Can Club Brugge II knock Waasland-Beveren in The Nest clash?

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Nest (1000 seats)

Club Brugge II and Waasland-Beveren are both successful in the First Division B with their 4th and 2nd positions respectively. This could be a fun match!

Insights:
  • Club Brugge II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals (52) in First Division B

Brugge are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Waasland-Beveren are staying put at 2nd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

This looks to be an appealing match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Club Brugge II form and stats

Club Brugge II have performed here at The Nest this season with 7 wins from 11 First Division B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Ever since the RSC Anderlecht II game Club Brugge II has been unbeatable here at The Nest producing four straight wins.

Club Brugge II are confident in defense, having played 291 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Brugge drew their last game, 0-0 away at Standard Liege II.

Ahead of that match, Club Brugge II won a home game hosting Excelsior Virton (1-0).

On the other hand, Club Brugge II have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Waasland-Beveren, who have the most scored goals (52) in First Division B, have produced an overall stat of 4-5-2 so far. It's three draws from Waasland-Beveren's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Waasland-Beveren are travelling after their nice 5-2 home win in the match against Dender. A bizarre match with lots of goals last time out for Waasland-Beveren, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that match, will this match be as much fun?

Before that, Waasland-Beveren travelled to KRC Genk II and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 14 of this side's 18 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.

Waasland-Beveren have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 23 goals from 11 away matches. As opposed to that, Waasland-Beveren have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head match ended Waasland-Beveren - Club Brugge II 1-0, earlier this season. Numbers for the prior two meetings featuring these two teams are: zero wins for Brugge, one draw and one win for Waasland-Beveren. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Waasland-BeverenT. Barry
T. Barry
14 goals
Waasland-BeverenD. Mbokani Bezua
D. Mbokani Bezua
8 goals
Waasland-BeverenK. Hoggas
K. Hoggas
7 goals

Club Brugge II missing players

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Club Brugge II Waasland-Beveren
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
10 7 1 Won W 0 4 12
6 3 0 Drew D 0 5 7
6 1 1 Lost L 2 2 3
38 22 3 Scored S 1 23 52
30 12 3 Conceded C 4 14 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
77% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 86%
64% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 73%
41% 45% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 64% 55%
18% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 27%
68% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 64%
23% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 32%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 9%
 
4.2 3.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 6.3 5
7 6.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.7 5
1.4 1.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.8 10.7 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12 12.4
4.2 5.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.5 5.8
39% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 38% 41%
 
15 13.5 15 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 10.8 9.6
6.5 5.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.3
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 at home.
  • Waasland-Beveren have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most clean sheets (7) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals (52) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the the best goal difference (+27) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the the best goal difference (+9) away in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 22 14 4 4 41 21 11 8 2 1 25 9 11 6 2 3 16 12 20 46
2 Waasland-Beveren 22 12 7 3 52 25 11 8 2 1 29 11 11 4 5 2 23 14 27 43
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 22 12 2 8 33 28 11 6 1 4 15 11 11 6 1 4 18 17 5 38
4 Club Brugge II 22 10 6 6 38 30 11 7 3 1 22 12 11 3 3 5 16 18 8 36
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 22 11 3 8 42 42 11 7 1 3 25 18 11 4 2 5 17 24 0 36
6 RSC Anderlecht II 22 9 7 6 42 35 11 3 5 3 18 15 11 6 2 3 24 20 7 34
7 Lommel United 22 10 2 10 33 36 11 4 1 6 13 18 11 6 1 4 20 18 -3 32
8 Deinze 22 9 3 10 29 33 11 6 1 4 22 19 11 3 2 6 7 14 -4 30
9 KRC Genk II 22 5 5 12 28 40 11 3 3 5 15 17 11 2 2 7 13 23 -12 20
10 Dender 22 5 4 13 27 40 11 2 0 9 13 24 11 3 4 4 14 16 -13 19
11 Standard Liege II 22 4 7 11 25 43 11 1 5 5 14 24 11 3 2 6 11 19 -18 19
12 Excelsior Virton 22 2 8 12 21 38 11 0 5 6 7 15 11 2 3 6 14 23 -17 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.