Standard Liege vs Westerlo Prediction: Liege will not disappoint this time

Standard Liege and Westerlo will compete against one another for a place in the European Conference League at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne.

In their previous matches, Standard Liège had a record of two wins against Genk and Sporting Charleroi, two losses to OH Leuven and Gent, and a draw with Cercle Brugge. Standard Liège were only able to score eight goals in that span while allowing six goals against them. During the current league season, Standard Liège has scored 1.71 goals on average in every game they have played. In terms of disciplinary actions, the home team was given 81 yellow cards and 10 red cards, which resulted in an average of 11.06 fouls committed per game that they participated in. The average team rating for Standard Liège is 6.66 points per contest.

Westerlo comes into this encounter having won none of their previous five matches, losing two of those matches to Gent and Cercle Brugge, and drawing with Anderlecht, Club Brugge, and RFC Seraing. The visiting squad scored five goals in that span, while they gave up nine. Westerlo averaged 1.0 goals scored and 1.56 conceded per game when playing their matches away from home. The away squad were given 57 yellow cards and two red cards, and they committed a total of 312 fouls during the game. The average rating for Westerlo's team is 6.62 points per game.

Standard Liège and Westerlo have faced off 22 times in previous seasons, with Standard Liège winning 13 games and Westerlo winning 4 games. A total of five of the games were decided by a draw. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Standard Liège scored 35 goals, while Westerlo only managed to score 21.

We have every reason to believe that both teams will come into this match with the intention of taking the victory. The home team are not doing really well, while the visitors are having a lot of trouble and aren't even close to winning. In the meantime, even if we anticipate that Standard Liege will shore up their defenses and perform more effectively in front of the goal, we can still anticipate that the game will have a low total number of goals scored due to the depth and consistency of both teams' defensive play.