Standard Liege vs. Dender Match Preview Article

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Having secured a 2-0 away win against La Louviere in their latest league match, Standard Liege will have a positive feeling ahead of this match.  Their share of possession in that meeting was 56%, while racking up 9 shots along the way, 4 of which were on target, in contrast to La Louviere, who had 14 shots on goal with 2 on target.  

While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 5 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 8, and leading to valuable points being dropped.   They have been unable to score at home in 3 of their last 6 games.  

Having lost 3 of their last 6 matches and recorded only 2 victories, this has to be seen as a poor run of results.  

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Dender will have been quite satisfied taking a point from their last match against Cercle Brugge, which ran out a 0-0 draw.  In that game they had 55% possession and managed 11 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Cercle Brugge who had 10 attempts and 2 on target.  

Having scored 4 goals and conceded 10 in their last 6 games, they will need to improve at both ends if they are to pick up more points from here on.  They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games.  

They have not be performing well away from home with 5 straight defeats on the road.  

Aurélien Scheidler will be hoping to create problems for Standard Liege in this one, having scored 2 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for Dender.