Betting preview: Cercle Brugge vs Gent should be interesting

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Jan Breydelstadion: Get ready for a football celebration when Cercle Brugge invite Gent. All the latest on the match here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (12) in Pro League

Both contenders have had time to rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Cercle Brugge have played 5 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Cercle Brugge's last game was hosting OH Leuven (placed 14th) and winning 3-2. Sweet to taste a league victory after three matches without. Denkey was absolutely essential when Cercle Brugge beat OH Leuven 3-2, scoring three goals. The attacker Denkey was named "man of the match" for Cercle with a rating of 9.8/10. Denkey scored three goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Heartbreak before that as Cercle Brugge lost 1-2 at Kortrijk's place.

Cercle Brugge are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Cercle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gent form and stats

2-3-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gent in their Pro League matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Gent as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

There were no winners in Gent's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Genk (placed 6th). Midfielder Samoise was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.92. Samoise scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).

Before that match, the win at home hosting Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa Conference League (2-0).

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored in 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures.

A new game in only four days for Gent, the Europa Conference League home match versus Breidablik. Busy days.

The visiting Gent have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. It's not easy to score on Gent as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Cercle Brugge wins - draws - Gent wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CercleA. Denkey
A. Denkey
8 goals
GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
3 goals
Cercle BruggeT. Somers
T. Somers
2 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Gent missing players

Cercle Brugge Gent
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
5 3 0 Won W 0 2 5
0 0 0 Drew D 1 3 5
5 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
12 7 0 Scored S 1 6 16
11 6 2 Conceded C 1 3 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
70% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 80%
40% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 50%
10% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 30%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
40% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 80%
30% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 20%
30% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
6 6.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.6 5.9
4.2 3.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 5.3
1.6 1.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
15.1 15.4 6 Shots (avg) S ( 19 15.2 15.7
3.8 3.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 5.2 5.4
32% 37% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 23% 30%
 
11.4 10.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.2 13.7
3.9 3.8 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gent have not yet lost a game.
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (12) in Pro League

  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 10 7 1 2 22 12 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 4 0 1 10 6 10 22
2 Anderlecht 10 6 3 1 16 10 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 2 2 1 7 6 6 21
3 Gent 10 5 5 0 16 10 5 3 2 0 10 7 5 2 3 0 6 3 6 20
4 Antwerp 10 4 5 1 17 5 5 3 2 0 11 1 5 1 3 1 6 4 12 17
5 Club Brugge 10 4 4 2 23 11 5 2 3 0 14 6 5 2 1 2 9 5 12 16
6 Genk 10 3 6 1 16 10 5 0 4 1 7 8 5 3 2 0 9 2 6 15
7 Cercle Brugge 10 5 0 5 12 11 5 3 0 2 7 6 5 2 0 3 5 5 1 15
8 Standard Liège 10 3 4 3 10 9 5 1 2 2 3 4 5 2 2 1 7 5 1 13
9 Sint-Truiden 10 3 4 3 11 14 5 2 0 3 3 7 5 1 4 0 8 7 -3 13
10 RWDM 10 3 3 4 11 20 5 2 1 2 6 9 5 1 2 2 5 11 -9 12
11 Mechelen 10 3 2 5 11 12 5 2 1 2 6 3 5 1 1 3 5 9 -1 11
12 Sporting Charleroi 10 2 4 4 10 15 5 2 3 0 6 4 5 0 1 4 4 11 -5 10
13 AS Eupen 10 3 1 6 13 22 5 1 1 3 7 14 5 2 0 3 6 8 -9 10
14 OH Leuven 10 2 3 5 14 19 5 1 2 2 7 6 5 1 1 3 7 13 -5 9
15 Westerlo 10 1 3 6 11 19 5 1 0 4 4 10 5 0 3 2 7 9 -8 6
16 Kortrijk 10 1 2 7 8 22 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 0 0 5 2 14 -14 5

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.