Here's another entertaining fixture in the Pro League. Cercle Brugge is in the 6th place from completing five games. They welcome Westerlo who are placed 15th from five games.
- Cercle Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Pro League
This looks to be an engaging game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last played a game. Game on!
Cercle Brugge form and stats
Only two Pro League home games for Cercle Brugge so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Cercle Brugge, as their goalkeeper Warleson Stellion Lisboa Oliveira has completely shut out the opponents for 199 minutes in the Pro League.
It's back home for Cercle, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sint-Truiden away with the result 2-0. Somers and Denkey found the net in that victory. The forward Somers was declared "man of the match" for Cercle Brugge with the rating of 8.15/10. Somers scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that match, a win away at Standard Liege.A betting fact: This club have finished 5 league fixtures in a row with only one (or none) side finding the net.
Cercle Brugge has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Westerlo form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Pro League for Westerlo with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Westerlo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Mechelen proved too strong as Westerlo slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Het Kuipje. Leading 2-0 was not enough for Westerlo in their fight with Mechelen last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss. Stassin, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.31. Stassin scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Anderlecht's place.Westerlo have the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these teams: Cercle won six, Westerlo triumphed in three and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Denkey 2 goals |  T. Somers 2 goals |   N. Hautorp Madsen 2 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Westerlo missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Westerlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.2 | 16 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 19.5 | 15.4 |
| 3.6 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 28% | 40% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 30% |
| 12 | 9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18.5 | 18.4 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7.2 |
- All of Westerlo's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cercle Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Westerlo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Westerlo have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Pro League
- Westerlo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Westerlo have yet to win a game.
- Westerlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Cercle Brugge | Last season | Westerlo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 63 | 33 | Scored | S | 24 | 71 | ||
| 55 | 22 | Conceded | C | 34 | 68 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 82% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 57% | ||
| 38% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 42% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 30% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.8 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 42% | ||
| 10.8 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.1 | 13.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anderlecht | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| 3 | Gent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | AS Eupen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Cercle Brugge | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Antwerp | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Genk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Mechelen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | RWDM | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 2 |
| 15 | Westerlo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 1 |
