Soccer preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Club Brugge receive RWDM

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Club Brugge contest RWDM for recognition and success.

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
  • RWDM have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Pro League

Club Brugge have less rest than RWDM in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at KA, so at least Club Brugge are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Club Brugge form and stats

The first Pro League game here at Jan Breydelstadion resulted in a draw. Last season Club Brugge's home game statistics were 1 victory, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 3 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Club Brugge, as their goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has completely shut out the opponents for 232 minutes in the Pro League.

Brugge are returning here after guesting KA in a Europa Conference League match and winning with a 5-1 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 5-0 victory visiting AS Eupen.

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 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

Club Brugge are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at Osasuna awaits in three days.

At Jan Breydelstadion, Club Brugge has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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RWDM form and stats

Only one away game in the Pro League so far for RWDM and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 9 victories, 3 draws and 4 losses from 16 travels.

RWDM go into this game after a win, the home game against Mechelen that ended 1-0.

Preceding that game was the away victory against OH Leuven with the score of 2-1.

RWDM have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

RWDMM. Biron
M. Biron
3 goals
Club BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
2 goals
Club BruggeThiago
Thiago
2 goals

Club Brugge missing players

RWDM missing players

Club Brugge RWDM
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
7 1 0 Scored S 0 2 3
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 33%
67% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 5
3.7 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 15 8.3
1.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 21 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 14.3
6.7 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5.7
35% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 18%
 
9.7 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 19 19
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 6.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge is in the worst form (0-0-0)
  • RWDM have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
  • RWDM is in the worst form (0-0-0)
Club Brugge Last season RWDM
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   16 32
18 11   Won W   9 21
11 6   Drew D   3 6
11 3   Lost L   4 5
71 44   Scored S   28 65
48 20   Conceded C   16 29
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
90% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 88%
60% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 62%
35% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 34%
10% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
52% 55%   BTTS BTTS   69% 62%
35% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 31%
18% 5%   Failed to Score F T   6% 6%
 
6.3 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.8
3.5 3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.8
2.1 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
2 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
15.1 17.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 13.2
4.6 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.5
39% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 37%
 
11.1 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   8.6 9.4
3.8 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.9

  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 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 9
2 Gent 3 3 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 9
3 Club Brugge 3 2 1 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 6 7
4 Antwerp 3 2 0 1 7 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 6
5 Genk 3 2 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 6
6 Sint-Truiden 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
7 Anderlecht 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
8 RWDM 3 2 0 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 6
9 AS Eupen 3 1 1 1 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 -4 4
10 Cercle Brugge 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Sporting Charleroi 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
12 Mechelen 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
13 Standard Liege 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
14 Westerlo 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
15 OH Leuven 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 6 -5 1
16 Kortrijk 3 0 0 3 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 9 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antwerp 6 3 2 1 69 34 3 2 1 0 6 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 35 47
2 Genk 6 2 2 2 88 47 3 1 2 0 6 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 41 46
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 2 2 78 49 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 29 46
4 Club Brugge 6 2 0 4 71 48 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 0 2 6 7 23 36
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RWDM 32 21 6 5 65 29 16 12 3 1 37 13 16 9 3 4 28 16 36 69
2 Waasland-Beveren 32 20 8 4 76 34 16 13 2 1 44 14 16 7 6 3 32 20 42 68
3 Club Brugge II 32 14 7 11 51 48 16 9 4 3 28 17 16 5 3 8 23 31 3 49
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 32 15 4 13 43 41 16 7 3 6 21 15 16 8 1 7 22 26 2 49
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 32 14 4 14 53 59 16 8 1 7 30 27 16 6 3 7 23 32 -6 46
6 RSC Anderlecht II 32 9 10 13 46 56 16 3 6 7 21 29 16 6 4 6 25 27 -10 37

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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.