Cercle Brugge vs Genk match preview: Even contest expected at Jan Breydelstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Genk have travelled here for an exciting duel against the home team Cercle Brugge. Get smart on the fixture with this thorough Pro League preview!

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Olympiakos Piraeus. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

The hosts won their first Pro League game here at Jan Breydelstadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Cercle Brugge last season were 8 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses from 17 games.

Cercle Brugge's last game was hosting Sporting Charleroi (placed 14th) and winning 2-0. Lopes was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.82 out of 10. The defender Lopes won 8 of 11 duels.

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

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cercle Brugge at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Genk form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Pro League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 3 matches.

Two away games in a row for Genk, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Olympiakos Piraeus in the Europa League.

A loss against AS Eupen was the result prior to that, in a Pro League home game.

A new game in only four days for Genk, the Europa League home match versus Olympiakos Piraeus. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Genk has managed {4 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Genk have put together a sequence of 8 consecutive games without defeat (5-3-0) when playing Cercle Brugge.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeA. Denkey
A. Denkey
1 goals
Cercle BruggeT. Somers
T. Somers
1 goals
GenkC. Cuesta Figueroa
C. Cuesta Figueroa
1 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Genk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge Genk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 2 0 Scored S 4 4 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
5.5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 6.5
6 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 2
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 29 29 28.5
2 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 11 11 7
50% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 36% 29%
 
11.5 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10 7.5
3.5 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3.5
Cercle Brugge Last season Genk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
16 9   Won W   10 25
13 8   Drew D   5 8
11 3   Lost L   5 7
63 33   Scored S   38 88
55 22   Conceded C   28 47
92% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
82% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 85%
52% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 72%
38% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 50%
15% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 20%
60% 60%   BTTS BTTS   70% 70%
22% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 20%
25% 25%   Failed to Score F T   15% 12%
 
5.5 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.7
4.5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.6
1.9 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
5 1   Red cards R C   4 5
 
13.8 14.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 13.3
4.6 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.2
34% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 42%
 
10.8 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   14.5 12.1
3.9 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
2 Gent 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Sint-Truiden 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 AS Eupen 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Club Brugge 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Genk 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3
7 Cercle Brugge 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Antwerp 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Anderlecht 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 RWDM 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 3
11 OH Leuven 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
12 Westerlo 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
13 Mechelen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Sporting Charleroi 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
15 Kortrijk 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 0
16 Standard Liege 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
Last season 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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
2 Gent 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Sint-Truiden 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 AS Eupen 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Club Brugge 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Genk 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3
7 Cercle Brugge 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Antwerp 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Anderlecht 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 RWDM 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 3
11 OH Leuven 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
12 Westerlo 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
13 Mechelen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Sporting Charleroi 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
15 Kortrijk 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 0
16 Standard Liege 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0

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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.