Only three points good enough for Standard Liège in Waasland-Beveren game

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 been outstanding at home so far in the Pro League with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.

Standard Liège drew their last game, 1-1 away at Club Brugge (placed 1st). Prior to that, an away loss at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League.

There will be little rest for Standard Liège after this match as they are travelling to Gent for a Pro League game in only four days.

Goals are plentiful at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in the league this season as Standard Liège has scored 15 goals here in 6 attempts. Standard Liège have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

Waasland-Beveren form and stats

There's been little loot from Waasland-Beveren's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Pro League. Waasland-Beveren, who have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Pro League, only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.

The manager A. Mercier was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground Stade Maurice Dufrasne. Waasland-Beveren suffered a 1-3 loss to Mechelen (placed 3rd). Prior to that match, the Waasland-Beveren manager A. Mercier faced defeat when travelling to Gent and losing 0-2.

With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any point(s) for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Waasland-Beveren as the away team, we found five results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. The outsiders lost 3 of these games by at least two goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Zulte-Waregem in just three days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Waasland-Beveren's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Waasland-Beveren have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Standard Liège-Waasland-Beveren H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Standard Liège 7 wins, Waasland-Beveren 2 wins, 1 draw. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

R. Emond 6 goals

M. Lestienne 5 goals / 3 assists

S. Bastien 3 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Waasland-Beveren missing players