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

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Jupiler Pro League · 2023-24

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Cercle Brugge KSV

Sat 19 Aug 2023 · 14:00 UTC Stade Sclessin HT 45' · FT 45'

Denis Dragus 44' Y

Y 45' Leonardo Lopes

Nathan Ngoy 57' Y

Y 78' Boris Popovic

Overview

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

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

Match Details

Referee Jasper Vergoote

3 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 8.7 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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

2023-08-19 Royal Standard de Liège 0–1 Cercle Brugge KSV 2023-02-04 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–1 Royal Standard de Liège 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

Recent Form

Royal Standard de Liège

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Cercle Brugge KSV	H	0–1	L
13 Aug	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	A	1–1	D
04 Aug	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	H	0–1	L
30 Jul	K. Sint-Truidense VV	A	0–1	L
23 Apr	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	A	2–3	L
14 Apr	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	H	3–1	W

Cercle Brugge KSV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Royal Standard de Liège	A	1–0	W
13 Aug	KRC Genk	H	0–1	L
05 Aug	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	H	2–0	W
30 Jul	Royal Antwerp FC	A	0–1	L
23 Apr	SV Zulte-Waregem	A	3–2	W
15 Apr	K. Sint-Truidense VV	H	3–1	W

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' In just a few seconds Stade Sclessin will turn into a battlefield for Royal Standard de Liège and Cercle Brugge KSV.
5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
10' Hannes Van der Bruggen is replacing Francis Abu for the Cercle Brugge KSV side.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Royal Standard de Liège and Cercle Brugge KSV are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Royal Standard de Liège and Cercle Brugge KSV are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
25' Over 25 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
30' Wilfride Kanga has been relatively quiet despite scoring 16 goals in his last 424 appearances.
35' Cercle Brugge KSV 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.
40' Cercle Brugge KSV come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
44' Denis Dragus catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 44.
45' The referee has no hesitation. Leonardo Lopes is booked for Cercle Brugge KSV — card on 45.
50' Hannes Van der Bruggen has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
55' Royal Standard de Liège is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
57' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Nathan Ngoy.
62' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
63' Isaac Price makes way for Cihan Canak at the 63 minute mark. A tactical switch from Royal Standard de Liege.
67' It is a substitution in Cercle Brugge KSV team. Yann Gboho is replaced by Alan Minda on 67 minute.
68' Leonardo Lopes makes way for Nils De Wilde at the 68 minute mark. A tactical switch from Cercle Brugge KSV.
70' Noah Ohio is ready to make an impact after coming on for Wilfride Kanga at the 70 minute mark.
75' The travelling Cercle Brugge KSV supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
76' Cercle Brugge KSV is taking the lead after the goal scored by Alan Minda on 76.
78' Controversy at the stadium! Boris Popovic argues furiously but the card stands.
83' It is a cagey affair so far. Royal Standard de Liège in their trying to find a way past Cercle Brugge KSV's compact .
85' Another change for Royal Standard de Liege made on 85 minute. Nathan Ngoy leaves to be changed by Hayao Kawabe.
90' Senna Miangue is replacing Kevin Denkey for the Cercle Brugge KSV side.
With this win, Cercle Brugge KSV is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Royal Standard de Liège Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carl Hoefkens

Cercle Brugge KSV Lineups

Starting XI

22
Leonardo Lopes ↓ Nils De Wilde 68'
10
Yann Gboho ↓ Alan Minda 67'
23
Olivier Deman
9
Kevin Denkey ↓ Senna Miangue 90'
17
Francis Abu ↓ Hannes Van der Bruggen 10'
34
Thibo Somers
1
Warleson
5
Boris Popovic
41
Hugo Siquet
4
Jesper Daland
66
Christiaan Ravych

Bench

Coach Jimmy De Wulf

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Selim Amallah	4
Renaud Emond	3
Samuel Bastien	2
Jesper Daland	2
Dennis Eckert	2
Anthony Limbombe	1
Ayase Ueda	1
Alan Minda	1

Head to Head

Royal Standard de Liège Form

2023-08-19 Royal Standard de Liège 0–1 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2023-08-13 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 1–1 Royal Standard de Liège D 2023-08-04 Royal Standard de Liège 0–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2023-07-30 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–0 Royal Standard de Liège L 2023-04-23 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 3–2 Royal Standard de Liège L 2023-04-14 Royal Standard de Liège 3–1 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi W

Cercle Brugge KSV Form

2023-08-19 Royal Standard de Liège 0–1 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2023-08-13 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–1 KRC Genk L 2023-08-05 Cercle Brugge KSV 2–0 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi W 2023-07-30 Royal Antwerp FC 1–0 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2023-04-23 SV Zulte-Waregem 2–3 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2023-04-15 Cercle Brugge KSV 3–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.89 Royal Standard de Liège xG

Expected Goals

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

1.15 Cercle Brugge KSV xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Royal Standard de Liège47% Draw26% Cercle Brugge KSV27%

Actual: Cercle Brugge KSV win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.04

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Royal Standard de Liège or Draw

73%

Draw or Cercle Brugge KSV

53%

Royal Standard de Liège or Cercle Brugge KSV

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Royal Standard de Liège38% Draw43% Cercle Brugge KSV19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.4%

1 – 0

8.3%

0 – 0

6.5%

3 – 1

5.9%

1 – 2

5.8%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 0

5.2%

0 – 1

Actual

3 – 2

3.5%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Royal Standard de Liège

Handicap	Royal Standard de Liège covers	Push	Cercle Brugge KSV covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	22%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Royal Standard de Liège keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Cercle Brugge KSV keeps clean sheet

16% ✗

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