Cercle Brugge KSV vs Royal Standard de Liege, Jupiler League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2023-24

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Royal Standard de Liege

Fri 26 Jan 2024 · 19:45 UTC Jan Breydel Stadion HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 45' Moussa Djenepo

Edgaras Utkus 65' Y

Hannes Van der Bruggen 90' Y

Overview

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Cercle Brugge KSV vs Royal Standard de Liege — Jupiler League at Jan Breydel Stadion.

Cercle Brugge KSV 30 games · 31 pts (2026/27)
Royal Standard de Liege 30 games · 40 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jonathan Lardot

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	30	66
2	Club Brugge KV	30	63
3	K. Sint-Truidense VV	30	57
4	KAA Gent	30	45
5	KV Mechelen	30	45
6	RSC Anderlecht	30	44
7	KRC Genk	30	42
8	Royal Standard de Liege	30	40
9	KVC Westerlo	30	39
10	Royal Antwerp FC	30	35
11	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	30	34
12	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	30	34
13	SV Zulte-Waregem	30	32
14	UR La Louviere Centre	30	31
15	Cercle Brugge KSV	30	31
16	FC Verbroedering Dender EH	30	19

Head-to-Head

Cercle Brugge KSV 16 games · Avg 1.9 goals Royal Standard de Liege

Last 5 meetings

2024-01-26 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–1 Royal Standard de Liege 2023-08-19 Royal Standard de Liege 0–1 Cercle Brugge KSV 2023-02-04 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–1 Royal Standard de Liege 2022-08-07 Royal Standard de Liege 2–0 Cercle Brugge KSV 2022-02-05 Royal Standard de Liege 1–1 Cercle Brugge KSV

Recent Form

Cercle Brugge KSV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Jan	Royal Standard de Liege	H	1–1	D
20 Jan	KRC Genk	A	1–1	D
27 Dec	RSC Anderlecht	A	0–2	L
20 Dec	KV Kortrijk	H	3–0	W
16 Dec	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	A	2–1	W
09 Dec	Royal Antwerp FC	H	1–3	L

Royal Standard de Liege

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Jan	Cercle Brugge KSV	A	1–1	D
20 Jan	KV Kortrijk	H	0–1	L
27 Dec	K. Sint-Truidense VV	H	1–1	D
20 Dec	KV Mechelen	A	0–3	L
16 Dec	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	H	0–0	D
10 Dec	RSC Anderlecht	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Cercle Brugge KSV		Royal Standard de Liege
#15	Position	#8
31	Points	40
30	Played	30
7 / 10 / 13	W / D / L	11 / 7 / 12
39	Scored	27
47	Conceded	35
-8	GD	-8
1.03	PPG	1.33
23%	Win %	37%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Cercle Brugge KSV are 15th (31 pts). Royal Standard de Liege are 8th (40 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Cercle Brugge KSV and Royal Standard de Liege get this one started.
5' Cercle Brugge KSV started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Gilles Dewaele suffering a number of foals already.
15' Royal Standard de Liege are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' Royal Standard de Liege is showing some good football. However, Royal Standard de Liege are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
35' Cercle Brugge KSV currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
40' The home supporters are growing impatient. Cercle Brugge KSV must find a spark to ignite this game.
45' Moussa Djenepo picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
50' Cercle Brugge KSV are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Royal Standard de Liege backline.
55' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Royal Standard de Liege needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
60' With 0 assists to his name this season, Hannes Van der Bruggen is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Cercle Brugge KSV.
65' The referee calls foul for Edgaras Utkus. He receives a card.
66' It is a substitution in Cercle Brugge KSV team. Edgaras Utkus is replaced by Kazeem Olaigbe on 66 minute.
71' A quiet spell here at Jan Breydel Stadion. Royal Standard de Liege seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
72' Time for substitution for Royal Standard de Liege. Steven Alzate is replaced by Isaac Price.
74' Merveille Bokadi is replacing Zinho Vanheusden for the Royal Standard de Liege side.
79' Marlon Fossey puts Royal Standard de Liege on the lead.
81' The Cercle Brugge KSV bench stirs into life. Alan Minda is withdrawn and Felipe Augusto gets his opportunity.
83' The crowd applauds Kamal Sowah as he leaves the pitch. Gilles Dewaele steps in for Royal Standard de Liege.
87' Moussa Djenepo makes way for Souleyman Doumbia at the 87 minute mark. A tactical switch from Royal Standard de Liege.
88' Thibo Somers doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
90' Hannes Van der Bruggen picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

Cercle Brugge KSV Lineups

Starting XI

22
Leonardo Lopes ↓ Malamine Efekele 72'
28
Hannes Van der Bruggen
9
Kevin Denkey
34
Thibo Somers
1
Warleson
5
Boris Popovic
20
Flavio Nazinho ↓ Jordan Semedo 81'
4
Jesper Daland
6
Felix Lemarechal
3
Edgaras Utkus ↓ Kazeem Olaigbe 66'
11
Alan Minda ↓ Felipe Augusto 81'

Bench

Coach Miron Muslic

Royal Standard de Liege Lineups

Starting XI

17
Steven Alzate ↓ Isaac Price 72'
14
Wilfride Kanga
16
Arnaud Bodart
4
Zinho Vanheusden ↓ Merveille Bokadi 74'
19
Moussa Djenepo ↓ Souleyman Doumbia 87'
22
William Balikwisha
13
Marlon Fossey
51
Lucas Noubi
18
Kamal Sowah ↓ Gilles Dewaele 83'
34
Kostas Laifis
33
Hakim Sahabo

Bench

Coach Ivan Leko

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Selim Amallah	4
Renaud Emond	3
Samuel Bastien	2
Jesper Daland	2
Andi Zeqiri	1
Maxime Lestienne	1
Lazare Amani	1
Flavio Nazinho	1

Head to Head

Cercle Brugge KSV Form

2024-01-26 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–1 Royal Standard de Liege D 2024-01-20 KRC Genk 1–1 Cercle Brugge KSV D 2023-12-27 RSC Anderlecht 2–0 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2023-12-20 Cercle Brugge KSV 3–0 KV Kortrijk W 2023-12-16 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–2 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2023-12-09 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–3 Royal Antwerp FC L

Royal Standard de Liege Form

2024-01-26 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–1 Royal Standard de Liege D 2024-01-20 Royal Standard de Liege 0–1 KV Kortrijk L 2023-12-27 Royal Standard de Liege 1–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV D 2023-12-20 KV Mechelen 3–0 Royal Standard de Liege L 2023-12-16 Royal Standard de Liege 0–0 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi D 2023-12-10 RSC Anderlecht 2–2 Royal Standard de Liege D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.38 Cercle Brugge KSV xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.05 Royal Standard de Liege xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Cercle Brugge KSV45% Draw28% Royal Standard de Liege27%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.43

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	43%	57%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Cercle Brugge KSV or Draw

73%

Draw or Royal Standard de Liege

55%

Cercle Brugge KSV or Royal Standard de Liege

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Cercle Brugge KSV30% Draw49% Royal Standard de Liege21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

11.1%

0 – 0

11%

2 – 1

8.5%

2 – 0

8.1%

0 – 1

8.1%

1 – 2

6.4%

0 – 2

4.7%

2 – 2

4.5%

3 – 1

3.9%

3 – 0

3.7%

1 – 3

2.3%

Asian Handicap — Cercle Brugge KSV

Handicap	Cercle Brugge KSV covers	Push	Royal Standard de Liege covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	13%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	22%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	16%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Cercle Brugge KSV keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

Royal Standard de Liege keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.