Gent v Standard Liege Betting Tips [23 December 2022]

Standard Liege aren’t about to get it any easier in their chase for a championship round place in the Belgian First Division A. They have a tough away match against highflying Gent in the league and ahead of the game they trail Gent by five points. Gent have 30 points, in fifth place while Standard Liege have 25, in 7th place. Gent will go into this game three points below the top four and the confidence they bring from a run of eight unbeaten games should drive them. Six of those eight matches were wins and in the last five matches, they have five clean sheets and scored more than a goal in each. Playing at home, Gent have three straight wins in the league, and they’ve beaten Standard Liege in each of the last four meetings between the teams.

Standard Liege haven't had great results in recent times; they are coming from a 4-0 loss to Antwerp, their third defeat in four matches. That was their second straight defeat after a 3-2 loss at the hands of Union Saint Gilloise. That defeat also marked the third time in five matches that they conceded more than a goal while it was the second time in five that they failed to score. Having lost five times in 10 matches across all competitions, and keeping just four clean sheets in 10 games puts Standard Liege as the underdogs here while having lost two of their last three away league matches doesn’t help much.

Standard Liege are on a poor run and this will be a big test for them, especially on the backdrop of a poor run against Gent in recent matches. They go into this game on the back of three losses in four matches and face a side undefeated in eight games and playing at home. The best bet for the Gent v Standard Liege game is a win for Gent.