Belgium Jupiler Pro League Rating Predictions
 

1. Introduction

Hi, I’ve not done a major rating prediction yet so I thought I’d give the Belgium Jupiler League a go. I've used a similar format to Philippe Nguyen's French ratings thread. Rather than retype league tables I’ve used images taken from a well known website to all you scouts!! My ratings predictions are based on the stats from the same site.

The Belgium ratings review is in section five of the main schedule, today (7th Feb) we are in section two.

The Jupiler League currently has 18 teams, but is changing to a 16 from next season. The bottom 2 teams will be relegated with 15th and 16th placed teams entering a play off with the 2nd and 3rd from the 2nd division for one place in the Jupiler League 2009/2010 season, the other place will be taken by the champions of division two.

The Jupiler League is currently ranked 13th in UEFA’s Coefficient ranking table, dropping a place from last season due to the Turkish Super Lig rising from 14th to 11th.

The highest SM ranking in the Jupiler league is 89, there are 3 players with this rating.

Last season the following teams qualified for this seasons European competitions:-

Standard Liege (Failed to qualify for Champions League group stages, finished top of UEFA Cup group C, due to play Braga in last 32)

Anderlecht (Failed to get past Champions League 2nd qualifying round)

Club Brugge (Knocked out of UEFA group stage, 0 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss)

Germinal Beerschot (Knocked out of Intertoto cup)

Gent (Knocked out of UEFA cup in 2nd qualifying round)


2. League Table


3. Top Scorers


4. Best Offence/Defence



Predictions to follow soon...

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Overview of the season so far

Standard Liege are currently five points clear at the top of the league, but they have played two more games than Anderlecht so could drop to second by one point depending on Anderlecht’s results.

They are the current champions and this earned them a place in the Champions League third qualifying round. They played extremely well against Liverpool, but lost 1 – 0 over two legs.

Standard sold Marouane Fellaini, who many regarded as their best player last season, to Everton, who they coincidently played in the 1st round of the UEFA Cup. Standard won 4-3 on aggregate putting in two more notable performances.

In the UEFA Cup group stage Standard finished top of the group, winning three and losing one. The results were:-

Standard 1 – 0 Sevilla

Match report:-
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uef...189/index.html

Partizan 0 – 1 Standard

Match report:-
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uef...205/index.html

Standard 3 – 0 Sampdoria

Match report:-
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uef...220/index.html

Stuttgart 3 – 0 Standard

Match report:-
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uef...245/index.html


Standard will play Braga of Portugal in the next knock out stage.

Standard have the joint best defensive record in the league but have conceded 19 goals, they have also conceded 7 goals in Europe - 1 to Liverpool, 3 to Everton and 3 to Stuttgart.

Standard have scored 39 league goals, 8 less than Anderlecht and they have played 2 more games. They have 9 european goals, 4 over 2 legs against Everton and 5 in 3 group stage matches, losing the 4th 3 – 0.

There top scorer is Mbokani who has 12 league goals in 17 league games and 2 european goals in 6 UEFA cup games.

IMO Standard are the only team in Belgium with a chance of having a 90 rated player by the end of the season, but they would have to keep going in the UEFA cup and push for the league title.



Stats & Rating predictions

Red - Players I think WILL drop
Orange - Player I think MIGHT drop
Black - Player I think will stay the same
Deep Sky Blue - Players I think MIGHT go up
Blue - Players I think WILL go up

Goalkeepers

ESPINOZA, Rorys (20 league starts, 1830 minutes, 6 UEFA cup starts) 88 – 88/89
BOLAT, Sinan (0 minutes) 78 - 77 - Signed from Genk in Jan 09
DE VRIENDT, Jérémy (0 league minutes, 1 UEFA cup sub appearance) 76 - 75

