Pro League information and guide: Standard Liège odds-on front runner to overcome Westerlo

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

A glance at the Pro League table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Check out our Standard Liège - Westerlo match guide!

Insights:
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Pro League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Standard Liège form and stats

10 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Standard Liège have to build on here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in the Pro League.

Standard Liège's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Gent. Midfield player Dønnum got a match rating of 7.71 in that game, the max score being 10. Dønnum served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Cercle Brugge that finished 0-0.

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 Liège have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.

Standard Liège has scored {34 goals} so far and conceded {17 goals} from 17 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Westerlo form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Westerlo playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

The manager Roeck was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Het Kuipje. Westerlo suffered a 3-5 loss to Cercle Brugge. As you can tell from the result, the match against Cercle Brugge was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today? It is worrying for Westerlo that their goalie Bolat managed six saves in the Cercle Brugge match, but still could not rescue them from a beating. Midfielder Dorgeles was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.6. Dorgeles scored three goals and dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times.

A 1-3 defeat away at Gent before that.

We have checked recent matches where Westerlo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The visiting Westerlo have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Westerlo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Standard Liège - Westerlo 2-0. The referee pulled out his red card when these teams last met, and the recipient was Bodart (Standard Liège). Last ten meetings involving these teams: Standard won three, Westerlo triumphed in three and we saw four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

WesterloN. Dorgeles
N. Dorgeles
11 goals
Standard LiègeP. Zinckernagel
P. Zinckernagel
9 goals
WesterloM. De Cuyper
M. De Cuyper
8 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Westerlo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Standard Liège Westerlo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
16 10 3 Won W 1 6 14
8 3 1 Drew D 1 5 9
12 5 1 Lost L 4 7 13
59 35 12 Scored S 6 22 65
47 19 5 Conceded C 15 30 61
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
86% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 86%
53% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 39% 56%
39% 39% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 42%
17% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 17% 33%
50% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 61%
36% 44% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 28% 28%
19% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 22% 17%
 
5.1 5.9 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 4.7
5.2 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 6.2 5.9
2.4 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.7
11 6 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.7 12.6 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10.6 11.9
4 4.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 4.1
38% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 41% 44%
 
12.6 11.8 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 21.3 15.2 14
4 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 4.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Westerlo have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Pro League
  • Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Pro League

  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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

Table
  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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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