📏 Form Guide

KVC Westerlo

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KVC Westerlo, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-2 First Division A - Play-Offs victory versus Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

In that game, KVC Westerlo had 37% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For KVC Westerlo, goals were scored by Thomas Van den Keybus (28') and Alfie Devine (82'). Oud-Heverlee Leuven got 10 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.

KVC Westerlo have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets recently, although they’ve also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, KVC Westerlo have conceded in 5 of them as well as getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Standard Liège

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In their last game, Standard Liège drew 0-0 in the First Division A - Play-Offs match with Dender.

In that game, Standard Liège managed 41% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, Dender got 4 shots at goal with 0 on target.

A succession of effective performances by the Standard Liège defence has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 fixtures combined. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 2.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings dating back to 22/09/2023 shows us that KVC Westerlo have won 3 of these games and Standard Liège 0, with the tally of draws standing at 3.

A combined sum of 20 goals were produced between them in these games, with 12 of them from De Kempeneers and 8 coming from Les Rouches. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The last league game between these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 4 on 19/04/2025 and the score finished Standard Liège 1-1 KVC Westerlo.

In that match, Standard Liège managed 50% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Dennis Eckert Ayensa (59').

At the other end, KVC Westerlo had 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Serhiy Sydorchuk (87') scored.

The referee was Wesli De Cremer.

ℹ️ Team News: KVC Westerlo

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the KVC Westerlo boss Timmy Simons to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Jordan Bos (Hamstring injury) will miss out.

It’s our opinion that De Kempeneers may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Andreas Jungdal, Bryan Reynolds, Emin Bayram, Amando Lapage, Tuur Rommens, Arthur Piedfort, T. Van Den, Griffin Yow, Alfie Devine, Isa Sakamoto and Matija Frigan.

📰 Team News: Standard Liège

Standard Liège boss Ivan Leko has a number of players out of action. Boli Bolingoli (minor knock), David Bates (Knee injury), Andi Zeqiri (ankle sprain) and Bosko Sutalo (minor knock) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

There’s a good chance that Les Rouches seem most likely to play in a 3-5-2 system, choosing Matthieu Epolo, Daan Dierckx, Ibe Hautekiet, Nathan Ngoy, Marlon Fossey, Marko Bulat, Ibrahim Karamoko, J. Thierry Lazare, Alexandro Calut, Andreas Hountondji and Dennis Eckert Ayensa.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Standard Liège have the capability to score a goal against this KVC Westerlo side, however that realistically won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We reckon that it will be a 2-1 victory for KVC Westerlo by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Peter Guest, 17:02 24/05/2025