Tuesday , 28 July 2026

Royal Antwerp FC vs Royal Standard de Liège, Jupiler League 2026 PLAYOFFS I

Jupiler Pro League · 2026
Royal Antwerp FC
2 – 1
Full Time
Royal Standard de Liège
Fri 26 Apr 2019 · 18:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 32' Milos Kosanovic
Jelle Van Damme 39' Y
Dino Arslanagic 50' Y
Dino Arslanagic 51' Y
Didier Lamkel Ze 57' Y
Sambou Yatabare 66' Y
Sambou Yatabare 67' Y
Omar Govea 69' Y
Sinan Bolat 71' Y
Y 87' Zinho Vanheusden
Didier Lamkel Ze 90' R
Y 90' Paul-Jose Mpoku
Y 90' Senna Miangue

Overview

Match Preview

Royal Antwerp FC vs Royal Standard de Liège — Jupiler League .

Match Details

  • Referee Bert Put
  • Referee Ruben Wyns
  • Referee Nathan Verboomen
  • Referee Mathias Hillaert

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 Liège 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 Louvière Centre 30 31
15 Cercle Brugge KSV 30 31
16 FC Verbroedering Dender EH 30 19

Head-to-Head

7
6
4
Royal Antwerp FC 17 games · Avg 2.8 goals Royal Standard de Liège
Last 5 meetings
2019-04-26 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Royal Standard de Liège 2019-03-29 Royal Standard de Liège 3–1 Royal Antwerp FC 2019-01-25 Royal Antwerp FC 1–1 Royal Standard de Liège 2018-11-04 Royal Standard de Liège 0–2 Royal Antwerp FC

Recent Form

Royal Antwerp FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Apr Royal Standard de Liège H 2–1 W
22 Apr Club Brugge KV H 0–0 D
13 Apr KAA Gent A 2–1 W
07 Apr RSC Anderlecht A 2–1 W
02 Apr KRC Genk H 1–0 W
29 Mar Royal Standard de Liège A 1–3 L
Royal Standard de Liège
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Apr Royal Antwerp FC A 1–2 L
19 Apr KRC Genk H 1–3 L
08 Apr Club Brugge KV A 0–4 L
03 Apr KAA Gent A 2–1 W
29 Mar Royal Antwerp FC H 3–1 W
17 Mar KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren H 4–3 W

Season Stats

Royal Antwerp FC Royal Standard de Liège
#10 Position #8
35 Points 40
30 Played 30
9 / 8 / 13 W / D / L 11 / 7 / 12
31 Scored 27
32 Conceded 35
-1 GD -8
1.17 PPG 1.33
30% Win % 37%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Royal Antwerp FC are 10th (35 pts). Royal Standard de Liège are 8th (40 pts).

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Royal Antwerp FC host Royal Standard de Liege — let the battle begin!
  • 5' The energy levels are beginning to show. Michel Preud'homme might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 10' Royal Antwerp FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Royal Antwerp FC and Royal Standard de Liege are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 20' 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.
  • 21' Another change for Royal Antwerp FC made on 21 minute. Daniel Opare leaves to be changed by Sambou Yatabare.
  • 23' Konstantinos Laifis makes way for Senna Miangue at the 23 minute mark. A tactical switch from Royal Standard de Liege.
  • 28' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 32' That is a Yellow card for Royal Standard de Liege. Milos Kosanovic will be fuming at that decision.
  • 33' GOAL! Dieumerci Mbokani scores on 33.
  • 38' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 39' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jelle Van Damme.
  • 44' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 49' Zinho Vanheusden adds to his 0 season tally! Royal Standard de Liege lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 50' A moment of madness from Dino Arslanagic on 50 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Royal Antwerp FC will be frustrated.
  • 51' Dino Arslanagic has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 51.
  • 56' Royal Standard de Liege seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 57' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Didier Lamkel Ze.
  • 60' Didier Lamkel Ze puts Royal Antwerp FC on the lead.
  • 61' Goal! Didier Lamkel Ze scores his 32 goal in 303 matches.
  • 63' The crowd applauds Maxime Lestienne as he leaves the pitch. Mehdi Carcela steps in for Royal Standard de Liege.
  • 66' A meaty challenge results in booking for Sambou Yatabare on 66.
  • 67' It’s a booking for Royal Antwerp FC player. Sambou Yatabare gets a Yellow card.
  • 69' Royal Antwerp FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 69.
  • 71' Sinan Bolat has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 71.
  • 71' The Royal Antwerp FC manager makes a substitution. Amara Baby departs to be replaced by Jonathan Bolingi.
  • 72' A tactical swap from Royal Standard de Liege — Paul-Jose Mpoku on, Renaud Emond off on 72 minutes.
  • 73' Another substitution for Royal Standard de Liege to replace Renaud Emond by Paul-Jose Mpoku on 73 minute.
  • 78' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 83' The Royal Antwerp FC bench stirs into life. Lior Refaelov is withdrawn and David Simao gets his opportunity.
  • 84' Time for substitution for Royal Antwerp FC. Lior Refaelov is replaced by David Simao.
  • 87' Zinho Vanheusden has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 87.
  • 90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Senna Miangue.
  • Full Time. Royal Antwerp FC beats Royal Standard de Liege

