The league table in Pro League tells a story about these teams so far, with Standard Liège leading Mechelen by 11 points. Match preview to follow:
- Standard Liège have not yet lost a game at home.
- Mechelen has the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Pro League
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 Mechelen.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard Liège have played 7 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Standard.
The fans are hoping that Standard will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Europa League game against Rangers. Before that, Standard played out a Pro League draw 0-0 when visiting Anderlecht.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Standard handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and zero defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Standard Liège, as the Europa League home game vs Benfica is only four days away.
Standard has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Standard Liège are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Mechelen form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mechelen in their Pro League matches away.
Mechelen has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to AS Eupen for a Pro League game that ended a draw (1-1). The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Beerschot-Wilrijk.
Mechelen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
Mechelen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Mechelen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Standard-Mechelen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Standard Liège four wins, Mechelen four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Hairemans 3 goals |  A. Vranckx 3 goals |  I. Rinck de Camargo 3 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Standard Liège | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 12 | 26 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 64% |
| 14% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 29% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.1 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9 | 9.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 31% | 38% |
- Mechelen has the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Pro League
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 28 |
| 2 | Genk | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 27 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | AS Eupen | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Gent | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Sint-Truiden | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 10 |