Zulte-Waregem - Standard Liège: Small difference between teams in Pro League clash

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 01.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Regenboogstadion (12500 seats)

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

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

Last season, Zulte-Waregem's league statistics were 14 wins, 4 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored 53 goals and conceded 69. Playing at home last season Zulte-Waregem managed 6-2-9 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 38 conceded.

The home team returns to Regenboogstadion after being equal after 90 minutes with OH Leuven (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Pro League game ended 1-1. Laurens De Bock, defender, was given a rating of 7.34/10 in that game, top of the team. Bock hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Gent (2-7).

This is expected to be a close game, with Zulte-Waregem perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Zulte-Waregem as a small favourite), we find eight games. Zulte-Waregem has won two of these, drawn three and lost three.

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Standard Liège form and stats

Let's have a look at how Standard Liège performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 26/21 goals scored/conceded.

Standard Liège delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Genk (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Pro League game. Defender Konstantinos Laifis was the best team player with a rating of 8.2. Laifis scored one goal and won 6 of 12 duels.

A draw for Standard Liège before that, at their own venue hosting Genk (1-1).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Standard Liège playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Standard Liège wins, four draws and three defeats.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Zulte-Waregem, one draw and four wins for Standard Liège. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
1 goals
Standard LiègeK. Laifis
K. Laifis
1 goals

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zulte-Waregem Standard Liège
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 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% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
Zulte-Waregem Last season Standard Liège
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   20 40
14 6   Won W   6 14
4 2   Drew D   4 11
16 9   Lost L   10 15
53 23   Scored S   29 59
69 38   Conceded C   32 58
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 80%
76% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 65%
44% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 38%
29% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 8%
68% 65%   BTTS BTTS   55% 65%
15% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 22%
18% 24%   Failed to Score F T   25% 18%
 
4.6 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.3
5.3 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.2
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
3 2   Red cards R C   2 5
 
7.6 5.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.7 9.7
3.2 2.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.1
49% 55%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Kortrijk 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Mechelen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cercle Brugge 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Club Brugge 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Genk 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Standard Liège 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Antwerp 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Gent 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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 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

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 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Kortrijk 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Mechelen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cercle Brugge 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Club Brugge 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Genk 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Standard Liège 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Antwerp 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Gent 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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.