Provincial-Liege: UCE Liège - FC Du Geer preview and the hard facts

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Competition: Belgium Provincial-Liege
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Plaine des Manoeuvres (500 seats)

Struggling UCE Liège will hope to pull off a surprise victory when they play top side FC Du Geer in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home regulars will have not-so-high expectations.

Insights:
  • FC Du Geer have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Provincial-Liege

UCE Liège and FC Du Geer 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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UCE Liège form and stats

UCE Liège have played 10 Provincial-Liege games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The regulars are hoping that UCE Liège will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Beaufays (placed 6th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ougrée in a game that was won 2-1.

Liège has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. UCE Liège's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Liège hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like FC Eupen, Ougrée, Mélen-Micheroux, Sprimont-Comblain II and Etoile de Faimes), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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FC Du Geer form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Provincial-Liege.

FC Du Geer played 1-1 against Ougrée in their previous match.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Aubel.

Geer has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent game: FC Du Geer - UCE Liège 1-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Liège victories, zero draws and two FC Du Geer wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

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FC Du Geer missing players

UCE Liège FC Du Geer
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 3 8 19
5 3 1 Won W 3 5 10
7 5 1 Drew D 0 1 4
7 2 2 Lost L 0 2 5
21 12 6 Scored S 9 15 26
25 12 8 Conceded C 1 8 19
84% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 63%
63% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 42%
26% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 5%
58% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 53%
26% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 42%
32% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 5%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Provincial-Liege this season:
  • FC Du Geer have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Du Geer have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • FC Du Geer have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Provincial-Liege
  • FC Du Geer have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Provincial-Liege
  • FC Du Geer haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Elsautoise 19 13 4 2 43 21 10 7 2 1 25 9 9 6 2 1 18 12 22 43
2 Wanze / Bas-Oha 19 13 3 3 38 18 9 8 0 1 23 5 10 5 3 2 15 13 20 42
3 FC Du Geer 19 10 4 5 26 19 11 5 3 3 11 11 8 5 1 2 15 8 7 34
4 Malmundaria 19 10 2 7 30 26 10 6 1 3 13 9 9 4 1 4 17 17 4 32
5 Ster-Francorchamps 19 8 7 4 31 17 10 7 3 0 22 5 9 1 4 4 9 12 14 31
6 Beaufays 19 9 3 7 30 30 11 8 2 1 24 14 8 1 1 6 6 16 0 30
7 Aubel 19 8 4 7 24 22 8 5 0 3 12 7 11 3 4 4 12 15 2 28
8 Hannut 19 8 3 8 29 21 8 6 0 2 18 5 11 2 3 6 11 16 8 27
9 JS Fizoise 19 8 2 9 25 30 11 7 1 3 20 15 8 1 1 6 5 15 -5 26
10 Hombourg 19 6 5 8 25 25 9 3 3 3 17 13 10 3 2 5 8 12 0 23
11 FC Eupen 19 6 4 9 26 28 8 2 2 4 13 15 11 4 2 5 13 13 -2 22
12 UCE Liège 19 5 7 7 21 25 10 3 5 2 12 12 9 2 2 5 9 13 -4 22
13 Mélen-Micheroux 19 6 3 10 24 32 9 2 2 5 9 15 10 4 1 5 15 17 -8 21
14 Etoile de Faimes 19 4 5 10 17 29 9 1 4 4 4 12 10 3 1 6 13 17 -12 17
15 Ougrée 19 5 1 13 27 48 9 3 0 6 13 19 10 2 1 7 14 29 -21 16
16 Sprimont-Comblain II 19 2 5 12 17 42 10 2 3 5 13 18 9 0 2 7 4 24 -25 11

Read more about Provincial-Liege

The Belgian Provincial leagues are the sixth level of football in Belgium, with levels seven to nine also covered by the provincial league system. The nine leagues on the sixth level are based on geographical location. Usually there is 16 teams in each league, playing a total of 30 fixtures.