In a weekend match on Saturday Feb 5th, in week 26, Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège will play a match in Liege in a meeting of these two Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Standard Liège recorded a 1-2 loss against Mechelen. Mathieu Cafaro scored the first goal for Standard Liège in the 44th minute, then in the 49th minute, Maryan Shved sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Kerim Mrabti But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 90th minute on a goal by Nikola Storm. Standard Liège is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while cercle Brugge sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against KV Oostende. Maxime D’Arpino scored the first goal for KV Oostende in the 76th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Cercle Brugge was frustrated by KV Oostende’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. KV Oostende ended the match with the shutout victory. Cercle Brugge is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches.
Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège last played eachother at the Jan Breydelstadion on Sat Oct 23rd. Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège battled to a 1-1 draw. Samuel Bastien scored the first goal for Standard Liège in the 4th minute, then Jesper Daland tied it up for Cercle Brugge in the 16th minute earning them at least the one point.
Dino Hotić has been the most prolific scorer on Cercle Brugge in the last five matches with two goals. For Standard Liège, their top scorers are Denis Drăguş and Renaud Emond, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.