In a weekend match in week 14, on Sun Oct 23rd, Anderlecht and Standard Liège will play a match in Liege in a meeting of these two closely matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. Standard Liège sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Mechelen. Jordi Vanlerberghe struck first for Mechelen in the 71st minute, then Julien Ngoy added another in the 74th minute on a feed from Geoffry Hairemans In the end, Standard Liège couldn’t muster any offence and Mechelen ran away with the shutout win. Standard Liège should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Anderlecht recorded a 0-1 loss against Club Brugge. Marco Lund Nielsen struck first for Club Brugge in the 69th minute on a feed from Hans Vanaken, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Anderlecht couldn’t muster any offence and Club Brugge ran away with the shutout win. Anderlecht is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Anderlecht won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Mario Stroeykens has been the most effective weapon for Anderlecht lately. The midfielder has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Both Philip Zinckernagel and William Balikwisha have been the hottest scorers for Standard Liège in the last five each having scored 2 goals.