Standard Liege vs FK Krasnodar Predictions

Standard Liege come into this game on the back of one win and one win from their opening two Europa League group games. They were thrashed 5-1 in their opener away at Sevilla, however they picked themselves up in the second game beating Akhisarspor 2-1 on home soil. They currently sit third in their group and know the next two games against Krasnodar are going to be vital if they want to progress to the next round of the competition.

Krasnodar have been near perfect in their opening two Europa League group games, beating Akhisarspor 1-0 away from home in game week 1 and they followed that up with a very impressive 2-1 home victory over Sevilla, coming from a goal behind to win. They top the group with 6 points and 2 positive results against Standard Liege would send them through to the next round comfortably.

Standard Liege sit 5th in their domestic league with 19 points from their 11 league games so far, they are unbeaten at home in the league with 3 wins and 2 draws from their opening 5 league games. They score 1.8 goals per game however also concede 1 goal a game at home.

Krasnodar are having a great season to date, sitting 2nd in the league table. They have the best away record in the league this season with 13 points from their 7 games. They also score plenty too, netting 13 times and conceding just 6.

Standard Liege have lost just 1 of their last 6 home Europa League games, that being the aforementioned 5-1 defeat against Sevilla however at home they are unbeaten in 6 home Europa League games and lost just 1 in their last 9. Krasnodar on the other hand have won 5 of their last 6 Europa League games however on the road they have won just 3 of their last 9.

Both Teams to score has landed in 5 of Standard Liege’s last 6 Europa League games and at home it’s landed in their last 6 consecutive games. The story is similar for Krasnodar, Both teams to score has landed in 5 of their last 6 Europa League games and in 5 of their last 6 away games in the competition

This game has been priced up with Standard Liege being the slight favourites, however the pressure will be on them with their unstable position in the table. Based on the aforementioned both teams to score statistics for both sides in the competition we feel that’s the best place to go here. For that reason our main tip will be both teams to score. On the correct score front we feel Krasnodar will play this one cautiously knowing a draw here and a positive result in the home leg will see them through, for that reason we feel this could be a draw so we are backing the 1-1 draw on the correct score market.