Westerlo 2, Royal Standard de Liege 1

LIÈGE, Belgium (Interstat) — In a stunning opening day upset, visiting Westerlo defied overwhelming odds to defeat Standard Liege 2-1 in a Belgian First Division A match Saturday at Stade Maurice Dufrasne. The result flipped pregame projections on their head. Statistical models heavily favored the home side, with Interstat’s ELO system giving Standard Liege an 87.30 percent probability to win and its game simulator predicting a 3-1 victory for Les Rouges. Instead, it was Westerlo who emerged with a hard-fought victory to start their league campaign perfectly, while handing Standard Liege a defeat in their season opener. The match began… Read more...