National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cercle Brugge or Beerschot-Wilrijk that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Cercle Brugge nor Beerschot-Wilrijk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
Cercle participated in Belgian Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Cercle Brugge have to build on here at Jan Breydelstadion in the Pro League.
Cercle Brugge's last game was hosting OH Leuven and winning 2-1. A late climax in the match against OH Leuven as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by Ravych. