It's advantage Standard Liège so far with their 6th position in the Pro League table, welcoming Mechelen who are placed 8th.
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pro League.
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 are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
A nice win for Standard Liège last time playing, versus Gent. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Selim Amallah and Michel Ange Balikwisha scoring for the victors. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-6 away at KV Oostende.
There will be little rest for Standard after this match as they are travelling to Mechelen for a Pro League game in only three days.
The Standard Liège fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 17 league matches. Standard Liège have conceded 20 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Mechelen form and stats
8 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Mechelen playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
Mechelen had fun at their own home (Stade Maurice Dufrasne) last time out, beating KV Oostende 5-3. Nikola Storm (2), Jordi Vanlerberghe, Kerim Mrabti and Igor De Camargo scored. A 2-2 draw at Gent's stadium before that.
An amazing comeback from Mechelen last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Igor De Camargo scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Mechelen, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Standard Liège in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Mechelen have scored 25 goals in 17 league games away. 24 goals have been conceded by Mechelen in these games.
Head 2 Head
Mechelen - Standard Liège 0-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Standard wins - draws - Mechelen wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Amallah 10 goals |   N. Storm 10 goals |  I. Rinck de Camargo 9 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Standard Liège | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 56 | 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 27 | 61 |
| 48 | 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | 59 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 83% |
| 64% | 61% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 61% | 69% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 39% | 44% |
| 8% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | 25% |
| 64% | 72% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 72% | 67% |
| 25% | 22% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 19% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 11% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 39% | 39% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 35% |
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 |