It's advantage Standard Liège so far with their 4th position in the Pro League table, welcoming KV Oostende who are placed 9th.
The hosts Standard saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Benfica, so at least Standard are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard Liège have collected 9 points from their Pro League home games so far after 2-3-0. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
In their previous game, the manager P. Montanier led his Standard to a defeat in the Europa League match away at Benfica. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sint-Truiden (0-2).
The manager P. Montanier will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lech Poznan in only four days.
Standard has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Standard Liège have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
KV Oostende form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of KV Oostende, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Pro League, playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
218 minutes! That's how long the Oostende goalkeeper Guillaume Hubert and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Oostende go into this game after a win, the home game against Zulte-Waregem that ended 3-0. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Royal Excel Mouscron.
It was a convincing performance from Oostende when Zulte-Waregem were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Fashion Sakala, Maxime D'Arpino and Kevin Vandendriessche scored their goals.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and KV Oostende playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, one draw and three home wins.
The attacking power of Oostende when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Standard Liège won six, KV Oostende won two and two draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Standard Liège missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Standard Liège | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 90% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 70% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 67% |
| 50% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 67% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 30% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | 42 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 24 | 63 |
| 42 | 19 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 30 |
| 31% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 50% |
- KV Oostende has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Pro League
- Standard Liège have not yet lost a game at home.
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | OH Leuven | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Genk | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 3 |