Standard Liege v Anderlecht prediction

Jupiler Pro League · Sun, 20 Dec 2026 12:30 GMT · Maurice Dufrasnestadion

Updated 23 Oct 2026, 23:22 UK · refreshed continuously

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TACTIX’s free model pick for Standard Liege v Anderlecht, Jupiler Pro League on Sun, 20 Dec 2026 12:30 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

Match preview, in numbers

The match

Standard Liege host Anderlecht in the Jupiler Pro League on Sunday 20 December (kick-off 12:30 UK).

Form and the table

Eight of Standard Liege’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (53%). Both teams scored in nine of Standard Liege’s last 15 results in all competitions (60%). At home, Standard Liege have four wins, three draws and two defeats in their last 9 home matches in all competitions — 1.67 points per game, scoring 1.11 and conceding 0.78. Standard Liege have scored 15 goals, the ninth-most of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games). Standard Liege have conceded 16 goals, the eighth-fewest (shared) of the 18 clubs.

10 of Anderlecht’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (67%). Both teams scored in four of Anderlecht’s last 15 results in all competitions (27%). Away from home, Anderlecht have four wins, no draws and four defeats in their last 8 away matches in all competitions — 1.50 points per game, scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.38. Anderlecht have scored 13 goals, the ninth-fewest (shared) of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games). Anderlecht have conceded 11 goals, the fourth-fewest (shared) of the 18 clubs.

Standard Liege (ninth) and Anderlecht (fifth) are seven points apart, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Anderlecht the stronger side, 211 rating points above Standard Liege (Anderlecht 1731, Standard Liege 1520, after at least 351 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 1 February 2026, finished Standard Liege 2–0 Anderlecht.

Team news

Predicted Standard Liege XI (4-3-3): M. Epolo, I. Hautekiet, I. Karamoko, M. Fossey, G. Mortensen, A. Trouillet, R. Touzghar, C. Nielsen, D. Ayensa, A. Abid, A. Zeqiri — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Casper Nielsen (5.5 per match over eight appearances, two goals and three assists) and Adnane Abid (5.0 per match over 10 appearances, three goals and two assists) have been Standard Liege’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Standard Liege (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Casper Nielsen averages 2.1 key passes per 90 over 695 minutes, with a key pass in seven of the last eight appearances. Adnane Abid averages 1.6 shots per 90 over 900 minutes, with a shot in eight of the last 10 appearances.

Predicted Anderlecht XI (4-4-2): C. Coosemans, L. Pétrot, G. Biancone, A. Maamar, L. Augustinsson, M. Stroeykens, T. Aasgaard, E. Llansana, M. Winkler, M. Cvetković, L. Ambros — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Ali Maamar (4.4 per match over 12 appearances, three assists) and Giulian Biancone (3.8 per match over 10 appearances) have been Anderlecht’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Anderlecht (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Ali Maamar averages 2.0 tackles per 90 over 1051 minutes, with a tackle in nine of the last 10 appearances. Giulian Biancone averages 2.6 tackles per 90 over 829 minutes, with a tackle in 10 of the last 10 appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sun, 20 Dec 2026 12:30 GMT · Jupiler Pro League · Maurice Dufrasnestadion
Head-to-head (last 6): Standard Liege 1 · draws 1 · Anderlecht 4 · 2.33 goals/game
Recent form: Standard Liege 1W 1D 3L · Anderlecht 3W 0D 2L

Standard Liege v Anderlecht (Jupiler Pro League): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 23 October 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.25 / 1.88

Goals

against 1.38 / 1.13 · 2 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

6.71 / 4.71

Corners

against 5.57 / 3.86 · 4 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 7 matches

4.43 / 6.86

Shots on target

against 5.14 / 4.14 · 2 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 7 matches

1.57 / 2.71

Cards

against 1.57 / 1.86 · 2 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 7 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 5 November 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 5 November 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Standard Liege for / against	Line	Anderlecht for / against
Goals scored	1.25 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.88 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	6.71 for · 5.57 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	4.71 for · 3.86 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	13.71 for · 15.14 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	15 for · 10 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	4.43 for · 5.14 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	6.86 for · 4.14 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	8.57 for · 11.29 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	13.14 for · 13.86 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	1.57 for · 1.57 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	2.71 for · 1.86 against n 7 Last 5

