Cercle Brugge vs Standard Liege
The Belgian League Competition presents two matches on Saturday (7/27) which will be closed with a duel between Cercle Brugge vs. Standard Liege. The hosts, who were humiliated last season, tried to restore their reputation when they performed at Jan Breydel Stadium.
Yes, last season Cercle Brugge met Standard Liege twice, holding a 0-0 draw as a guest, but instead lost 1-2 at home. At the end of the competition, Cercle Brugge was only able to enjoy 6 wins, 3 draws and lost 3 times as the host. This record was enough to help them survive as a promotion team despite being ranked 13th out of a total of 16 participants.
Meanwhile, Standard Liege managed to finish as ranking 3 with a difference of just three points from the runner-up. They want to go there this season by improving the away chart last season which only produced 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses.
This weekend will be the fourth party to be held by Standard Liege after playing three times in a trial match with a draw against Oleksandriya, losing to Strasbourg, then winning over Nice. Meanwhile, draw against Lens became the best result of Cercle Brugge after losing to Zulte Waregem, AS Monaco and Auxerre in the same party this month. A bad sign?
Our Prediction: Over 2.5
Odds: 1.68