Defenders

MULEMO, Landry (4 league starts, 4 sub, 419 minutes, 1 UEFA cup start, 1 sub) 84 - 85
CAMOZZATO, Marcos (16 league starts, 1398 minutes, 5 UEFA cup starts) 87 - 87/88
ONYEWU, Oguchi (18 league starts, 1 sub, 1664 minutes, 6 UEFA cup starts, 1 goal) 88 - 88
SARR, Mohamed (15 league starts, 1371 minutes, 1 goal, 6 UEFA cup starts) 88 - 88
MIKULIC, Tomislav (6 league starts, 500 minutes) 85 – 85/86
DIGAO, Rodrigo (0 minutes) 80 - 78

Midfielders

TOAMA, Salim (5 league starts, 4 sub, 507 minutes, 3 goals) 86 - 85
INGRAO, Marco (1 league start, 2 sub, 130 minutes) 79 - 79
GOREUX, Reginal (5 league starts, 6 sub, 486 minutes, 3 UEFA cup starts) 82 - 83
NICAISE, Benjamin (5 league starts, 9 sub, 584 minutes, 1 goal, 1 UEFA cup start, 4 sub) 84 - 85
MANGALA, Eliaquim (3 starts, 2 subs, 282 minutes, 2 UEFA cup sub) 74 - 79
DEFOUR, Steven (17 league starts, 2 subs, 1525 minutes, 2 goals, 6 UEFA cup starts) 89 - 89
CARCELA-GONZALEZ, Mehdi (3 league sub, 30 minutes, 1 UEFA cup sub) 73 - 75
WITSEL, Axel (18 league starts, 2 sub, 1665 minutes, 3 goals, 6 UEFA cup starts, 1 goal) 88 – 88/89
DALMAT, Wilfried (16 league starts, 1 sub, 1303 minutes 1 goal, 4 UEFA cup starts) 86 - 87
BENKO, Leon (1 league start, 6 sub, 151 minutes, 1 goal, 1 UEFA cup sub) 81 - 81

Forwards

JOVANOVIC, Milan (20 league starts, 1749 minutes, 7 goals, 6 UEFA cup starts, 2 goals) 89 – 88/89
DE CAMARGO, Igor (14 league starts, 6 sub, 1217 minutes, 5 goals, 5 UEFA cup starts, 2 goals) 87 – 87
GOHI BI, Cyriac – joined on Jan 31st 2009 from Charlton Athletic
BENTEKE, Christian (1 league sub, 14 minutes, 1 UEFA cup start, 2 sub) 77 - 78 - signed from Genk in Jan 09
MBOKANI , Dieumerci (17 league starts, 1 sub, 12 goals, 6 UEFA cup starts, 2 goals) 88 – 88/89



Players who made their professional debuts this season:-

MANGALA, Eliaquim
CARCELA-GONZALEZ, Mehdi

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Overview of the season so far

Anderlecht finished 2nd in the Jupiler league last season, 7 points behind Standard Liege. They lost to FC BATE in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League, which meant they didn’t qualify to enter the UEFA Cup.

Anderlecht were also knocked out of the Belgium Cup, losing 2-1 to KV Mechelen in the quarter final.

In the league, Anderlecht are in a strong position, they are 2nd but have played less games than the league leaders, Standard Liege. Anderlecht have so far had mixed results against the top six, winning three (against; Cercle Brugge, Genk and Westerlo), drawing two (against; Gent and Club Brugge) and losing two (against; Standard and Cercle Brugge).

Their current top scorer is Guillaume Gillet with 8 goals.

With Anderlecht failing to qualify for any European competitions and maintaining the standard set last season it may be difficult to justify rating increases for established players.



