Standard Liege takes on the visitors Gent in round 8 of Championship Group in Belgian Jupiler League. The match will be played on Friday, May 10th at Stade Maurice Dufrasne (Liege)
In the last round, Standard lost to Anderlecht away, while it played almost the entire match in the majority. Now Standard ranks 4th in the standings, and it may forget about a place in the Champions League qualification. There are 8 points to the 2nd Brugge and only 3 rounds left, so Standard will surely not win back this margin. Nevertheless, the team can still fight with Antwerp for a direct ticket to the Europa League. Only 2 points separate these competitors.
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Gent also lost the last home match to Brugge. The team generally lost 6 of 7 group matches and tied only one draw. It doesn’t claim anything. The players did everything that was required of them: they promoted to the Championship Group and retained their place in the league. They deserved the vacation and, mentally, they are already on it. Therefore, we can’t expect from the players of Gent that they will suddenly begin to strain every sinew in the remaining matches, and in this particular case, it is simply not reasonable.
Even if Gent suddenly began to do it, it would hardly have been able to win Standard in this match... Standard gain victory in 4 of the last 5 face-to-face matches. In this championship, Standard lost only 2 times at home; to Antwerp in the draw and to the leading Genk in the group. And now, firstly, the team is staffed with players that are substantially more qualified than the opponent, and secondly, it has more than enough motivation. If Standard does not take 3 points in this match, it will probably not reach Antwerp. And then the Reds will have to play with the winner of an outsider group in the Europa League play-offs. Anyway, they will have enough problems. Standard will certainly try to avoid them, and a victory over Gent in this match will be the first step to this.
Prediction for the match: St. Liege to win
