All you need to know about the Standard Liège - KV Oostende game:

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

The Standard Liège & KV Oostende managers M. Leye and A. Blessin are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pro League league table.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Standard and KV Oostende.

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Standard Liège form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Standard Liège have managed 7 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 17 games. Standard has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. Leye and the players.

Standard Liège faced defeat in their previous match, away at Gent (0-2). Defender Konstantinos Laifis got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.21/10. Laifis won 9 of 11 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Mechelen.

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 as a small favourite), we find six games. Standard Liège has won one of these, drawn two and lost three.

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

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KV Oostende form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of KV Oostende playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Oostende have lost on their last two travels.

Oostende's last game was the home draw against Mechelen (2-2). Midfield player Kevin Vandendriessche was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.13/10. Vandendriessche hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times. Drawing 2-2 against Mechelen after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager A. Blessin needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Gent.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with KV Oostende playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Oostende win, one draw and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Oostende have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the KV Oostende - Standard 6-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Standard seven wins, two draws and KV Oostende one victory. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KV OostendeJ. Sakala
J. Sakala
16 goals
KV OostendeM. Gueye
M. Gueye
11 goals
StandardS. Amallah
S. Amallah
10 goals

Standard Liège missing players

KV Oostende missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Standard Liège KV Oostende
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 4 Played P 4 19 39
14 8 0 Won W 1 6 16
11 7 3 Drew D 1 3 9
14 4 1 Lost L 2 10 14
58 29 3 Scored S 6 20 61
55 23 5 Conceded C 7 27 56
95% 95% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 97%
79% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 63% 82%
64% 63% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 53% 64%
36% 32% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 16% 33%
8% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
64% 74% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 67%
23% 21% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 18%
18% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 26% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
9.8 10 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.8 9.5
4.2 4.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 4.1
36% 37% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 38%

  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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