Stats & Rating predictions

Red - Players I think WILL drop
Orange - Player I think MIGHT drop
Black - Player I think will stay the same
Deep Sky Blue - Players I think MIGHT go up
Blue - Players I think WILL go up

Goalkeepers

ZITKA, Daniel (14 starts, 1282 minutes) 88 - 88
SCHOLLEN, Davy (5 starts, 1 sub, 458 minutes) 82 - 82
CORDIER, Michaël (0 minutes) 79 - 79 - Signed in Jan 09 from FC Brussels

Defenders

DESCHACHT, Olivier (18 starts, 1630 minutes) 87 - 87
VAN DAMME, Jelle (13 starts, 1128 minutes, 2 goals) 87 - 87
WASILEWSKI, Marcin (14 starts, 1282 minutes, 2 golas) 87 - 87
RNIC, Nemanja (5 starts, 1 sub, 381 minutes) 86 – 86
JUHASZ, Roland(17 starts, 1538 minutes, 2 goals) 87 - 87
KRUISWIJK, Arnold (9 starts, 2 sub, 840 minutes) 87 - 86
VICTOR BERNARDEZ, Salvador (1 start, 77 minutes) 84 – 84 - signed in Jan 09
SERVAES, Gil (0 minutes) 77 - 75
SARE, Bakary (2 starts, 2 sub, 156 minutes) 72 - 74
GILLIS, Cor 71 – transferred to K.V. Mechelen on 27th Jan 2009

Midfielders

CHATELLE, Thomas (4 starts, 11 sub, 522 minutes, 2 goals) 84 - 85
BIGLIA, Lucas (14 starts, 2 sub 1302 minutes, 1 goal) 89 - 89
POLAK, Jan (14 starts, 1196 minutes, 2 goals) 88 - 88
GILLET, Guillaume (19 starts, 1740 minutes, 8 goals) 87 - 88
BOUSSOUFA, Mbark (17 starts, 2 sub, 1610 minutes, 6 goals) 88 - 88
LOSADA, Hernán (6 starts, 7 subs, 636 minutes, 1 goal) 87 – 87/86
SUAREZ, Matías (3 starts, 2 sub, 269 minutes) 83 – 83/82
IAKOVENKO, Aleksandr (2 starts, 6 sub, 340 minutes, 2 goals) 80 – 80
VLCEK, Stanislav (8 starts, 1 sub, 553 minutes, 4 goals) 87 – 87/86

Forwards

LEGEAR, Jonathan (10 starts, 6 subs, 836 minutes, 5 goals) 84 – 84/85
FRUTOS, Nicolas (6 starts, 1 sub 545 minutes, 6 goals) 88 – 88/87
BULYKIN, Dmitri (4 starts, 5 subs, 343 minutes, 3 goals) 86 - 86
DE SUTTER, Tom (2 starts, 180 minutes, signed in jan 09, 7 goals in 17 games this season for Cercle Brugge) 85 - 86


Players who made their professional debuts this year:-

VICTOR BERNARDEZ, Salvador

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Club Brugge...

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KRC Genk...

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Cercle Brugge...

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Nice idea mate, hope you finish your work. Hey, have u visit my rating prediction thread?

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I was dreading this, am currently working my way through the GCs buying the +2 Belgians!!

Anyway, best of luck, and I'll be comparing ;)

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I've just posted my predictions for Standard Liege, what does everyone think? I know SM have gone a bit conservative and I've tried to be realistic with my increases.

Also, what does everyone think of the extra information I wrote up? - the league overview and Standard's season so far...

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Good predict mate,maybe u can add your own opinion about why u predict that on each player

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good thread so far! keep it up!!!

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Good layout for the thread and the extra information is quality:) Keep up the good work mate.;)

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Superb thread, hope you can continue it, even it was for the top 5 teams in the league.

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Thanks for the feedback, just added Anderlecht predictions...

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Very nice thread, good layout, most ratings seem farely correct.
There is only one (major) thing you forgot when predicting ratings:

Some players transferred in the winter and their stats from the previous club do not show on Guardian in the main page of a team.

For instance: De Sutter played almost every game this season, most of them were with Cercle Brugge before moving ot Anderlecht.
Therefore, he won't drop with 2 but most likely rise with 1 or 2