Standard Liege

Standard Liege Goalkeeper

Standard Liege — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Matthieu Epolo	9	84753 min	212.5 /90	141.7 /90	00 /90
Lucas Pirard	2	72144 min	85 /90	21.3 /90	00 /90

Standard Liege — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Standard Liege before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Matthieu Epolo n 8	82.9	2.9 6/5
Lucas Pirard n 8	85.5	4.5 7/6

Standard Liege Defensive

Standard Liege — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Ibe Hautekiet	10	90900 min	111.1 /90	151.5 /90	90.9 /90	494.9 /90	60.6 /90	20.2 /90
Ibrahim Karamoko	10	86855 min	181.9 /90	101.1 /90	60.6 /90	555.8 /90	121.3 /90	20.2 /90
Marlon Fossey	10	79788 min	182.1 /90	182.1 /90	70.8 /90	394.5 /90	40.5 /90	00 /90
Gustav Mortensen	8	81648 min	162.2 /90	40.6 /90	10.1 /90	223.1 /90	60.8 /90	10.1 /90
Henry Lawrence	4	49197 min	20.9 /90	00 /90	00 /90	156.9 /90	31.4 /90	00 /90
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Standard Liege — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Standard Liege before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Adnane Abid n 8	90	0.6 4/1	1.1 5/4	—
Ibe Hautekiet n 8	90	0.5 3/1	0.3 2/0	—
Ibrahim Karamoko n 8	84.4	1.2 5/2	0.8 3/1	—
A. Trouillet n 8	85.5	0.4 3/0	1.2 5/3	—
Marlon Fossey n 8	79.5	0.4 2/1	0.4 2/1	—
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Standard Liege — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Standard Liege before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Adnane Abid n 8	90	1.4 6/3
Ibe Hautekiet n 8	90	1.1 6/2
Ibrahim Karamoko n 8	84.4	1.6 7/3
A. Trouillet n 8	85.5	2 6/3
Marlon Fossey n 8	79.5	1.8 6/4
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Standard Liege Attacking

Standard Liege — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
Adnane Abid	10	90900 min	30.3 /90	20.2 /90	161.6 /90	80.8 /90	202 /90	171.7 /90
Dennis Eckert Ayensa	10	71706 min	40.5 /90	10.1 /90	162 /90	101.3 /90	70.9 /90	30.4 /90
Bernard Nguene	7	69483 min	10.2 /90	10.2 /90	122.2 /90	30.6 /90	30.6 /90	40.7 /90
Bruny Nsimba	4	28112 min	10.8 /90	00 /90	21.6 /90	21.6 /90	21.6 /90	00 /90
A. Zeqiri	3	38115 min	10.8 /90	00 /90	53.9 /90	10.8 /90	00 /90	00 /90
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Standard Liege — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Standard Liege before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Adnane Abid n 8	90	1.3 6/2	0.8 4/1
Ibe Hautekiet n 8	90	0.9 4/1	0.1 1/0
Ibrahim Karamoko n 8	84.4	0.9 5/2	0.1 1/0
A. Trouillet n 8	85.5	0.3 2/0	0.3 2/0
Marlon Fossey n 8	79.5	0.7 3/2	0.1 1/0
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Standard Liege — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Standard Liege before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Ibe Hautekiet n 8	90	0 0/0	0.3 2/0
Adnane Abid n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
Ibrahim Karamoko n 8	84.4	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
A. Trouillet n 8	85.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
Marlon Fossey n 8	79.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Anderlecht

Anderlecht Goalkeeper

Anderlecht — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
C. Coosemans	14	901260 min	433.1 /90	130.9 /90	00 /90

Anderlecht — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Anderlecht before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
C. Coosemans n 8	90	3.8 7/6

