On Sunday, Anderlecht will host Standard Liege in the first leg of the Belgian First Division playoffs. Both teams are experiencing difficulties this season and are only two points away from each other. Check out our forecast for the meeting.
It is extremely important for Anderlecht to achieve victory in order to climb into the top six. The team needs to recover, as it has not won in the last five matches of the championship, of which four ended in a draw, and in three of them the players failed to score a single goal.
Nevertheless, Anderlecht have a positive moment — they entered the field after the recent victory in the Europa League, where they defeated Real Sociedad 2-1 on the road, which will certainly add confidence.
Standard did not play any matches in the middle of the week, which allows the team to fully recover and prepare for the match. In the last match, Standard suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Westerlo, which was their second in a row. The previous game at the home stadium ended in a goalless draw.
There have been only two wins in Standard‘s last six league matches, and things are even worse on the road: in their last 19 games in the First Division, the team has won only one victory. This victory came at their last away meeting, where Standard won 2-0 against Dender.
Now the team hopes to score two consecutive away wins for the first time in a whole year, breaking its streak of 18 matches without a win away.