Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Standard Liège 3rd with 53 points, Lokeren 16th with 20, 33 apart. Standard Liège ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Standard Liège were scoring 1.63 and conceding 1.17, Lokeren 0.93 and 1.77, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Standard Liège against 3/15 for Lokeren.
GioScore's database holds 26 meetings between the two: 15 for Standard Liège, 6 for Lokeren and 5 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings.
Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Liege staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,670. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Standard Liège led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.