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Peter Green - August 17, 2023
Standard Liege vs Cercle Brugge Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Belgian Jupiler League on Saturday, 19 August 2023.
Neither Standard Liege nor Cercle Brugge had an impressive start to this season. Cercle Brugge won one and lost two of their first three fixtures while Standard Liege drew one and lost two of their three.
Going on, Cercle Brugge finished at 6th in the Conference League standings last season. On the other side, Standard Liege were at 7th at the end of the last season, failing to find a spot in the ECL qualifiers.
The past two overall wins was evenly split, with one each for both. Their latest clash ended in a 0-4 win for Cercle Brugge.
Cercle Brugge ended a long winless run against Standard Liege at this stadium by sealing a motivating win in their latest clash.
Standard Liege follows an unimpressive form at home. They are were winless in the last five home outings. Do also note that they lost three of those five matches.
Meanwhile, Cercle Brugge follows a three-match losing streak on the road. However, they were having a four-match unbeaten streak before conceding those three defeats.
Considering recent recordings, we expect a result in favor of Cercle Brugge on Saturday. But we are not going to back them as a clear winner.
All the three matches of Cercle Brugge at the beginning of this season had goals under 2.5 ft. The case is same for Standard Liege too. In that case, we expect this match to have goals under 2.5 ft.
Both teams are having an unimpressive defensive line this season. Cercle Brugge allowed a total of 10 goals in the last four road trips while Standard Liege follows a six match goal leaking streak. Therefore, goals are likely to come from both ends.
The odds are in favor of neither of these two sides. Anyways, Cercle Brugge have a comparatively better consideration as they are priced at 2.40 odds against 2.90 odds of Standar Liege.
Draw no bet in favor of Cercle Brugge will be our pick considering their recent form and the draw trend of Standard Liege at home. Both teams to score is our second pick for this match.
