Standard Liege vs Eupen Predictions

Standard Liege vs Eupen predictions for Saturday’s match in the Belgium First Division A. Read on for all our free predictions and betting tips.

Standard Liege head into this game sitting 7th in the Belgium First Division A table with 23 points from their opening 15 games. After a run of 4 games without a win they finally got 3 points back on the board in their 2-0 away victory against Kortrijk last time out.

Eupen come into this weekends clash sitting 11th in the table with 16 points from their opening 15 league fixtures. After a couple of impressive home wins back to back they head into their trip to Liege on the back of 2 consecutive losses to Lokeren and Sint-Truiden respectively.

Standard Liege’s home form has been a bit suspect this season and it’s the reason they find themselves only 7th in the league, at home they have won 3, drawn 3 and lost 1 of their 7 games so far ranking them the 9th best home team. Their main frustration will be their 2-0 home loss to Antwerp, that coming after they beat Club Brugge and drew 1-1 to Genk in their previous 2 home league outings. They aren’t massive scorers at home, finding the net just 10 times in their 7 games and their defence isn’t the best either, conceding on 8 occasions.

Eupen have neither under performed nor punched above their weight on the road this season as 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their 7 away games sees them ranked the 10th best team on the road. They have scored 7 goals away from home, however they have scored in just 4 of their 7 away games as they netted 3 in a 3-1 win at Kortrijk and 2 in a 5-2 defeat at Club Brugge. Their defence is leaky away from home, having conceded 14 goals in 7 games, averaging 2 goals against a game.

The bookmakers have priced Standard Liege as short favourites to win this game, and whilst we think they get the job done they are far too short to be backing here. Of Standard Liege’s 3 home wins this season all 3 of them have seen both teams score in the game, whereas Eupen have scored in 2 of the 4 away games they have lost. For that reason we think backing Standard Liege and both teams to score looks nice value here. Standard have bagged 3 on 3 occasions at home this season and we feel they could do again here, with the 3-1 home win looking a good place to bet on the correct score market.