📊 Form Guide

Standard Liège

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Standard Liège enter this match following on from a 0-0 First Division A - Play-Offs tied result against KV Mechelen.

In that match, Standard Liège managed 26% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Mechelen had 20 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Fewer than three goals per game were recorded in 6 of the last 6 meetings where Standard Liège have been involved. With regard to the goal distribution during this period, opposing sides scored an aggregate of 5 and Standard Liège managed a tally of 3. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

Dender

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Dender will go into the match after a 5-0 First Division A - Play-Offs win with the eclipse of Oud-Heverlee Leuven in their last fixture.

In that match, Dender had 35% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Dender, the scorers were Dávid Hrnčár (6'), Bryan Goncalves (18'), Bruny Nsimba (22'), Nathan Rôdes (28') and Mohamed Berte (90'). At the other end, Oud-Heverlee Leuven had 14 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Proving their involvement in productive matches, goals have been seen as many as 29 times in the prior six games in which Dender have taken to the pitch, making it a mean average of 4.83 goals per clash. Opposition teams have managed 14 of this grand total.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results going back to 16/08/2008 tells us that these encounters have not been fruitful for Dender. They have not managed to get themselves any wins at all whereas Standard Liège have maintained the edge over them, finishing as winners in 83% of those games played.

An aggregate of 15 goals were scored between them in these games, with 11 from Les Rouches and 4 belonging to Dender. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 3 on 13/04/2025 when it finished Dender 1-1 Standard Liège.

On that day, Dender had 40% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Mohamed Berte (42').

Standard Liège had 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Andréas Hountondji (25') scored.

The referee was Bert Verbeke.

ℹ️ Team News: Standard Liège

Boli Bolingoli (minor knock), David Bates (Knee injury), Andi Zeqiri (ankle sprain) and Bosko Sutalo (minor knock) won’t be able to feature for Standard Liège boss Ivan Leko.

We think that Les Rouches should employ a 3-5-2 system for this one, beginning the first half with Matthieu Epolo, Daan Dierckx, Ibe Hautekiet, Nathan Ngoy, Marlon Fossey, Henry Lawrence, Ibrahim Karamoko, Marko Bulat, Léandre Kuavita, Andreas Hountondji and Dennis Eckert Ayensa.

ℹ️ Team News: Dender

Dender manager Vincent Euvrard has to choose a team with limited availability. Ragnar Oratmangoen (infection), Tom Holmes (minor knock), Joedrick Pupe (Injury to abdominal muscles), Noah Mbamba (Muscle injury), Michael Lallemand (Ankle injury) and Karol Fila (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

From our viewpoint, Dender will likely elect for a 5-3-2 lineup by sending out Guillaume Dietsch, David Hrncar, Gilles Ruyssen, Keres Masangu, Bryan Goncalves, Dembo Sylla, Roman Kvet, Nathan Rodes, Malcolm Viltard, Aurélien Scheidler and Bruny Nsimba.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Dender should be able to breach the defence of this Standard Liège team, however it might not be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re tipping a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for Standard Liège at the end of this one. We’ll have to see what happens.

Peter Guest, 16:01 17/05/2025