Lineups

Royal Antwerp FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Laszlo Boloni

Royal Standard de Liège Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michel Preud'homme

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Michael Frey 7
Vincent Janssen 5
Dieumerci Mbokani 4
Didier Lamkel Ze 3
Lior Refaelov 3
Denis Dragus 3
Renaud Emond 2
Arbnor Muja 2

Head to Head

2019-04-26 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Royal Standard de Liège 2019-03-29 Royal Standard de Liège 3–1 Royal Antwerp FC 2019-01-25 Royal Antwerp FC 1–1 Royal Standard de Liège 2018-11-04 Royal Standard de Liège 0–2 Royal Antwerp FC

Royal Antwerp FC Form

2019-04-26 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Royal Standard de Liège W 2019-04-22 Royal Antwerp FC 0–0 Club Brugge KV D 2019-04-13 KAA Gent 1–2 Royal Antwerp FC W 2019-04-07 RSC Anderlecht 1–2 Royal Antwerp FC W 2019-04-02 Royal Antwerp FC 1–0 KRC Genk W 2019-03-29 Royal Standard de Liège 3–1 Royal Antwerp FC L

Royal Standard de Liège Form

2019-04-26 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Royal Standard de Liège L 2019-04-19 Royal Standard de Liège 1–3 KRC Genk L 2019-04-08 Club Brugge KV 4–0 Royal Standard de Liège L 2019-04-03 KAA Gent 1–2 Royal Standard de Liège W 2019-03-29 Royal Standard de Liège 3–1 Royal Antwerp FC W 2019-03-17 Royal Standard de Liège 4–3 KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.38 Royal Antwerp FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.82 Royal Standard de Liège xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 63% + Under — clean sheet likely 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Royal Antwerp FC51% Draw28% Royal Standard de Liège21%
Actual: Royal Antwerp FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes43% 0% No57%
Avg goals/match: 2.2
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 87%
13%
± 1.5 65%
35%
± 2.5 37%
63%
± 3.5 19%
81%
± 4.5 8%
92%

Double Chance

Royal Antwerp FC or Draw
79%
Draw or Royal Standard de Liège
49%
Royal Antwerp FC or Royal Standard de Liège
72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Royal Antwerp FC33% Draw51% Royal Standard de Liège16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
14.2%
1 – 1
13.4%
0 – 0
13.4%
2 – 0
10.1%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 1
7.9%
1 – 2
5%
3 – 0
4.6%
3 – 1
3.9%
0 – 2
3.6%
2 – 2
3.5%
3 – 2
1.7%

Asian Handicap — Royal Antwerp FC

Handicap Royal Antwerp FC covers Push Royal Standard de Liège covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 15% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 24% 52%
-0.5 48% — 52%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 14% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Royal Antwerp FC keeps clean sheet
44% ✓
Royal Standard de Liège keeps clean sheet
26% ✓

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