22% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 14.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 26% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 12.9 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 51 | 77 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 35 | 72 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 64 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 63 |
| 5 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 62 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 54 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 61 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 37 | -4 | 52 |
| 8 | Genk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 51 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 51 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 45 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 58 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 41 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 61 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -27 | 37 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -5 | 37 |
| 14 | Standard Liège | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 51 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -19 | 36 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 61 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -24 | 32 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 42 | 69 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 37 | -27 | 32 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 68 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 38 | -38 | 28 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 33 | 76 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 43 | -43 | 16 |