Cercle Brugge vs Standard Liège betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on February 01th, 2025

Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège will face each other in a Pro League game in Belgium on Saturday, February 01th, 2025, at 17:15h (UTC), check the Cercle Brugge vs Standard Liège betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cercle Brugge vs Standard Liège will occur

The game takes place in the small Jan Breydelstadion stadium, in the city of Brugge, with a capacity for 29975 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Cercle Brugge vs Standard Liège betting tip 2024/2025

The Pro League has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.82 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.68 goals per match played.

Cercle Brugge last match

In the last match played, Cercle Brugge met Sporting Charleroi, in a match valid for the Pro League. The match ended in a draw by 1-1. The coach F. Feldhofer's on that occasion lined the team up with a 3-4-1-2 formation.

The game had all the elements to be an even game between both teams, for that reason it was logical that the draw was one of the most expected results, with odds around 3.40.

Despite the team's less-than-exciting average performance, Felipe Augusto is certainly one of the players on the roster to watch for the future. On the field he showed a good physical presence and good footwork, proving to be crucial to Cercle Brugge game.

Standard Liège last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Pro League, Standard Liège, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Dender team with a final score of 1-0.

A very even game was expected, with odds for the home win at 2.55.

Cercle Brugge vs Standard Liège h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Pro League, where Standard Liège was at 10th place while Cercle Brugge occupied 14th place. Standard Liège went in with a 3-5-2 formation while Cercle Brugge opened their game with a 5-4-1 tactic.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 23-11-2024, in a match of the 2024/2025 season of the Pro League, and the match ended with a 1-0 win for Standard Liège.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

Cercle Brugge

Pro League leaderboard now

The Cercle Brugge team with 28 points currently occupies the 10th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Play-offs, with a campaign of 7 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses.

In the 24th round, the team has the same score compared to Dender which is just above, in 9th place.

Cercle Brugge will try to benefit of the home factor to get a win in spite of being ranked in the middle of the league table in the Belgium Pro League and having no high ambitions or relegation concerns.

Cercle Brugge analysis

The goal difference is not positive for Cercle Brugge: at the end of the round 23 it registers 24 goals scored against 33 taken by its goalkeeper.

Cercle Brugge, with a ball possession of 45.22% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Standard Liège of 2024/2025 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

While having won twice playing away from home, this team knows how to take advantage of their home court with 5 wins, 3 losses, and 3 draws.

While Standard Liège has only managed to convert 16 of their 2007 attacks into goals, Cercle Brugge has been much more successful with 2980 attacks and 24 goals.

Best goalscorer from Cercle Brugge

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Kevin Denkey so far in the competition. With 10 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Cercle Brugge to achieve victorious results this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Standard Liège

Pro League leaderboard now

The Standard Liège team with 34 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 9 wins, 7 draws, and 7 losses.

Which means that Gent team, at position 7, is in close pursuit of the team, that has an advantage of 1 point, in the 24th round.

Standard Liège analysis

After round 23 of Pro League we count 16 goals scored by Standard Liège and 22 conceded.

With 3 wins in the Pro League, Standard Liège is in that wonderful position where they are the favorite.

Recent performances have highlighted that Standard Liège is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 0.7 goals scored on average per match.

Best goalscorer from Standard Liège

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Andi Zeqiri. The Attacker has scored 8 times in this competition and helped Standard Liège avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 4 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Historical data: Standard Liège

With 10 titles won in the history of the tournament, the Standard Liège team is one of the competition's top names. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match, and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Cercle Brugge is Kevin Denkey, who has already scored 10 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Standard Liège is Andi Zeqiri, he has scored in 8 opportunities.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.76 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cercle Brugge is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.09 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Cercle Brugge in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.3 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Cercle Brugge side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 times this season, very different from Standard Liège who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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