Hosts should be favorites here.

Standard at home against Anderlecht, always a look to look forward too and one of the classics in Belgian football although both teams aren't what they used to be.

Standard is decent at home this year against the traditional better teams. 3-0 against Club Brugge, 3-0 against Antwerp after only 9 minutes of play, 2-2 against Gent. The downside is that they tend to completely mess up against weaker sides such as a 0-2 loss against Seraing.

Standard suffered for the last few years but seem to be making a recovery this season being currently in 5th place. Probably more than they would've hoped for after their 14th place finish last year.

Anderlecht on the other hand is in a deep, deep crisis. Currently in 12th with only 16 points from 13 games. Coach Mazzu has been under discussion for a few weeks and the fans are tired of everything at the club. Coaches, players and the board. Last week they threatened to interrupt the match at home against Club Brugge if they got behind. They didn't, maybe because it was a rather late goal. Mid-week, they played away at Zulte-Waregem, the last in the league. Lost 3-2 in the 95th minute. They lost 4 of their 6 away games so far. Nobody in the team has stepped up and the ones who were usually rather decent are just falling down the same hole.

This is the kind of game Standard loves, because Anderlecht is a team that plays the game with possession and when the home team has the opportunity to play against this kind of team, they hurt a lot with counters. In the home games against Brugge and Antwerp (two strong teams that take possession), Standard played them on the counter-attack.

There is a possibility if Standard gets in front, that this game will not reach the end. A similar situation a few years ago resulted in the match being abandoned because of the Anderlecht fans continuously throwing stuff onto the pitch.

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在这里，主机应该是受欢迎的。标准的主场对阵安德莱赫特，这也是比利时足球的经典之一，尽管这两支球队都不是以前的他们了。标准队今年在主场对阵传统的强队时表现不错。3-0布鲁日俱乐部，3-0安特卫普仅踢了9分钟，2-2根特。缺点是他们在面对较弱的球队时往往会完全搞砸，比如0:2输给了sering。标准车队在过去几年遭受了损失，但本赛季似乎正在恢复，目前排名第五。可能比他们去年的第14名所期望的要多。另一方面，安德莱赫特正处于非常非常严重的危机之中。目前排名第12,13场比赛仅得16分。主教练马祖已经被讨论了几个星期，球迷们已经厌倦了俱乐部的一切。教练，球员和董事会。上周，他们威胁说，如果他们落后，就会中断主场对阵布鲁日俱乐部的比赛。他们没有，也许是因为这是一个相当晚的目标。周中，他们客场对阵联赛垫底的祖特-韦杰格。第95分钟3-2败北。到目前为止，他们输了6场客场比赛中的4场。团队中没有人站出来，那些通常相当正派的人也陷入了同样的困境。这是标准队喜欢的比赛，因为安德莱赫特是一支控球的球队，当主队有机会对抗这种球队时，他们会用反击伤到很多人。在主场对阵布鲁日和安特卫普(两支控制球权的强队)的比赛中，标准队让他们进行反击。如果标准队领先，这场比赛就有可能无法结束。几年前也发生过类似的情况，因为安德莱赫特球迷不断往球场上扔东西，导致比赛被取消。