Anderlecht favourites for feisty fight facing Cercle Brugge

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park

Who will get all the points when Cercle Brugge travel to Anderlecht? In this game guide you'll get all the relevant facts and numbers necessary to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Pro League

Anderlecht have less rest than Cercle Brugge in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Lotto Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cercle Brugge have had more rest.

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Anderlecht form and stats

5-3-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Anderlecht so far this season.

The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Villarreal in the Europa Conference League last time out and are hoping for a victory here.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gent (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Anderlecht handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Anderlecht as they are travelling to their away game against Villarreal in the Europa Conference League. That match is four days after this one.

The Anderlecht fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 14 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Cercle Brugge have produced an overall stat of 4-4-6 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Cercle Brugge, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Cercle won their last game, 3-1 versus RFC Seraing played at home. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone four league fixtures without winning. Ueda, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.62. Ueda scored two goals.

Before that, Cercle Brugge travelled to AS Eupen and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Cercle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 11 league games.

The visiting Cercle Brugge have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Cercle have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams played each other before this match year: Cercle Brugge - Anderlecht 1-0. Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Anderlecht won six games, one match ended in a draw and Cercle Brugge have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeA. Ueda
A. Ueda
13 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Denkey
A. Denkey
8 goals
AnderlechtL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
4 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Anderlecht Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
10 5 1 Won W 1 4 10
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 10
12 6 1 Lost L 2 6 8
40 23 5 Scored S 2 15 40
38 20 4 Conceded C 4 22 38
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 93%
68% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 79% 79%
54% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 50%
43% 57% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 32%
18% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 14%
50% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 57% 64%
25% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 21% 18%
32% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 25%
 
5.3 6.6 10 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.9
4.2 3.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.4 4.8
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
5 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
12.1 14.2 20.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 11.6 13.5
4.3 5 7.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 4.2
34% 33% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 34%
 
11.4 9.6 7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 13 10.8
3.8 3.6 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.5 3.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Genk 28 21 4 3 67 27 14 12 1 1 36 10 14 9 3 2 31 17 40 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 28 18 5 5 57 34 14 10 2 2 27 13 14 8 3 3 30 21 23 59
3 Antwerp 28 17 6 5 51 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 27 57
4 Club Brugge 28 12 10 6 47 35 14 7 6 1 29 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 12 46
5 Gent 28 13 6 9 47 32 14 8 3 3 23 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 15 45
6 Standard Liege 28 13 6 9 46 36 14 8 2 4 27 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 10 45
7 Westerlo 28 12 6 10 53 47 14 7 3 4 35 22 14 5 3 6 18 25 6 42
8 Cercle Brugge 28 10 10 8 40 38 14 6 6 2 25 16 14 4 4 6 15 22 2 40
9 Sporting Charleroi 27 11 5 11 35 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 14 5 4 5 17 20 -2 38
10 OH Leuven 28 9 9 10 43 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 14 4 4 6 21 22 2 36
11 Anderlecht 28 10 6 12 40 38 14 5 3 6 23 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 2 36
12 Sint-Truiden 28 9 9 10 28 32 14 4 4 6 13 17 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 36
13 Mechelen 27 8 6 13 37 51 14 6 5 3 27 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -14 30
14 Kortrijk 28 7 6 15 33 51 14 3 4 7 13 25 14 4 2 8 20 26 -18 27
15 AS Eupen 28 7 5 16 35 55 14 4 3 7 17 23 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 28 5 8 15 37 61 14 3 4 7 23 35 14 2 4 8 14 26 -24 23
17 KV Oostende 28 6 5 17 29 57 14 5 1 8 16 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 28 5 4 19 25 54 14 1 3 10 7 21 14 4 1 9 18 33 -29 19

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.