Standard Liege welcome the visitors Royal Excel Mouscron in the Belgian Jupiler League – Round 28. The match will be held on Friday, March, 1st, at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne (Liege).
The hosting Standard Liege conceded to Gent in the last round out, but they take the 4th line in the standings so far. The team will most likely stay in top-six – 3 fixtures ahead of the end of the present league stage, they have a 5-point handicap from their last-match offenders who run 7th. Overall, if we disregard the last loss and the 3-round-back defeat to Genk, Standard are among the most successful league sides over the last 2 months. In this period, they won 6 times and drawed once in 7 encounters.
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Despite their impressive six-round streak, the visiting Royal Excel Mouscron have no chances to reach top-six and they won’t be automatically promoted either. The travelers on the day are 7 points behind the sixth-placed Anderlecht – the giants will not probably stoop to the lower table group – and 18 points off the eighteenth-placed Lokeren.
To ensure their stay in the champions group, the hosts have to win on Friday – they need to rack up points altogether. When all contenders are divided in 2 groups according to their places (after 30 rounds), the tournament regulations require the top-six sides to keep their points, divide those in 2, and round up, if needed. Therefore, the toppers will not feature any walkovers up to the very end, and Standard will care of every point – both in the coming clash and in the remaining 2, which means they will play their best on Friday. At home, the side lost only 1 match of 13 and won 9. Their victorious home streak counts yet 6 successive games. Against Mouscron, Standard were victors in 6 consecutive home head-to-heads as well. They will probably build up on this record in the match under consideration.
Prediction for the match: Standard Liege to win home.
