Royal Standard de Liège vs Cercle Brugge KSV, Jupiler League 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2022-23

Royal Standard de Liège

2 – 0

Full Time

Cercle Brugge KSV

Sun 7 Aug 2022 · 11:30 UTC Stade Maurice Dufrasne HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 30' Kevin Denkey

Y 37' Robbe Decostere

Konstantinos Laifis 48' Y

Overview

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Royal Standard de Liège vs Cercle Brugge KSV — Jupiler League at Stade Maurice Dufrasne.

Royal Standard de Liège 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Cercle Brugge KSV 7 games · 3 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	7	19
2	KAA Gent	7	19
3	Club Brugge KV	7	18
4	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	7	18
5	RSC Anderlecht	7	13
6	SV Zulte-Waregem	7	11
7	Royal Standard de Liège	7	11
8	KVC Westerlo	7	10
9	KRC Genk	7	9
10	SK Beveren	7	9
11	K. Sint-Truidense VV	7	8
12	Lommel SK	7	8
13	Royal Antwerp FC	7	7
14	UR La Louviere Centre	7	4
15	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	7	4
16	Cercle Brugge KSV	7	3
17	KV Mechelen	7	3
18	KV Kortrijk	7	3

Head-to-Head

Royal Standard de Liège 17 games · Avg 2.0 goals Cercle Brugge KSV

Last 5 meetings

2022-08-07 Royal Standard de Liège 2–0 Cercle Brugge KSV 2022-02-05 Royal Standard de Liège 1–1 Cercle Brugge KSV 2021-10-23 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–1 Royal Standard de Liège 2021-01-17 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–1 Royal Standard de Liège 2020-08-08 Royal Standard de Liège 1–0 Cercle Brugge KSV

Recent Form

Royal Standard de Liège

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Aug	Cercle Brugge KSV	H	2–0	W
31 Jul	KRC Genk	A	1–3	L
22 Jul	KAA Gent	H	2–2	D
10 Apr	K. Sint-Truidense VV	A	0–3	L
03 Apr	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	H	1–3	L
20 Mar	KV Kortrijk	A	1–0	W

Cercle Brugge KSV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Aug	Royal Standard de Liège	A	0–2	L
30 Jul	RSC Anderlecht	H	1–0	W
24 Jul	KVC Westerlo	A	0–2	L
09 Apr	Royal Antwerp FC	A	1–1	D
03 Apr	KAA Gent	H	2–2	D
19 Mar	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	A	0–5	L

Season Stats

Royal Standard de Liège		Cercle Brugge KSV
#7	Position	#16
11	Points	3
7	Played	7
3 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	0 / 3 / 4
13	Scored	8
12	Conceded	14
+1	GD	-6
1.57	PPG	0.43
43%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Royal Standard de Liège this season

0% Clean Sheets
Cercle Brugge KSV this season

Royal Standard de Liège are 7th (11 pts). Cercle Brugge KSV are 16th (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Royal Standard de Liège

0-15

2/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/1

61-75

6/1

76+

1/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Cercle Brugge KSV

0-15

–/2

16-30

2/2

31-45

1/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/2

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Royal Standard de Liège

Dennis Eckert	4 G	1 A
Adnane Abid	3 G	2 A
Casper Nielsen	2 G	3 A
Salieu Drammeh	2 G
Bernard Jordan Nguene	1 G	1 A

