RAAL La Louvière vs Liège Prediction, 17 Oct 2026

RAAL La Louvière host Liège in the Belgian Cup. Neither side has been especially consistent lately, with both showing patches of good form mixed in with some rough results.

This is also a tie between clubs from different levels of the Belgian pyramid, which always adds a bit of unpredictability to cup football. With both teams still finding their feet domestically, it's not obvious which way this one will go.

Analysis updated 30 Sep 2026, 07:00 UTC.

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Two shaky recent runs

RAAL La Louvière's home form has been patchy. Across their last 20 matches they've won only four and lost twelve, conceding nearly two goals a game on average. There have been bright spots, like a comfortable home win over Kortrijk, but also heavy defeats mixed in among the friendlies and league games.

RAAL La Louvière: 20 completed matches; Liège: 20 completed matches.

RAAL La Louvière

20 matches

Win: 25% 5 / 20
Draw: 20% 4 / 20
Loss: 55% 11 / 20

Scored: 24
Conceded: 37
Difference: -13

Liège

20 matches

Win: 35% 7 / 20
Draw: 30% 6 / 20
Loss: 35% 7 / 20

Scored: 45
Conceded: 30
Difference: +15

RAAL La Louvière
League	Home	Away	Date	Score
Jupiler Pro League	RAAL La Louvière	Club Brugge KV	10.10.2026	1-4
Friendlies Clubs	Dunkerque	RAAL La Louvière	02.10.2026	0-4
Jupiler Pro League	OH Leuven	RAAL La Louvière	19.09.2026	2-0
Jupiler Pro League	RAAL La Louvière	Kortrijk	13.09.2026	3-0
Jupiler Pro League	St. Truiden	RAAL La Louvière	05.09.2026	4-0
Jupiler Pro League	RAAL La Louvière	KV Mechelen	29.08.2026	2-2
Jupiler Pro League	Standard Liege	RAAL La Louvière	21.08.2026	2-0
Jupiler Pro League	RAAL La Louvière	Gent	16.08.2026	1-2
Jupiler Pro League	Anderlecht	RAAL La Louvière	09.08.2026	2-1
Friendlies Clubs	Eintracht Braunschweig	RAAL La Louvière	01.08.2026	0-0

Liège
League	Home	Away	Date	Score
Challenger Pro League	Beerschot VA	Liège	10.10.2026	5-1
Friendlies Clubs	Atert Bissen	Liège	01.10.2026	2-2
Cup	Liège	Wellen	27.09.2026	4-1
Challenger Pro League	AS Eupen	Liège	19.09.2026	3-1
Challenger Pro League	Liège	Club Brugge II	13.09.2026	4-4
Challenger Pro League	K. Lierse S.K.	Liège	06.09.2026	0-0
Challenger Pro League	Liège	Dender	29.08.2026	1-2
Challenger Pro League	KRC Genk II	Liège	23.08.2026	2-3
Challenger Pro League	Liège	Francs Borains	17.08.2026	1-2
Friendlies Clubs	Patro Eisden	Liège	08.08.2026	0-0

Liège's away sample is a bit healthier on paper. Eight wins from twenty, with more goals scored than conceded overall, including a big away win in the cup last time out. But they've also lost at sides like AS Eupen and Dender in that same stretch, so it's far from a flawless run either.

Neither team's recent record points to a clear edge going into this cup tie.

An even head-to-head

The last five meetings between these two are split right down the middle. RAAL have won twice, Liège have won twice, and there's a draw in there too. It's not a rivalry where one side has dominated.

Head 2 Head
League	Home	Away	Date	Score
Challenger Pro League	Liège	RAAL La Louvière	09.03.2025	1-1
Challenger Pro League	RAAL La Louvière	Liège	02.11.2024	3-1
Cup	RAAL La Louvière	Liège	09.09.2023	2-0
First Amateur Division	RAAL La Louvière	Liège	13.05.2023	0-3
First Amateur Division	Liège	RAAL La Louvière	18.12.2022	2-0

These games stretch back over a few years and cover different competitions, so they're more a curiosity than a guide to current form. Still, it shows history offers no strong lean either way.

RAAL La Louvière vs Liège: Belgian Cup match preview with team badges and kick-off details.

A cup tie between two levels

This fixture pits a side playing in the top flight against one from a division below, which is exactly the kind of gap that can produce a surprise in cup football. Recent form suggests neither club is fully settled right now.

Given RAAL's defensive struggles at home and Liège's tendency to both score and concede freely away from home, this has the look of a game that could go either way, and possibly one with goals in it.

Match odds and squad lists

MATCH RESULT (1x2)

