Westerlo vs Standard Liege Prediction: Both teams will find the back of the net

In the European Conference League qualification group, Westerlo will meet Standard Liege at Het Kuipje. The game that took place over the weekend ended in a tie, with both teams coming away with a point for their efforts. Will there be a victor in this particular situation, or will both teams be content to play to a draw once more?

Westerlo comes into this match after playing Standard Liège to a tie in the First Division A Play-Offs in a match that ended 2-2. Westerlo had 51% possession of the ball during that game and 12 shots on goal, with 5 of them finding the target. Edisson Jordanov in the 92nd minute and Thomas Van den Keybus in the 95th minute were the ones to score for Westerlo. Their competitors from Standard Liège had a total of 13 shots on goal, five of which were on target. Both Philip Zinckernagel and Renaud Emond scored goals for Standard Liège in the ninth and seventieth minutes, respectively. In their most recent six games, Westerlo, under the leadership of Jonas De Roeck, have scored seven times in total, while eleven goals have been scored against them in those same games.

Standard Liège comes into this match having won one of their previous five matches against Sporting Charleroi, lost two of those matches against OH Leuven and Gent, and drawn two of those matches against Cercle Brugge and Westerlo. The visiting club scored seven goals while also allowing nine goals to be scored against them in those matchups. When playing away from home, Standard Liège was able to score 1.71 goals per game while only allowing 1.32 goals against them. There were 81 yellow cards and 10 red cards handed out to the team, while there were a total of 376 fouls committed by both teams. The average team rating for Standard Liège is 6.65 points per contest. Standard Liège have a very strong possession of the ball, as evidenced by their overall average of 51.09% throughout this season.

Over the course of the last seasons, the two teams have competed against one another 23 times, with Standard Liège coming out on top 13 times while Westerlo won four. There were a total of six games that were decided by a draw. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Westerlo scored 23 goals, while Standard Liège managed to score 37 goals.

The visiting Standard Liege team here should win, but they are not entirely reliable. Be that as it may, the home club are in good form in front of goal, and the visiting Standard Liege are anticipated to be extremely offensive. Therefore, a bet on over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring is the best choice that should be considered.