This season, Standard must forget the previous one, which was quite catastrophic and which saw Rouches fight until the end to avoid playdowns.
With the team at his disposal, which has been reinforced by free players or those who arrived on loan, Ivan Leko has achieved a small miracle since his group is in the middle of the ranking, not far from the top 6. And this with attackers who are struggling to find the net.
Record d’Europe
In sixteen matches, Liégeois have so far only scored eleven goals. Reduced to the number of points scored, this makes two units per goal scored, the best ratio in Europe. The Ukrainians of Livyi Bereg share the best ratio with Standard.
In Belgium, to find a team which has scored so few goals after sixteen days you have to go back ten years with Cercle de Bruges. A club which then occupied the penultimate place in the ranking.
An impressive ratio
In history, four clubs have done worse than Liégeois: Mechelen in 2002-2003 (9 goals after 16 matches), Chaleroi in 2003-2004 (7 goals) and 2010-2011 (10 goals), Lierse in 2005 -2006 (7 goals) and 2006-2007 (9 goals) and finally Roeselare in 2010-2011 (10 goals). With the exception of Mechelen, all these teams then occupied last place in the ranking.
For Standard, it is time to find solutions because even if the defense has regained stability with the return of Arnaud Bodart in goal, it will not always be possible to maintain such a good ratio. The meeting in Genk in the Belgian Cup could be the opportunity to reverse the trend for the Rouches this Wednesday evening.
