Belgium - Pro LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège, taking place on Friday, 26 January 2024, at Jan Breydelstadion in Brugge.
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Cercle Brugge, Recent FormCercle Brugge will not be too disappointed to take a point from their 1-1 result against Genk last time out. They came away from that fixture with 44% of the possession and clocked up 19 attempts on goal with 6 on target. By comparison, Genk managed 12 attempts on goal, with 3 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 8 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 9 and seen valuable points lost. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
They have had a good run of form at Jan Breydelstadion recently, having won 4 out of their last 6 home games.
With 6 goals scored in Cercle Brugge's last 6 outings in the league, Kévin Denkey has shown a great run of form in finding the back of the net.
Standard Liege, Recent FormThe 1-0 home defeat to Kortrijk will not have sat easily with the Standard Liège squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. They achieved 66% possession in that match and had 20 strikes at goal, with 4 hitting the target, up against Kortrijk's tally of 5 efforts at goal, 2 of which were on target.
Having scored just 3 goals in their last 6 games, it will be glaringly obvious to their manager Ivan Leko where he needs to focus his attentions if they are going to get more points on the table. However, he will still have one eye on his defence which has shipped 9 in the same period. They have failed to score in 4 of their last 6 games, and they've conceded at least one goal in their 18 most recent away games.
Results wise, their recent poor run of form has left them without a win in 6 games.
On an individual basis, Wilfried Kanga is giving Standard Liège's travelling fans plenty to shout about having scored 3 goals in the squad's last 6 away games in the league.
In the last league encounter between these sides, it was Standard Liège who ended up empty-handed, losing 0-1 to Cercle Brugge.
From their past 9 away matches in the league against Cercle, Les Rouches have managed to find the net with at least 1 goal and will be aiming to keep that streak going.
This fixture has produced a draw on the last 2 occasions that these 2 sides have met at Jan Breydelstadion in the league, but Standard will hold a slight psychological advantage having been unbeaten there in their last 9 visits.
Cercle manager Miron Muslic has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Abu Francis (Meniscus), Christiaan Ravych (Hamstring) and Hugo Siquet (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Ivan Leko has a number of injury concerns in his Standard squad to contend with: Steven Alzate (Ligament), Ibe Hautekiet (Ankle), Laurent Henkinet (Knee), Wilfried Kanga (Muscle), Nathan Ngoy (Strain) and Zinho Vanheusden (Knee)
Cercle Brugge Playing at home | Standard Liege Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 2.1 |
| 39' | Time first goal scored | 51' |
| 40' | Time first goal conceded | 44' |
| 2.2 | Yellow cards | 1.9 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 4.2 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
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