Cercle Brugge 1–2 Standard Liège — Belgian Pro League 2025/26 Match Stats

Belgian Pro League · 2025Sat, 6 Dec 2025, 15:00 UTCJan Breydel Stadion

Cercle Brugge

DLLLD

1–2Historical match

Standard Liège

LWLDW

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Standard Liège won 1–2.

Shots: 1511
Shots on target: 62
Expected goals: 1.340.58
Possession: 65%35%

Full time

What the match recorded

Standard Liege beat Cercle Brugge 2–1. Recorded in this match (Cercle Brugge – Standard Liege): shots 15–11, shots on target 6–2, expected goals 1.34–0.58, possession 65%–35%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Cercle Brugge's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Cercle Brugge's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.11 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	0.8 goals/match	1.11 goals/match	1.33 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Standard Liege have a visible away split

moderate

Standard Liege's away-only shot average is below their full-season average.

7.56 shots/match ▲ShotsAway only · Season9.89 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

Metric	Away only	Season	Baseline
Shots	7.56 shots/match	9.89 shots/match	12.2 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

Cercle Brugge show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Cercle Brugge's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

13.7 shots/match ▲ShotsCercle Brugge · Standard Liege9.89 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Cercle Brugge	Standard Liege	Baseline
Shots	13.7 shots/match	9.89 shots/match	12.2 shots/match
Shots against	13.3 shots/match	14.2 shots/match	12.6 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots15 shots11 shotsCercle Brugge 15 shots, Standard Liège 11 shots
Shots on target6 shots2 shotsCercle Brugge 6 shots, Standard Liège 2 shots
Expected goals1.34 xG0.58 xGCercle Brugge 1.34 xG, Standard Liège 0.58 xG
Possession65%35%Cercle Brugge 65%, Standard Liège 35%
Corners9 corners5 cornersCercle Brugge 9 corners, Standard Liège 5 corners
Fouls7 fouls16 foulsCercle Brugge 7 fouls, Standard Liège 16 fouls
Yellow cards0 cards2 cardsCercle Brugge 0 cards, Standard Liège 2 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
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Cercle Brugge: 15 shots, 6 on target, 1.34 xG. Standard Liege: 12 shots, 3 on target, 0.67 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Cercle Brugge 1.34 xG · Standard Liege 0.67 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Cercle Brugge

2Draws

1Standard Liège

23 Aug 2025Standard Liège — Cercle Brugge · Belgian Pro League0–3

1 Feb 2025Cercle Brugge — Standard Liège · Belgian Pro League1–1

23 Nov 2024Standard Liège — Cercle Brugge · Belgian Pro League1–0

26 Jan 2024Cercle Brugge — Standard Liège · Belgian Pro League1–1

19 Aug 2023Standard Liège — Cercle Brugge · Belgian Pro League0–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Cercle Brugge favored in 7 of 11 directional metrics · Standard Liège in 2 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Cercle Brugge18 matchesStandard Liège18 matches

1.11 goals/match ▲Goals scored18/180.94 goals/match

1.44 goals/matchGoals allowed18/18▲ 1.17 goals/match

1.48 xG/match ▲Expected goals17/171.01 xG/match

13.7 shots/match ▲Shots18/189.89 shots/match

4.17 shots/match ▲Shots on target18/183.56 shots/match

51.2% ●Possession18/1844.7%

4.67 corners/match ●Corners18/184.06 corners/match

1.82 cards/matchCards17/172.71 cards/match

10.6 fouls/matchFouls18/1811.3 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples18 / 18home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 6 Dec 2025, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Belgian Pro League

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance

What the match recorded