The Club Brugge & Antwerp managers Hoefkens and van Bommel are both worrying about and feeling excited about this crucial fixture in the top area of the Pro League positions.
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Antwerp have the most clean sheets (8) in Pro League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Club Brugge and Antwerp.
Club Brugge form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 8 Pro League games here at Jan Breydelstadion for Club Brugge. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Club Brugge has recorded two wins in a row here at Jan Breydelstadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Club Brugge are returning here after visiting Patro Eisden in a Belgian Cup match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Heartbreak before that as Brugge lost 0-2 at Gent's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Club Brugge have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
It should be considered that a peek at the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Goals decide football matches and Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 8 league matches.
Antwerp form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Antwerp have produced an overall stat of 4-0-3 so far. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on van Bommel, the Antwerp manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Janssen was the last player to score for the away team. Antwerp haven't scored a league goal in the last 228 minutes.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Waasland-Beveren in their previous outing. The Belgian Cup battle ended 2-2.
A draw for Antwerp before that, at their own venue hosting Anderlecht (0-0).Antwerp are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Antwerp have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away.
Head 2 Head
Club Brugge have won at least one point in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) facing Antwerp.The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Janssen 8 goals |   F. Jutlgà Blanc 7 goals |  A. Olsen 6 goals |
Club Brugge missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Club Brugge | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 32 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 28 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 56% |
| 31% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 19% |
| 6.3 | 7.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.8 | 20.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.7 | 13.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 52% | 54% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 42% |
| 10.8 | 9.9 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 12.3 | 10 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 11 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
- All of Club Brugge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Pro League
- Antwerp have the most clean sheets (8) in Pro League
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 Antwerp have scored away.
- Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Club Brugge have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Gent | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
