Only a win will satisfy the Standard Liege supporters in this Stade Maurice Dufrasne clash with KV Oostende, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Pro League table.
Standard Liège and KV Oostende should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Standard Liège form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne as Standard Liège have scored 21 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Standard Liège against Mechelen the last match, as F. Avenatti, S. Amallah and K. Laifis were on target. Preceding that match was the home game against Gent that was lost 0-1.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Standard Liège home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from Standard Liège in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Standard Liège have conceded only 8 goals.
KV Oostende form and stats
There's been little loot from KV Oostende's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 11 away games in the Pro League. KV Oostende only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved KV Oostende have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Anderlecht game. It's a growing despair in KV Oostende as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
KV Oostende are looking to quickly end their 306 minutes long goal drought in the Pro League.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Waasland-Beveren with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Mechelen wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where KV Oostende played away with similar odds. This revealed seven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 5 times.
The attacking power of KV Oostende when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. The KV Oostende manager D. van Wijk has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: KV Oostende - Standard Liège 1-4. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Standard Liège won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and KV Oostende has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 9 / 1Top Goalscorers
  S. Amallah 7 goals |  M. Lestienne 7 goals |   J. Sakala 6 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Standard Liège | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 40 | 21 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 22 |
| 25 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 77% |
| 64% | 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 55% |
| 32% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 41% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 18% |
| 68% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 55% |
| 23% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 64% | 45% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 6.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.4 | 6 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 169 | 68 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 59 | 102 |
| 69 | 23 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 32 | 51 |
| 58% | 91% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 43% |
- KV Oostende has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- KV Oostende has the fewest scored goals (6) away
- KV Oostende has the most conceded goals in the second half (30)
- KV Oostende have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- KV Oostende have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Standard Liège have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Standard Liège have scored at least twice as many goals at home as KV Oostende have scored away.
- Standard Liège have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | Club Brugge | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 39 | 52 |
| 2 | Gent | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 40 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 38 |
| 6 | Genk | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -17 | 20 |
| 14 | Waasland-Beveren | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -20 | 18 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 11 |