Cercle Brugge vs Standard Liege prediction, odds & betting tips 26/01/2024

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Cercle Brugge - Standard Liege

Belgium First Division A - Jan Breydel Stadium

* Betting odds were correct at the time of publication but are subject to change

Cercle Brugge have the home advantage in Friday night's First Division A clash with Standard Liege. These two teams are separated by three league places and nine points, and it is the home side that head into this one as the big favourite with the bookmakers.

Cercle Brugge vs Standard Liege prediction – Betting tips & odds

Hot Tip – Both Teams to Score

• Both teams have scored in four of Cercle Brugge's last six matches in all competitions.
• Three of Standard Leige's last four outings have produced goals at both ends of the pitch.

Another reason that we have backed BTTS as our main prediction is that both teams have only kept one clean sheet in their last six attempts.

Latest odds

Head to Head

19/08/23

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Standard Liege

Cercle Brugge

0

1

27/05/23

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Standard Liege

Cercle Brugge

0

4

29/04/23

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Cercle Brugge

Standard Liege

0

0

04/02/23

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Cercle Brugge

Standard Liege

1

1

07/08/22

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Standard Liege

Cercle Brugge

2

0

Last Five - Cercle Brugge

08/02/25

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Genk

Cercle Brugge

2

1

L

01/02/25

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Standard Liege

Cercle Brugge

1

1

D

25/01/25

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Charleroi

Cercle Brugge

1

1

D

18/01/25

Belgium First Division A Belgium

FCV Dender EH

Cercle Brugge

0

1

W

12/01/25

Belgium First Division A Belgium

KV Mechelen

Cercle Brugge

0

1

W

Last Five - Standard Liege

14/02/25

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Genk

Standard Liege

2

1

L

09/02/25

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Westerlo

Standard Liege

4

2

L

01/02/25

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Cercle Brugge

Standard Liege

1

1

D

26/01/25

Belgium First Division A Belgium

FCV Dender EH

Standard Liege

0

1

W

19/01/25

Belgium First Division A Belgium

Sint-Truidense

Standard Liege

1

2

W

Win probability

• HOME: 4/7 (1.57) – 63.6%
• DRAW: 16/5 (4.20) – 23.8%
• AWAY: 19/4 (5.75) – 17.4%

Cercle Brugge are the expected winners of this game with a probability of 63.6%, and we tend to agree with the bookmarks on this one. For more football betting tips on this match, check out the Under/Over 2.5 Goals market.

You can back under 2.5 goals to be scored in this game at 6/5 (2.20) which has a probability of 45.5%, or you can go with over 2.5 goals, like us, at 4/6 (1.67) with a probability of 60%.

Cercle Brugge vs Standard Liege prediction – Other tips

Correct Score: 2-1

• Cercle Brugge are unbeaten in their last four games against Standard, winning the two most recent encounters.
• Cercle Brugge have scored at least two goals in three of their last five matches and have only kept one clean sheet in their last six games.

Kevin Denkey to Score Anytime

• Denkey top scores for Cercle this season with sixteen league goals.
• The Togo striker has scored seventeen goals in all competitions and scored in last season's 4-0 win over Standard.

Cercle Brugge vs Standard Liege team news

Cercle

Cercle Brugge made the trip to Genk last weekend for what turned out to be a very tight and tense ninety minutes. Kevin Denkey scored his sixteenth league goal of the campaign to hand Cerlce the lead after just eight minutes but Genk scored a deserved equaliser shortly after the hour mark and the game ended in a draw.

Hugo Siquet, Christiaan Ravych and Abu Francis are the three main injury concerns for the hosts.

Predicted Lineup: Warleson (GK), Popović, Daland, Van der Bruggen, Lopes, Utkus, Minda, Lemaréchal, Denkey, Somers & Nazinho 

Standard

Standard slipped to a disappointing defeat at home to the division's bottom club in their last league game. Kortrijk scored the game's only goal right on the stroke of halftime and Standard Liege simply couldn't come up with a response in the second forty-five and lost a game they really should have won on paper.

Aiden O'Neill is away on international duty, while Ibe Hautekiet, Laurent Henkinet, Nathan Ngoy and Steven Alzate could all miss the trip to Brugge due to injury.

Predicted Lineup: Bodart (GK), Laifis, Vanheusden, Fossey, Noubi, Djenepo, Balikwisha, Price, Kanga, Sowah & Sahabo

Cercle Brugge

3-4-1-2

28

Hannes Van Der Bruggen

34

Thibo Somers

9

Kevin Denkey

1

Warleson

20

Flavio Nazinho

3

Edgaras Utkus

11

Alan Minda

4

Jesper Daland

22

Leonardo Lopes

6

Felix Lemarechal

5

Boris Popovic

Substitutes

7

Malamine Efekele

76

Jonas Lietaert

77

Jordan Semedo Varela

27

Nils De Wilde

19

Kazeem Olaigbe

10

Felipe Augusto

99

Abdoul Kader Ouattara

21

Maxime Delanghe

18

Senna Miangue

Standard Liege

3-5-2

16

Arnaud Bodart

34

Kostas Laifis

51

Lucas Noubi Ngnokam

33

Hakim Sahabo

14

Wilfried Kanga

4

Zinho Vanheusden

18

Kamal Sowah

13

Marlon Fossey

17

Steven Alzate

22

William Balikwisha

19

Moussa Djenepo

Substitutes

40

Matthieu Luka Epolo

20

Merveille Bokadi

28

Stipe Perica

2

Gilles Dewaele

32

Brahim Ghalidi

10

Noah Ohio

15

Souleyman Doumbia

7

Romaine Mundle

8

Isaac Price

*Lineups are usually announced 1hr before kick-off

Player to Watch: Kevin Denkey

Cercle Brugge's star striker is having the season of a lifetime with sixteen league goals scored so far this season.

Thankfully for Cercle, Togo didn't qualify for AFCON 2023 because if they did, Denkey would have been called up and could have been missing for a month's worth of fixtures.

Only two of Denkey's league goals this season have come via penalties and if he continues in this vein of form, he should score twenty-plus goals in all competitions.