Standard Liège vs SV Zulte Waregem Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Standard Liège

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Standard Liège will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 2-0 First Division A defeat last time out to Club Brugge.

In that game, Standard Liège had 57% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Club Brugge got 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Ferrán Jutglà (61') and Bjorn Meijer (86') scored for Club Brugge.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Standard Liège have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Standard Liège have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 9 goals during that time.

SV Zulte Waregem

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Since tasting defeat last time out to KAA Gent in First Division A competition, SV Zulte Waregem and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, SV Zulte Waregem had 39% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For SV Zulte Waregem, the scorers were Timothy Derijck (52') and Jelle Vossen (65'). For their opponents, Gent got 11 shots on goal with 8 on target. Julien De Sart (37'), Alessio Castro-Montes (41') and Gift Orban (53', 68', 75', 83') scored for KAA Gent.

The stats tell the story, and SV Zulte Waregem have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 16 goals in total. Defensively, SV Zulte Waregem have seen their frailties exposed. That pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, however.

Taking a look at their past results, SV Zulte Waregem:

• haven't been beaten by Standard Liège in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 03/08/2019 tells us that Standard Liège have won 3 of them & SV Zulte Waregem 2, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A total of 20 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 13 from Les Rouches and 7 netted by Essevee. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The last league contest featuring the two was First Division A match day 15 on 29/10/2022 when it ended SV Zulte Waregem 0-3 Standard Liège.

In that match, SV Zulte Waregem managed 38% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

On the other side, Standard Liège got 18 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Noë Dussenne (80') and Stipe Perica (87', 96') scored.

The referee was Jonathan Lardot.

📋 Team News: Standard Liège

Ibe Hautekiet (Finger Injury), Gilles Dewaele (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Nathan Ngoy (Hamstring Injury) will be missing for Standard Liège boss Ronny Deila.

ℹ️ Team News: SV Zulte Waregem

SV Zulte Waregem boss Frederik D'Hollander has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Ruud Vormer (Collarbone fracture), Martijn Beernaert (Unknown Injury), Alessandro Ciranni (Thigh muscle rupture), Modou Tambedou (Ankle Injury) and Sef Van Damme (Unknown Injury) are not ready for selection.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that SV Zulte Waregem must be fancied to find the net against this Standard Liège team, but it probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

Our tip is for a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Standard Liège when all is said and done. Expecting it to be very competitive.

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Andre Moura, 02:27 14/03/2023