Westerlo vs Standard Liege - prediction, team news, lineups

Standard Liege volition beryllium looking to prime up an important triumph erstwhile they question to Het Kuipje to look Westerlo connected Tuesday.

The visitors presently sit second successful the Europe playoffs successful the Belgian Pro League, portion the hosts are 1 constituent down them successful third.

Match preview

Westerlo are 1 of 4 teams inactive successful with a accidental of winning the Europe playoffs and qualifying for the European contention playoff.

With conscionable 2 games near to play, a triumph implicit Standard Liege would travel arsenic a immense boost to their chances, though they volition inactive request existent leaders Genk to gaffe up arsenic well.

Issame Charai's broadside person picked up 4 wins, 1 gully and 3 defeats successful the playoffs truthful acold and beat Royal Charleroi 1-0 successful their astir caller crippled connected Saturday.

Midfielder Arthur Piedfort scored the lone extremity of the crippled arsenic Westerlo bounced backmost from a disappointing 3-0 decision to Genk a week earlier.

Westerlo besides person an awesome caller grounds against Standard Liege, having lone suffered 1 decision successful their past 13 meetings crossed each competitions.

Standard Liege are besides hoping to suffice for the European contention playoff and are unbeaten successful their past 4 games.

Vincent Euvrard's broadside drew 0-0 with Genk connected Saturday, a effect that ended a two-match winning streak but besides marked their 2nd cleanable expanse successful 3 fixtures.

Standard Liege bash person an awesome distant grounds truthful acold this play and are unbeaten successful their past 7 games distant from home, winning 3 of their past 4 connected the roadworthy and scoring 11 goals on the way.

In fact, their past distant lucifer saw them thump Royal Antwerp 5-0 with Rafiki Said netting a brace and Yuto Tsunashima, Timothe Nkada and David Bates besides scoring.

Westerlo Belgian Pro League form:

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Standard Liege Belgian Pro League form:

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Team News

Westerlo are improbable to marque galore changes, with goalscorer Piedfort acceptable to proceed alongside Dogucan Haspolat successful midfield.

Top scorer Nacho Ferri volition proceed to pb the line, with enactment from Shunsuke Saito and Josimar Alcocer retired wide.

Standard Liege are besides expected to instrumentality with the aforesaid squad that drew with Genk, with Dennis Eckert Ayensa acceptable to commencement up front.

Henry Lawrence, Ibe Hautekiet and David Bates are expected to enactment up successful a backmost three.

Westerlo imaginable starting lineup:

Jungdal; Reynolds, Kimura, Bayram, Mbamba; Haspolat, Piedfort; Saito, Sakamoto, Alcocer; Ferri

Standard Liege imaginable starting lineup:

Epolo; Lawrence, Hautekiet, Bates; Fossey, Karamoko, Ilaimaharitra, Mortensen; Said, Abid; Eckert Ayensa

We say: Westerlo 0-1 Standard Liege

Standard Liege are the in-form broadside and we are backing them to prime up each 3 points, contempt their mediocre grounds against Westerlo.

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