Welcome to Stade Maurice Dufrasne and the fixture starring Standard Liège and Mechelen in the Pro League. Here's all you should know!
- Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mechelen have the fewest points (4) away in Pro League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard Liège have played 10 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Standard, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Standard Liège shared the glory with RFC Seraing in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Dønnum got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Dønnum scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
In the match before that, Standard Liège hosted Sint-Truiden and drew the game 1-1.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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 5.
It should be added that a glance at the 12 most recent league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
11 goals have been conceded.
Mechelen form and stats
There's been little loot from Mechelen's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Pro League. Mechelen only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
Mechelen go into this game after a win, the home game against KV Oostende that ended 2-1. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone five league games without victory. Storm, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.65. Storm hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Earlier, the Belgian Cup victory away at Kortrijk. We have checked recent matches where Mechelen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kortrijk in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mechelen as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Mechelen have conceded 17 goals in these games. Mechelen has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Mechelen have won all of the 5 latest battles versus this side. Something to take note of?The last H2H meeting ended Mechelen - Standard Liège 2-0, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Schoofs 5 goals |   N. Dussenne 4 goals |  S. Amallah 4 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Standard Liège | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 31 | 20 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 27 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 85% |
| 80% | 90% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 85% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 65% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 55% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 20% | 10% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 35% |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 6.3 |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.2 | 11.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.4 | 12.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| 37% | 35% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 32% |
| 12.5 | 12 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 14.5 | 12.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.8 | 4.4 |
- Mechelen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mechelen have the fewest points (4) away in Pro League
- Mechelen have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Pro League
- Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Standard Liège have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mechelen have scored away.
- Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Genk | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -16 | 19 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | KV Oostende | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -18 | 16 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
