Standard Liège and Rangers get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Rangers when visiting Standard Liège as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard Liège was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.When playing at home in the Pro League, Standard Liège have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Standard Liège. Two draws in a row at home now for Standard.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Club Brugge in the Pro League last time out and are looking for a win here. In the game before, an away victory in the Pro League match versus Sporting Charleroi with a 2-1 scoreline.
A painful moment in the game against Club Brugge was the missed penalty kick from M. Lestienne in the 61st minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Standard have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost three.
The manager P. Montanier will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sint-Truiden in only three days.
Standard has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. From these home matches, Standard Liège have conceded only 4 goals.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers was sent out of Europa League in the 8th finals last season, when Bayer Leverkusen turned out to be too strong.When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Rangers as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Kilmarnock game have they lost an away game, meaning Rangers has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
It's the second away game in a row for Rangers, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Celtic in the Premiership last time out. Before that, Rangers secured a home win against Ross County with the score 2-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rangers playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were one Rangers win, zero draws and zero defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Livingston in just three days.
Head 2 Head
Standard Liège missing players
Rangers missing players
| Standard Liège | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 10 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 40 | 28 | Scored | S | 29 | 52 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 242 | 173 | Total Shots | T S | 199 | 375 | ||
| 108 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 76 | 141 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Lech Poznan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 19 |
| 2 | Sporting Charleroi | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Cercle Brugge | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | Genk | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Gent | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Mechelen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 6 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 3 |