Football preview: Home fans have high hopes when Club Brugge meet KV Oostende

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Pro League: High-level vs below par, at least based on the league table. Club Brugge - KV Oostende. Home win or a shock result?

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 KV Oostende have scored away.

Not much time to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Champions League fixture only three days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Porto, was also a home game here at Jan Breydelstadion. The away team is better rested.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Jan Breydelstadion. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.

The Club Brugge regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a Champions League duel also played here at Jan Breydelstadion: A 0-4 defeat against Porto. The attacker Lang was declared "man of the match" for Club Brugge with the rating of 7.05/10. Lang hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Before that, Brugge played out a Pro League draw 2-2 when visiting Union Saint-Gilloise.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Club Brugge home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager Hoefkens will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bayer 04 Leverkusen in only three days.

Brugge can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 16 times. From these home matches, Club Brugge have conceded only 6 goals.

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KV Oostende form and stats

There's been little loot from KV Oostende's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Pro League. KV Oostende only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Atanga and Boonen scored in KV Oostende's previous match, the home game against Zulte-Waregem that ended 2-1. That win felt good as this club had gone five league rounds without victory. Atanga came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Zulte-Waregem last time out, making the manager Vanderhaeghe feel like a tactical genius. McGeehan got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. McGeehan served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Antwerp's place.

You'll want to know how Oostende managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 4 home wins.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as KV Oostende have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Club Brugge have won all of the 4 latest matches against this team. Will the streak continue?

The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
6 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
4 goals

Club Brugge missing players

KV Oostende missing players

Club Brugge KV Oostende
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 7 14
9 5 1 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 1 Drew D 0 2 2
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 8
28 16 3 Scored S 0 7 15
14 6 2 Conceded C 4 12 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 79%
71% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 64%
29% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
43% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 64%
43% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 29%
 
6.7 8.1 11 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.7 4.9
3.4 2.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.1 6
1.6 1.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
16.2 20.7 27 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.9 11.1
3.8 4.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 4.8
53% 50% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 22%
 
11.1 10.4 9 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 14.9 13.8
4.2 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.4 4.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 KV Oostende 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.
  • KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • KV Oostende 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 14 12 1 1 36 13 7 6 1 0 18 6 7 6 0 1 18 7 23 37
2 Antwerp 14 11 0 3 28 14 8 7 0 1 20 8 6 4 0 2 8 6 14 33
3 Club Brugge 14 9 2 3 28 14 7 5 1 1 16 6 7 4 1 2 12 8 14 29
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 14 9 2 3 29 18 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 4 1 2 17 11 11 29
5 Standard Liege 14 8 1 5 22 18 8 5 1 2 15 8 6 3 0 3 7 10 4 25
6 Gent 14 7 2 5 25 17 7 4 1 2 14 9 7 3 1 3 11 8 8 23
7 Westerlo 14 7 1 6 25 26 6 4 1 1 12 6 8 3 0 5 13 20 -1 22
8 OH Leuven 14 6 3 5 23 23 6 3 0 3 7 10 8 3 3 2 16 13 0 21
9 Cercle Brugge 14 5 3 6 20 22 7 3 3 1 13 7 7 2 0 5 7 15 -2 18
10 Sint-Truiden 14 4 5 5 12 15 7 2 2 3 7 9 7 2 3 2 5 6 -3 17
11 Mechelen 14 5 2 7 21 25 8 4 1 3 15 13 6 1 1 4 6 12 -4 17
12 Anderlecht 14 5 1 8 22 19 7 3 1 3 11 7 7 2 0 5 11 12 3 16
13 Sporting Charleroi 14 5 1 8 20 25 7 2 1 4 11 14 7 3 0 4 9 11 -5 16
14 KV Oostende 14 4 2 8 15 26 7 3 0 4 8 14 7 1 2 4 7 12 -11 14
15 AS Eupen 14 4 0 10 15 29 7 2 0 5 8 14 7 2 0 5 7 15 -14 12
16 RFC Seraing 14 3 2 9 14 24 6 0 1 5 1 10 8 3 1 4 13 14 -10 11
17 Kortrijk 14 3 2 9 12 25 7 1 1 5 4 13 7 2 1 4 8 12 -13 11
18 Zulte-Waregem 14 3 2 9 16 30 7 2 0 5 10 20 7 1 2 4 6 10 -14 11

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.