Delightful dogfight as daring Club Brugge duel with determined Anderlecht

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

The league standings tells us that 11 points separate the pair of competitors in this Pro League match. Club Brugge own both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Anderlecht have scored away.

Both squads have had time to rest since their last match. Let's look for an enthusiastic match!

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge have performed here at Jan Breydelstadion this season with 6 wins from 10 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Two draws in a row at home now for Club Brugge.

No payout for Club Brugge in their previous match, an away game at Genk that ended in defeat 1-3. Vanaken (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Vanaken scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the match before that, Brugge hosted OH Leuven and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Club Brugge handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Brugge as they are travelling to their away game against Sint-Truiden in the Pro League. That match is four days after this one.

The Club Brugge manager Parker has got the team scoring with 23 from 10 home games in the league. Brugge have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Anderlecht form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Anderlecht playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Anderlecht in their previous game as they lost hosting Union Saint-Gilloise, 1-3. Anderlecht goalkeeper Verbruggen could enjoy a superb day versus Union Saint-Gilloise, but even with registering seven saves the beating could not be evaded.

Prior to that result Anderlecht won their away game at Sporting Charleroi. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Anderlecht have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Zulte-Waregem in just three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Anderlecht have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Anderlecht rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Brugge have put together a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (1-6-0) when facing Anderlecht.

Anderlecht - Club Brugge 0-1 was the scoreline in these participants' previous H2H fixture, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtF. Soares Silva
F. Soares Silva
7 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
6 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Club Brugge Anderlecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 3 9 19
10 6 2 Won W 0 3 7
4 3 1 Drew D 1 1 2
5 1 1 Lost L 2 5 10
36 23 8 Scored S 1 11 27
24 11 3 Conceded C 7 14 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 95%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 68%
68% 70% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 58%
37% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 42%
11% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 21%
53% 60% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 47%
32% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 21%
16% 10% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 37%
 
5.8 6.7 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.1 5.7
3.4 2.9 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.9 4.7
2.1 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
15.3 19.2 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.4 11.6
3.8 4.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 4.3
49% 48% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 37% 35%
 
10.9 10.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.2 11.6
4.3 3.7 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.8 3.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Anderlecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Anderlecht have scored away.
  • Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 19 16 1 2 48 17 10 9 1 0 28 9 9 7 0 2 20 8 31 49
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 19 13 3 3 41 23 9 6 2 1 16 8 10 7 1 2 25 15 18 42
3 Antwerp 19 12 3 4 35 20 10 8 1 1 22 8 9 4 2 3 13 12 15 39
4 Club Brugge 19 10 4 5 36 24 10 6 3 1 23 11 9 4 1 4 13 13 12 34
5 Gent 19 9 4 6 32 20 9 5 2 2 16 9 10 4 2 4 16 11 12 31
6 Standard Liege 19 9 3 7 30 23 10 5 2 3 20 11 9 4 1 4 10 12 7 30
7 Westerlo 19 9 3 7 38 33 9 5 2 2 23 12 10 4 1 5 15 21 5 30
8 Sint-Truiden 19 7 6 6 20 20 9 3 2 4 9 10 10 4 4 2 11 10 0 27
9 OH Leuven 19 7 5 7 33 30 9 4 1 4 15 14 10 3 4 3 18 16 3 26
10 Cercle Brugge 19 7 5 7 25 26 9 4 3 2 15 9 10 3 2 5 10 17 -1 26
11 Anderlecht 19 7 2 10 27 28 10 4 1 5 16 14 9 3 1 5 11 14 -1 23
12 Sporting Charleroi 18 7 1 10 24 31 9 3 1 5 12 15 9 4 0 5 12 16 -7 22
13 Mechelen 18 5 4 9 25 33 10 4 3 3 18 16 8 1 1 6 7 17 -8 19
14 AS Eupen 19 6 1 12 26 40 9 3 0 6 11 16 10 3 1 6 15 24 -14 19
15 Kortrijk 19 5 3 11 18 35 10 2 2 6 6 18 9 3 1 5 12 17 -17 18
16 KV Oostende 19 5 2 12 21 42 9 4 0 5 12 17 10 1 2 7 9 25 -21 17
17 Zulte-Waregem 19 4 4 11 25 42 10 3 1 6 17 28 9 1 3 5 8 14 -17 16
18 RFC Seraing 19 4 2 13 18 35 9 0 1 8 3 15 10 4 1 5 15 20 -17 14

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.