Evenly matched teams: Gent vs Club Brugge match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

This should be another engrossing skirmish at GHELAMCO-arena in the Pro League. Gent is in 3rd place and receive Club Brugge in 2nd spot. Read all about the match here!

Insights:
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (7) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (14) 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 Gent and Club Brugge.

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Gent form and stats

Only two Pro League home games for Gent so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Gent are returning here after visiting APOEL in a Europa Conference League fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

Before that match, a home win hosting APOEL in the Europa Conference League. This is expected to be a close game, with Gent perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gent as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Gent has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Early season league goal statistics from Gent's 2 home games: {5 goals}, 4 conceded.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge are yet to lose a point on their Pro League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

Brugge delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Osasuna in their previous game; a Europa Conference League fixture. Attacker Thiago got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Thiago scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that, the Europa Conference League win away at Osasuna. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Club Brugge in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Club Brugge, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Club Brugge has scored 6 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Gent wins - draws - Club Brugge wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
4 goals
GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
3 goals
Club BruggeThiago
Thiago
3 goals

Gent missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Gent Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
3 1 0 Won W 1 2 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
9 5 0 Scored S 5 6 14
5 4 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 75%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
75% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 50%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.8 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.5 5.8
4.5 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 3.5
1.8 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.2 18 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 16.5 19.2
5 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 7.5 7.2
45% 56% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 40% 48%
 
13.2 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10 9.5
3.2 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2 2.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (14) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (6) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+12) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Pro League
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (7) in Pro League
Gent Last season Club Brugge
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
21 11   Won W   7 18
9 5   Drew D   5 11
10 4   Lost L   8 11
81 36   Scored S   27 71
44 20   Conceded C   28 48
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 95%
88% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 90%
62% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 60%
38% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 35%
15% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 10%
55% 60%   BTTS BTTS   50% 52%
35% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 35%
15% 10%   Failed to Score F T   30% 18%
 
5.9 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6.3
4.1 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3.5
1.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.1
3 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
14 15.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 15.1
5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.6
40% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 39%
 
9.6 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 11.1
3.4 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 3.8

  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
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 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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.