Club Brugge II favourites for feisty fight facing Excelsior Virton

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Nest (1000 seats)

First Division B: High-level vs below average, at least based on the league table. Club Brugge II - Excelsior Virton. Home victory or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Club Brugge II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (21) in First Division B

For Excelsior Virton it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

These are hustling days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the First Division B. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lierse Kempenzonen, was also a home game here at The Nest. The away team is better rested.

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Club Brugge II form and stats

21 points is a decent return from 10 First Division B games here at The Nest for Club Brugge II. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Brugge, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Club Brugge II's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Lierse Kempenzonen (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Deinze (1-2).

Observe: 15 of the most recent 20 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

Brugge can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 21 times. On the other hand, Club Brugge II have conceded 12 goals.

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Excelsior Virton form and stats

Excelsior Virton have only collected 9 points from their away games in the First Division B, after 2-3-5 (10 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Excelsior Virton in their previous game as they lost hosting RSC Anderlecht II, 1-3.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dender at their stadium, the result 4-3.

We have checked recent matches where Excelsior Virton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Excelsior find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Excelsior Virton, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Excelsior Virton has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

These competitors have fought earlier this season: Excelsior Virton - Club Brugge II 3-3. Anne loves to face Brugge and have scored 2 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

Excelsior VirtonS. Anne
S. Anne
7 goals

Club Brugge II missing players

Excelsior Virton missing players

Club Brugge II Excelsior Virton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
9 6 2 Won W 0 2 2
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 8
6 1 0 Lost L 2 5 10
37 21 9 Scored S 3 14 21
30 12 4 Conceded C 8 22 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
85% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 75%
70% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 55%
45% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 40%
20% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
75% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 80% 65%
15% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 15%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 10% 30%
 
4.3 4.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 4.2 3.7
7.2 6.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.7 4.7
1.6 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.2 10.7 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 8.5 8.2
4.4 5.6 10.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.6 3.8
40% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 30% 25%
 
15.8 13.7 17 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13.1 11.5
6.9 5.9 8.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.1 5.3
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Club Brugge II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Club Brugge II have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Club Brugge II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Excelsior Virton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (21) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RWDM 21 13 4 4 40 21 11 8 2 1 25 9 10 5 2 3 15 12 19 43
2 Waasland-Beveren 21 11 7 3 47 23 10 7 2 1 24 9 11 4 5 2 23 14 24 40
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 20 12 2 6 33 26 10 6 1 3 15 10 10 6 1 3 18 16 7 38
4 Club Brugge II 20 9 5 6 37 30 10 6 3 1 21 12 10 3 2 5 16 18 7 32
5 Lommel United 21 10 2 9 33 34 10 4 1 5 13 16 11 6 1 4 20 18 -1 32
6 RSC Anderlecht II 21 8 7 6 39 33 11 3 5 3 18 15 10 5 2 3 21 18 6 31
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 20 9 3 8 39 42 10 6 1 3 24 18 10 3 2 5 15 24 -3 30
8 Deinze 20 8 3 9 26 30 10 6 1 3 20 16 10 2 2 6 6 14 -4 27
9 Dender 20 5 4 11 25 34 10 2 0 8 13 23 10 3 4 3 12 11 -9 19
10 Standard Liege II 20 4 5 11 23 41 10 1 4 5 14 24 10 3 1 6 9 17 -18 17
11 KRC Genk II 20 4 4 12 25 38 10 3 2 5 13 15 10 1 2 7 12 23 -13 16
12 Excelsior Virton 20 2 8 10 21 36 10 0 5 5 7 14 10 2 3 5 14 22 -15 14

Read more about First Division B

The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.