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Standard Liege vs Cercle Brugge — Jupiler Pro League 2026

Standard Liege
Standard Liege
FT
2 – 1
HT: 1 – 0
Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge
12/1/2019Jupiler Pro LeagueJupiler Pro League · Round 17Maurice Dufrasne

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 21+ matches

Standard Liege34%
×Draw25%
Cercle Brugge41%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Standard Liege
1.35
Cercle Brugge
1.51

Cercle Brugge creates 12% more chances

Season form · 21 home / 25 away

creates per match

Standard Liege
1.20
Cercle Brugge
1.40

allows per match

Standard Liege
1.62
Cercle Brugge
1.51

finishing

Standard Liege-0.30scores less
Cercle Brugge-0.08on par

Total goals

54%Over
  • Over54
  • Under46

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

58%Yes
  • Yes58
  • No42

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Standard Liege ↓

Cercle Brugge →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–19%
0–27%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–08%
1–112%
1–29%
1–34%
1–42%
2
2–05%
2–18%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–02%
3–14%
3–23%
3–31%
3–41%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
78%22%2.5
54%46%3.5
32%68%4.5
16%84%

Double chance

Standard Liege or draw
59%
Standard Liege or Cercle Brugge
75%
Draw or Cercle Brugge
66%

Winning margin

Standard Liege wins by 2+
15%
Cercle Brugge wins by 2+
20%

Team goals

Standard Liege 1+ goals
74%
Standard Liege 2+ goals
39%
Standard Liege 3+ goals
15%
Cercle Brugge 1+ goals
78%
Cercle Brugge 2+ goals
44%
Cercle Brugge 3+ goals
19%

Draw no bet

Standard Liege (draw refunded)
45%
Cercle Brugge (draw refunded)
55%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
46%
Both score & under 3
12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Standard Liege at home — creates 1.20, concedes 1.62 · 21 matches

Cercle Brugge away — creates 1.40, concedes 1.51 · 25 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Standard Liege attack 1.20 + Cercle Brugge defence 1.51 → ÷2 → 1.35

Cercle Brugge attack 1.40 + Standard Liege defence 1.62 → ÷2 → 1.51

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 41%?"

Standard Liege scores more
34%
level
25%
Cercle Brugge scores more
41%

Cercle Brugge at 41% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 41% does not mean "Cercle Brugge will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Jupiler Pro League: Standard Liege 2–1 Cercle Brugge

Standard Liege beat Cercle Brugge 2-1 in Jupiler Pro League on December 1, 2019.

The match was played at Maurice Dufrasne in Liege.