Standard Liege hosts Arsenal in round 6 of the Europa League group stage. The match will be played on Thursday, December 12th at Stade Maurice Dufrasne (Liege)
To get into the EL playoffs, Standard Liege needs to beat Arsenal and count on the misfire of Eintracht or smash the Gunners with a difference of five goals or more. Based on the results of head-to-head meetings with the British, the Belgians may leave the group from 2nd place if they manage to win with such a difference. In any case, they need to take risks and play only to win. Fortunately, the Reds play very confidently at home. Standard lost points in only two home matches of the current Belgian championship, and it beat Eintracht and coped with Guimaraes without any problems in the Europa League group stage.
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After 4 months, the Gunners finally gained the long-awaited away victory in the Premier League, having coped with tough West Ham United. In general, given the cup matches, Arsenal did not win for nine games in a row. First, this led to the dismissal of Emery and aroused doubts among the fans and the management in the appointment of inexperienced Ljungberg. Still, the Swede managed to break the unsuccessful streak, and his men showed very nice football in the derby., The Gunners held the first 20 minutes after a break especially spectacularly, having managed to score the Hammers as much as three goals. This success should inspire football players.
As for the current European Cup campaign, Arsenal has already scored 12 goals, which is the best indicator of the group. Now Ljungberg will not take the risk of the first line and field the combative lineup. It is unlikely that the Belgians will keep a clean sheet against Arsenal in this case. They managed to do it in only one of the last eight matches, while the Gunners did not score only Leicester, whose defense is the best in the Premier League. But goals can be expected from the hosts. I have already said about their motivation (only a victory is needed, preferably a landslide one), so let me acquaint you with scoring statistics of Standard. As part of the Belgian championship, the team scored 35 goals (almost two goals per game, on average). It managed to aggrieve Enitracht’s goalkeeper twice in the current Europa League. Finally, Standard Liege scored in all 23 home matches of 2019. It can extend the goal streak in its field in the match with Arsenal, which kept a clean sheet in early October. The Gunners have been conceding for 12 games in a row and, they are unlikely to break this streak in the away match with motivated Belgians.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score - yes