Cercle Brugge KSV

Steve Ngoura	2 G
Krys-Anthony Kouassi	2 G
Erick	1 G	1 A
Christiaan Ravych	1 G
Lukas Mondele	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Stade Maurice Dufrasne as Royal Standard de Liege face off against Cercle Brugge KSV in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Konstantinos Laifis has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 4 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
15' The 32-year-old Gojko Cimirot has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
20' Royal Standard de Liege are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Cercle Brugge KSV backline.
25' Charles Vanhoutte has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 362 appearances.
30' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Selim Amallah makes no mistake. 1-0!
30' Kevin Denkey catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 30.
31' GOAL! Selim Amallah scores on 31.
36' Cercle Brugge KSV has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
37' Robbe Decostere is having his name booked by the referee on 37.
42' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
46' The crowd applauds Hannes Van der Bruggen as he leaves the pitch. Charles Vanhoutte steps in for Cercle Brugge KSV.
48' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Konstantinos Laifis.
50' What composure from Selim Amallah! The Morocco international strokes it home. 3-0.
54' The Royal Standard de Liege bench stirs into life. Jacob Laursen is withdrawn and Eden Shamir gets his opportunity.
59' Cercle Brugge KSV is showing some good football. However, Cercle Brugge KSV are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
64' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
65' Cercle Brugge KSV manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Emilio Kehrer is hanging Kevin Denkey on the field on 65 minute.
66' A change in the Cercle Brugge KSV ranks — Kevin Denkey exits the field as Emilio Kehrer enters on 66.
71' A change in the Royal Standard de Liege ranks — Renaud Emond exits the field as Noah Ohio enters on 71.
75' The whistle greets Louis Torres as he departs to be replaced by Dimitar Velkovski.
80' Cercle Brugge KSV are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
84' Royal Standard de Liege manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Lucas Noubi is hanging Denis Dragus on the field on 84 minute.
85' Gilles Dewaele makes way for Merveille Bokadi at the 85 minute mark. A tactical switch from Royal Standard de Liege.
90' 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.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Royal Standard de Liege to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Royal Standard de Liège Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Cercle Brugge KSV Lineups

Starting XI

8
Robbe Decostere ↓ Heitor Rodrigues da Fonseca 75'
23
Olivier Deman ↓ Ayase Ueda 46'
28
Hannes Van der Bruggen ↓ Charles Vanhoutte 46'
10
Dino Hotic
1
Radoslaw Majecki
9
Kevin Denkey ↓ Emilio Kehrer 65'
34
Thibo Somers
5
Boris Popovic
4
Jesper Daland
22
Leonardo Da Silva Lopes
29
Louis Torres ↓ Dimitar Velkovski 75'

Bench

14
Charles Vanhoutte ↑ 46'
19
Dimitar Velkovski ↑ 75'
36
Ayase Ueda ↑ 46'
21
Warleson
2
Heitor Rodrigues da Fonseca ↑ 75'
66
Christiaan Ravych
–
Emilio Kehrer ↑ 65'

Coach Dominik Thalhammer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Royal Standard de Liège Form

2022-08-07 Royal Standard de Liège 2–0 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2022-07-31 KRC Genk 3–1 Royal Standard de Liège L 2022-07-22 Royal Standard de Liège 2–2 KAA Gent D 2022-04-10 K. Sint-Truidense VV 3–0 Royal Standard de Liège L 2022-04-03 Royal Standard de Liège 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2022-03-20 KV Kortrijk 0–1 Royal Standard de Liège W

Cercle Brugge KSV Form

2022-08-07 Royal Standard de Liège 2–0 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2022-07-30 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–0 RSC Anderlecht W 2022-07-24 KVC Westerlo 2–0 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2022-04-09 Royal Antwerp FC 1–1 Cercle Brugge KSV D 2022-04-03 Cercle Brugge KSV 2–2 KAA Gent D 2022-03-19 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 5–0 Cercle Brugge KSV L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.34 Royal Standard de Liège xG

Expected Goals

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

0.97 Cercle Brugge KSV xG

I would bet for: Royal Standard de Liège to win 64% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Royal Standard de Liège64% Draw21% Cercle Brugge KSV15%

Actual: Royal Standard de Liège win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.31

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Royal Standard de Liège or Draw

84%

Draw or Cercle Brugge KSV

36%

Royal Standard de Liège or Cercle Brugge KSV

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Royal Standard de Liège48% Draw39% Cercle Brugge KSV13%

Actual: Royal Standard de Liège win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.4%

1 – 1

9.1%

1 – 0

8.1%

3 – 0

7.5%

3 – 1

7.3%

0 – 0

2 – 2

4.5%

4 – 0

4.4%

4 – 1

4.3%

1 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Royal Standard de Liège

Handicap	Royal Standard de Liège covers	Push	Cercle Brugge KSV covers
-2.5	25%	—	75%
-2	25%	20%	55%
-1.5	45%	—	55%
-1	45%	22%	34%
-0.5	66%	—	34%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Royal Standard de Liège keeps clean sheet

38% ✗

Cercle Brugge KSV keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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