Europa League betting and spectator preview: Standard Liège and Lech Poznań meet at Stade Maurice Dufrasne to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Lech Poznań could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ekstraklasa game only four sleeps ago.
Lech Poznań have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.Standard Liège have collected 13 points from their Pro League home games so far after 3-4-0. 3W-0D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Standard Liège. The Standard Liège fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne and will expect new points from this game. Standard has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus AS Eupen in the Pro League last time out and are looking for a win here. 1-1 away at Antwerp before that.
This is expected to be a close game, with Standard perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Standard Liège as a small favourite), we find seven games. Standard Liège has won three of these, drawn one and lost three.
Standard are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Anderlecht awaits in three days.
Standard Liège has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Standard have conceded only 6 goals.
Lech Poznań form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 5W-0D-2L. This is both home and away. Poznań has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There were no winners in Poznań's previous match, a Ekstraklasa home game that ended 3-3 vs Rakow Czestochowa. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Legia Warszawa's place.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Poznań's duel with Rakow Czestochowa. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 3-3 after Dani Ramirez found the equalizer. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Poznań, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lech Poznań playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Poznań wins, three draws and six defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Ekstraklasa trip to Lechia Gdansk.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Poznań are regular goalscorers on their travels. For Lech Poznań, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Lech Poznań - Standard 3-1.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ishak 5 goals |  J. Moder 4 goals |  D. Ramírez Fernández 3 goals |
Standard Liège missing players
Lech Poznań missing players
| Standard Liège | Lech Poznań | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 27 | Scored | S | 30 | 56 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 234 | 163 | Total Shots | T S | 191 | 385 | ||
| 100 | 71 | Shots on Target | S O | 78 | 141 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Rangers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Lech Poznań | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Genk | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 11 | Gent | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Mechelen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -15 | 5 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Legia Warszawa | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Rakow Czestochowa | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Gornik Zabrze | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Lechia Gdansk | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Pogon Szczecin | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Zagebie Lubin | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Slask Wrocaw | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Warta Poznan | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Lech Poznań | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Wisa Krakow | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Cracovia Krakow | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Wisla Plock | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Podbeskidzie | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 15 | Stal Mielec | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
| 16 | Piast Gliwice | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 5 |