RWDM vs Cercle Brugge: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Edmond Machtens-Stadion (15266 seats)

RWDM are ready to challenge Cercle Brugge in this Pro League game. All you should know about the fixture can be found right here!

Insights:
  • RWDM have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cercle Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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RWDM form and stats

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

RWDM shared the glory with Standard Liege in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The attacking player Gueye won the honour of being "man of the match" for RWDM with the rating of 7.84/10. Gueye scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-7 away at Club Brugge.

RWDM has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {4 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Cercle Brugge have six points from their first three away games in the Pro League, meaning two victories and a loss.

Cercle Brugge go into this game after a win, the home game against Westerlo that ended 2-1. The attacker Denkey got a match rating of 8.75 in that game. Denkey scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sint-Truiden with the score of 2-0.

Cercle are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {1 goals} away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeA. Denkey
A. Denkey
4 goals
RWDMM. Biron
M. Biron
3 goals
Cercle BruggeT. Somers
T. Somers
2 goals

RWDM missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

RWDM Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 3 6
2 1 1 Won W 1 2 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 1 1 Scored S 1 3 7
13 4 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 50%
60% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 17%
40% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 17%
20% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 50%
20% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
3.6 4.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5.7 6.7
7.6 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.7 4.3
1.8 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 14 18 Shots (avg) S ( 16 16.3 17
4.6 6.5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 4
22% 8% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 23% 29%
 
18.2 19 9 Shots against (avg) S A 7 14 11.2
6.6 7.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.7 3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RWDM have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • RWDM have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • RWDM have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • RWDM 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 Gent 5 4 1 0 11 6 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 5 13
2 Anderlecht 6 4 1 1 7 5 3 3 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 13
3 Cercle Brugge 6 4 0 2 7 3 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 4 12
4 Club Brugge 5 3 1 1 15 4 2 1 1 0 8 2 3 2 0 1 7 2 11 10
5 Mechelen 6 3 1 2 9 5 3 2 0 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 10
6 Union Saint-Gilloise 5 3 1 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 9 3 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 10
7 AS Eupen 6 3 1 2 9 10 3 1 1 1 5 8 3 2 0 1 4 2 -1 10
8 Antwerp 5 2 2 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 0 2 1 3 4 6 8
9 Genk 5 2 2 1 6 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 8
10 Sint-Truiden 6 2 2 2 5 6 3 1 0 2 1 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 -1 8
11 RWDM 5 2 1 2 5 13 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 9 -8 7
12 OH Leuven 6 1 2 3 8 12 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 0 1 2 3 9 -4 5
13 Sporting Charleroi 6 0 4 2 4 7 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 4
14 Standard Liege 6 0 3 3 3 6 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 -3 3
15 Westerlo 6 0 1 5 7 13 3 0 0 3 3 7 3 0 1 2 4 6 -6 1
16 Kortrijk 6 0 1 5 4 17 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 0 0 3 2 12 -13 1

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.