W1: 1.5

X: 4

W2: 5

Handicap

RAAL La Louvière

Liège

Handicap (-3.5): 8.60

Handicap (-1.5): 9.10

Handicap (-3): 8.00

Handicap (-1): 8.50

Handicap (-2.75): 5.50

Handicap (-0.75): 6.80

Handicap (-2.5): 4.25

Handicap (-0.5): 5.25

Handicap (-2.25): 3.90

Handicap (-0.25): 4.50

Handicap (-2): 3.55

Handicap (0): 4.00

Handicap (-1.75): 2.75

Handicap (0.25): 3.00

Handicap (-1.5): 2.38

Handicap (0.5): 2.38

Handicap (-1.25): 2.10

Handicap (0.75): 2.15

Handicap (-1): 1.88

Handicap (1): 1.92

Handicap (-0.75): 1.68

Handicap (1.25): 1.70

Handicap (-0.5): 1.55

Handicap (1.5): 1.55

Handicap (-0.25): 1.38

Handicap (1.75): 1.42

Handicap (0): 1.23

Handicap (2): 1.27

Handicap (0.25): 1.19

Handicap (2.25): 1.24

Handicap (0.5): 1.16

Handicap (2.5): 1.21

Handicap (0.75): 1.10

Handicap (2.75): 1.15

Handicap (1): 1.01

Handicap (3): 1.02

Handicap (3.5): 1.01

Total

Over

Under

Over (0.5): 1.02

Under (0.5): 17.00

Over (1): 1.02

Under (1): 10.00

Over (1.5): 1.14

Under (1.5): 5.50

Over (1.75): 1.17

Under (1.75): 4.00

Over (2): 1.21

Under (2): 3.58

Over (2.25): 1.37

Under (2.25): 2.66

Over (2.5): 1.53

Under (2.5): 2.40

Over (2.75): 1.65

Under (2.75): 2.00

Over (3): 1.83

Under (3): 1.79

Over (3.25): 2.10

Under (3.25): 1.61

Over (3.5): 2.25

Under (3.5): 1.57

Over (3.75): 2.72

Under (3.75): 1.37

Over (4): 3.36

Under (4): 1.24

Over (4.25): 3.58

Under (4.25): 1.21

Over (4.5): 4.00

Under (4.5): 1.22

Over (4.75): 4.85

Under (4.75): 1.11

Over (5): 6.55

Under (5): 1.05

Over (5.25): 6.80

Under (5.25): 1.04

Over (5.5): 8.00

Under (5.5): 1.08

Over (6.5): 17.00

Under (6.5): 1.02

Over (7.5): 29.00

Under (7.5): 1.01

More odds

Squad and player details

RAAL La Louvière
Name	Country	Age	Position	Height	Weight
I. Coulibaly	Mali	25	Midfielder	183	68
M. Peano	Argentina	28	Goalkeeper	185	70
B. Soumaré	France	27	Midfielder	180 cm	72 kg
S. Delos	France	27	Defender	183	73
T. Lutonda	Belgium	25	Defender	167	65
W. Faye	Senegal	32	Defender	180	74
Máté Krisztián Kovács	Hungary	25	Midfielder
S. Gueulette	Rwanda	26	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
N. Gillot	France	23	Defender	n/a	n/a
S. Gourville	France	26	Defender	198	n/a
Y. Okou	France	23	Defender	189	77
J. Ito	Belgium	28	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
M. Kovács	Hungary	23	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
Z. Gruber	Hungary	22	Attacker	n/a	n/a
M. Boukamir	Morocco	22	Defender	188	78
E. Filet	France	24	Attacker	186 cm	83 kg
D. Lamego	France	23	Defender	n/a	n/a
M. Wade	Senegal	24	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
N. Nsingi	Belgium	25	Attacker	176	n/a
P. Nkoa	Cameroon	27	Defender	192	83
L. Rousseau	Belgium	23	Attacker	n/a	n/a
Q. Benaets	Belgium	23	Attacker	n/a	n/a
M. Ubandoma	Nigeria	22	Attacker	175	65
A. Tajaouart	Belgium	21	Midfielder	172	55
M. Courcoul	France	19	Midfielder	182	70
T. Radelet	Belgium	18	Goalkeeper	n/a	n/a

Liège
Name	Country	Age	Position	Height	Weight
K. Hazard	Belgium	31	Attacker	171 cm	71 kg
R. Wilmots	Belgium	29	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
P. Ngawa	Belgium	34	Defender	187	75
D. Mouchamps	Belgium	30	Attacker	172	n/a
A. André	Morocco	29	Goalkeeper	193	74
V. Guillaume	Belgium	25	Midfielder	181	n/a
J. D'Ostilio	Belgium	32	Defender	175	n/a
B. Bruggeman	Belgium	29	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
O. Ravet	Belgium	25	Goalkeeper	189 cm	77 kg
K. Ruiz-Atil	France	24	Attacker	178	60
S. Paulet	Belgium	26	Defender	n/a	n/a
E. N'jo	France	22	Defender	195 cm	80 kg
K. Shkurti	Albania	22	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
O. Camara	Burkina Faso	20	Midfielder	181	n/a
A. N'Salambi	Belgium	20	Midfielder	182 cm	n/a
H. Ondo-Eyi	Gabon	21	Attacker	n/a	n/a
J. Mpenza	Belgium	20	Goalkeeper	n/a	n/a
A. Qevani	n/a	n/a	Attacker	n/a	n/a
R. Ogam	Kenya	21	Attacker	n/a	n/a
Stephen Reynaerts	Belgium	21	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
N. Dendani	n/a	n/a	Attacker	n/a	n/a
Ilunga Kitoko	n/a	n/a	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
N. Lawson	n/a	n/a	Attacker	n/a	n/a
A. Refai	n/a	n/a	Midfielder	n/a	n/a

Looking at everything together, this doesn't feel like a match with a clear favourite. RAAL's home form has dipped, Liège's away form is only slightly better, and the history between them offers no strong lean.

With cup football adding its own unpredictability on top of that, it makes sense to sit this one out rather than force an angle that isn't really there.