In this week 3 match on Aug 7th, Standard Liège hosts Cercle Brugge at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in a meeting of these two closely matched Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. 16th placed Standard Liège is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Genk. Cyriel Dessers struck first for Genk in the 5th minute, then Mike Tresor Ndayishimiye added another in the 16th minute. Standard Liège looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while in their last match, 12th placed Cercle Brugge, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Anderlecht. Torres struck first for Cercle Brugge in the 75th minute on a feed from Olivier Deman, 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 Cercle Brugge ran away with the shutout win. Cercle Brugge is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Kevin Denkey and Yannis Nahounou are the top scorers for Cercle Brugge in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Standard Liège hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Moussa Sissako and Renaud Emond, and they each have 1 goal.