📏 Form Guide
Standard Liège WLLLDW
Standard Liège, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 First Division A triumph against KVC Westerlo.
In that match, Standard Liège had 40% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Standard Liège, goals were scored by Casper Nielsen (24') and Adnane Abid (40'). Westerlo got 17 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Standard Liège have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Standard Liège have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals in the process. That aside, time will tell if such a trend will persist here in this match.
Looking at their past form shows that Standard Liège:
- have not lost a league tie with Club Brugge in their previous 2 games.
- haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.
Club Brugge WDLWWD
In the game prior to this, Club Brugge drew 5-5 in the First Division A match with KVC Westerlo.
In that game, Club Brugge had 71% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Club Brugge, the goalscorers were Nicolò Tresoldi (45', 86'), Forbs (49') and Joaquin Seys (55'). For their opponents, Westerlo got 21 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Josimar Alcócer (1'), Ferri (45', 61'), Isa Sakamoto (68') and Emin Bayram (90', 98' Own goal) scored for KVC Westerlo.
A very clinical Club Brugge have racked up a plethora of goals in their past six clashes (18 to be precise). That works out as the enviable mean average of 3 goals scored per game over this period of time.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Club Brugge:
- have not registered a win against Standard Liège in games played away from home for the previous 8 league matches. An awful away record.
- are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 18/09/2022 shows us that Standard Liège have won 4 of these games & Club Brugge 2, with the tally of draws being 0.
A combined sum of 14 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for Les Rouches and 6 for Blauw-Zwart. The average goals per game has been 2.33.
The last league game featuring the two was First Division A match day 27 on 23/02/2025 and the score finished Club Brugge 1-2 Standard Liège.
In that match, Club Brugge had 59% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jutglà (51').
Standard Liège got 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Andi Zeqiri (67') and Dennis Eckert Ayensa (85') scored.
The referee was Lawrence Visser.
📰 Team News: Standard Liège
Boli Bolingoli (Pubalgia), David Bates (Knee injury) and Josué Homawoo (concussion) aren’t available for Standard Liège gaffer Vincent Euvrard.
It seems likely that Les Rouches could use a 4-2-3-1 system this time, beginning the first half with Matthieu Epolo, Marlon Fossey, Daan Dierckx, Ibrahim Karamoko, Tobias Mohr, Casper Nielsen, Marco Ilaimaharitra, Adnane Abid, Dennis Eckert Ayensa, Thomas Henry and Rafiki Saïd.
🗞️ Team News: Club Brugge
We are inclined to think that Blauw-Zwart seem most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with Nordin Jackers, Kyriani Sabbe, Joel Ordóñez, Brandon Mechele, Bjorn Meijer, Aleksandar Stankovic, Raphael Onyedika, Carlos Forbs Borges, Hans Vanaken, Christos Tzolis and Nicolo Tresoldi.
💭 Prediction
Our thinking is that Standard Liège will need to apply a lot of pressure to see themselves scoring against this Club Brugge side who we think should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.
That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning score for Club Brugge when the full-time whistle blows.
It should be a good one.
Peter Guest, 16:05 27/09/2025