Standard Liège have 7 points running out as the team playing at home. KV Oostende have gained 6 points being the away side. Are we looking at a home win?
- Standard Liège have scored in all their matches so far.
- KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard Liège have played 3 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Standard Liège enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kortrijk's place. The match ended 1-0 with Amallah scoring. Midfield player Dønnum got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, the max score being 10. Dønnum hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
Ahead of that match, Standard lost 1-3 at home to OH Leuven.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Standard Liège have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.
The Standard Liège fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
KV Oostende form and stats
Things could have gone better for KV Oostende in their Pro League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. Recent form does not give Oostende much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Standard Liège will be a tough nut to crack.
KV Oostende play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to OH Leuven (placed 4th). Hornby, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.62. Hornby scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A loss against Sint-Truiden was the result prior to that, in a home game.We have checked recent matches where KV Oostende have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Oostende are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). KV Oostende struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Standard Liège victories, one draw and three KV Oostende wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Amallah 4 goals |   D. Atanga 3 goals |  N. Dussenne 2 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Standard Liège | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 6 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.5 | 14 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.7 | 10.2 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 30% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 24% |
| 12.5 | 12.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13.3 | 13.7 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 5 |
- All of KV Oostende's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Standard Liège's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Standard Liège have scored in all their matches so far.
- 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 | Genk | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | OH Leuven | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Sporting Charleroi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Gent | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Standard Liège | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Westerlo | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Kortrijk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 3 |
