Standard Liege vs Cercle Brugge match stats & report

0–3 Full time

Jupiler Pro League · Belgium · Regular Season - 5 · Maurice Dufrasnestadion, Liege · Ref J. Boterberg

Standard Liege stats & fixtures · Cercle Brugge stats & fixtures

Standard Liege lost to Cercle Brugge 0–3 in the Jupiler Pro League on 23 August 2025. Expected goals finished 1.17–2.88. Standard Liege had 56% of the ball.

Standard Liege vs Cercle Brugge match statistics

Standard LiegeCercle Brugge

56% Ball possession 44%
1.17 Expected goals (xG) 2.88
15 Total shots 18
3 Shots on target 10
7 Shots off target 4
5 Blocked shots 4
9 Shots inside the box 14
4 Corners 3
4 Fouls 12
2 Offsides 3
1 Yellow cards 3
475 Passes 368
80% Pass accuracy 73%
6 Goalkeeper saves 3

Goals and cards

14' Goal E. Diop Cercle Brugge
37' Yellow card Gary Magnee Cercle Brugge
45' Goal Steve Ngoura (assist E. Diop) Cercle Brugge
45' Goal E. Utkus (assist Nazinho) Cercle Brugge
45+2' Yellow card Marco Ilaimaharitra Standard Liege
63' Yellow card Steve Ngoura Cercle Brugge
73' Yellow card Hannes Van Der Bruggen Cercle Brugge

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Standard Liege

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Vincent Euvrard

1 Matthieu Epolo

5 B. Bolingoli 24 J. Homawoo 25 Ibe Hautekiet 13 Marlon Fossey

94 Casper Nielsen 23 Marco Ilaimaharitra

7 Tobias Mohr 8 N. Mehssatou 11 Adnane Abid

17 R. Said

Bench Lucas Pirard , Ibrahim Karamoko , A. Calut , Daan Dierckx , Hakim Sahabo , L. Kuavita , M. El Hankouri , J. Nam , R. Muteba

Cercle Brugge

Confirmed 4-4-2 Lars Friis

21 M. Delanghe

20 Nazinho 66 Christiaan Ravych 3 E. Utkus 15 Gary Magnee

37 E. Diop 28 Hannes Van Der Bruggen 18 P. Gerkens 6 Lawrence Agyekum

11 A. Minda 9 Steve Ngoura

Bench Warleson , D. Gomis , Erick Nunes , Valy Konaté , O. Adewumi , Makaya Ibrahima Diaby , N. De Wilde , Alama Bayo , E. Kone

Form guide

Standard Liege at home

5–1–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.0 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 7.4 per game
Shots on target: 4.6 per game

17% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Cercle Brugge away

2–3–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 2.1 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 10
Corners: 6.5 per game
Shots on target: 5.5 per game

14% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Standard Liege vs Cercle Brugge head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
1 Feb 25	Cercle Brugge v Standard Liege	1–1
23 Nov 24	Standard Liege v Cercle Brugge	1–0
26 Jan 24	Cercle Brugge v Standard Liege	1–1
19 Aug 23	Standard Liege v Cercle Brugge	0–1

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Standard Liege vs Cercle Brugge head-to-head record