Anderlecht Defensive

Anderlecht — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
L. Pétrot	14	871215 min	171.3 /90	151.1 /90	70.5 /90	574.2 /90	151.1 /90	30.2 /90
A. Maamar	12	861031 min	232 /90	161.4 /90	10.1 /90	595.2 /90	171.5 /90	10.1 /90
L. Augustinsson	11	81894 min	90.9 /90	70.7 /90	20.2 /90	242.4 /90	80.8 /90	00 /90
G. Biancone	10	83829 min	242.6 /90	131.4 /90	10.1 /90	748 /90	91 /90	40.4 /90
A. Omobamidele	5	68341 min	30.8 /90	61.6 /90	20.5 /90	143.7 /90	41.1 /90	20.5 /90
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Anderlecht — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Anderlecht before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
C. Coosemans n 8	90	0 0/0	0.3 2/0	—
L. Pétrot n 8	84.4	1.3 7/3	0.5 3/1	—
Mihajlo Cvetković n 8	69	1.5 5/3	2 7/4	—
A. Maamar n 8	83.9	1.3 6/4	1.6 6/3	—
Lukas Ambros n 8	66.6	1.5 6/3	1.9 5/3	—
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Anderlecht — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Anderlecht before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
L. Pétrot n 8	84.4	1.1 5/3
Mihajlo Cvetković n 8	69	0.8 4/1
A. Maamar n 8	83.9	1.9 7/3
Lukas Ambros n 8	66.6	1.9 6/5
L. Augustinsson n 8	86.9	1 5/3
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Anderlecht Attacking

Anderlecht — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
Mihajlo Cvetković	13	65851 min	30.3 /90	10.1 /90	192 /90	101.1 /90	60.6 /90	40.4 /90
Danylo Sikan	11	60662 min	10.1 /90	00 /90	253.4 /90	91.2 /90	71 /90	40.5 /90
T. Bentayeb	8	47375 min	30.7 /90	10.2 /90	102.4 /90	71.7 /90	41 /90	41 /90
O. Antman	7	54376 min	00 /90	20.5 /90	41 /90	20.5 /90	71.7 /90	41 /90
Jayden Onia Seke	4	54214 min	10.4 /90	00 /90	62.5 /90	10.4 /90	104.2 /90	20.8 /90
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Anderlecht — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Anderlecht before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
C. Coosemans n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Pétrot n 8	84.4	0 0/0	0 0/0
Mihajlo Cvetković n 8	69	2.3 5/5	1.3 4/2
A. Maamar n 8	83.9	0.4 2/1	0.3 2/0
Lukas Ambros n 8	66.6	1.2 5/2	0.8 4/1
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Anderlecht — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Anderlecht before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
C. Coosemans n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Pétrot n 8	84.4	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
Mihajlo Cvetković n 8	69	0.5 3/0	0.2 1/0
A. Maamar n 8	83.9	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
Lukas Ambros n 8	66.6	0.2 1/0	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Standard Liege v Anderlecht — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Standard LiegeLLWLD

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 1 scored / 1.2 conceded per game

AnderlechtLWLWW

Last 5: 3W 0D 2L · 2 scored / 1.4 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Standard Liege 1 · 1 draw · Anderlecht 4 · 2.33 goals/game

2026-02-01 Standard Liege 2–0 Anderlecht
2025-10-05 Anderlecht 1–0 Standard Liege
2025-03-02 Standard Liege 0–2 Anderlecht
2024-10-06 Anderlecht 3–0 Standard Liege
2023-12-10 Anderlecht 2–2 Standard Liege
2023-12-07 Anderlecht 2–0 Standard Liege

League standing · 2026/27

Standard Liege#9 pos12 pts10 pl-1 GD

Anderlecht#5 pos19 pts10 pl+2 GD

Goals per game

Standard Liege scored1.5

Anderlecht scored1.3

Standard Liege conceded1.6

Anderlecht conceded1.1

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What is the head-to-head record between Standard Liege and Anderlecht?: In their last 6 meetings, Standard Liege won 1, Anderlecht won 4 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.33 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Standard Liege and Anderlecht?: Recent form — Standard Liege 1W 1D 3L; Anderlecht 3W 0D 2L.

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