Standard Liège travel to Waasland-Beveren with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Mon 17.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Freethielstadion (13200 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Pro League game of the season. Waasland-Beveren look forward to welcoming Standard Liège in front of their home support.

Waasland-Beveren and Standard Liège should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

Waasland-Beveren are returning here after visiting Kortrijk in a Pro League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. A. Koita and D. Heymans (2) scored the goal(s). Prior to that, an away loss at Royal Excel Mouscron.

Last season, Waasland-Beveren's league statistics were 5 wins, 5 draws and 19 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Pro League. Over these 29 matches they scored 21 goals and conceded 60. Playing at home last season Waasland-Beveren managed 3-2-9 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 30 conceded.

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Standard Liège form and stats

213 minutes! That's how long the Standard goalkeeper Arnaud Bodart and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from S. Bastien secured the home win 1-0 against Cercle Brugge in their previous game. A draw for Standard before that, at their own venue hosting Sint-Truiden (0-0).

Let's have a look at how Standard Liège performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 23/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Waasland-Beveren, one draw and six wins for Standard Liège. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Waasland-BeverenD. Heymans
D. Heymans
2 goals
Waasland-BeverenA. Koita
A. Koita
1 goals
Standard LiègeS. Bastien
S. Bastien
1 goals

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Waasland-Beveren Standard Liège
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 17
6 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 9
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 11%
Waasland-Beveren Last season Standard Liège
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   14 29
5 3   Won W   5 14
5 2   Drew D   3 7
19 9   Lost L   6 8
21 12   Scored S   23 47
60 30   Conceded C   23 32
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
79% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 79%
55% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 59%
38% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 31%
10% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 10%
48% 57%   BTTS BTTS   79% 62%
10% 7%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 28%
45% 36%   Failed to Score F T   14% 17%
 
3.9 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.3
5.8 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.9
2.1 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.3
1 0   Red cards R C   4 6
 
172 77   Total Shots T S   129 229
70 40   Shots on Target S O   58 94
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 50%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Waasland-Beveren 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Genk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Standard Liège 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Anderlecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Mechelen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Antwerp 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Royal Excel Mouscron 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Gent 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Club Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 29 21 7 1 58 14 15 12 3 0 33 5 14 9 4 1 25 9 44 70
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 15 11 3 1 38 14 14 5 4 5 21 20 25 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 14 10 2 2 26 9 15 5 7 3 23 14 26 54
4 Antwerp 29 15 8 6 49 32 14 10 4 0 28 12 15 5 4 6 21 20 17 53
5 Standard Liège 29 14 7 8 47 32 15 9 4 2 24 9 14 5 3 6 23 23 15 49
6 Mechelen 29 13 5 11 46 43 15 6 4 5 25 24 14 7 1 6 21 19 3 44
7 Genk 29 13 5 11 45 42 14 8 1 5 21 18 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 44
8 Anderlecht 29 11 10 8 45 29 15 7 5 3 29 12 14 4 5 5 16 17 16 43
9 Zulte-Waregem 29 10 6 13 41 49 14 7 2 5 30 17 15 3 4 8 11 32 -8 36
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 9 9 11 38 40 15 6 5 4 22 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -2 36
11 Kortrijk 29 9 6 14 40 44 15 5 3 7 24 22 14 4 3 7 16 22 -4 33
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 6 14 33 50 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 16 32 -17 33
13 AS Eupen 29 8 6 15 28 51 14 4 4 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 30
14 Cercle Brugge 29 7 2 20 27 54 14 5 1 8 16 23 15 2 1 12 11 31 -27 23
15 KV Oostende 29 6 4 19 29 58 15 5 3 7 20 27 14 1 1 12 9 31 -29 22
16 Waasland-Beveren 29 5 5 19 21 60 14 3 2 9 12 30 15 2 3 10 9 30 -39 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 Waasland-Beveren 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Genk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Standard Liège 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Anderlecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Mechelen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Antwerp 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Royal Excel Mouscron 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Gent 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Club Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.