Standard Liege vs Club Brugge KV Prediction: who will win in this rivalry?

Club Brugge will travel to Stade Maurice Stadium on Sunday in their round 9 match against Standard Liege. Match analyses are given with expected outcomes. 

Standard Liège are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-2 First Division A victory versus Sint-Truidense VV. In that game, Standard Liège managed 42% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Standard Liège was Denis Drăguș in the 26th minute. Sint-Truidense got 22 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Toni Leistner 43 minutes Own goal gave Standard Liege the lead. and Christian Brüls in the 63 minutes scored for Sint-Truidense VV to reduce their goal deficit. Standard Liège haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 games. They’ve hit an aggregate of 9 while also conceding a total of 8. 

Club Brugge will come into this meeting after a 0-4 Champions League win over Porto in their previous match. In that game, Club Brugge managed 46% possession and 13 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Club Brugge, the scorers were Ferrán Jutglà (15'), Kamal Sowah (47'), Andreas Skov Olsen (52') and Antonio Nusa (89'). At the other end, Porto had 15 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. In their last six clashes, Club Brugge have bagged a total of 16 goals. Club Brugge have also scored on each one of those occasions. In that time, they’ve had 2 goals go against them. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match. However, Club Brugge have not won against Standard Liège when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league games. We hope they can get a win this time.

The last five matches between these two teams have been very close. With each team winning one match, three other matches ended in a tie. Considering their performances this season, Club Brugge is in good shape compared to Standard Liege. We will pick the visitors, Club Brugge, to get a win in this difficult outing.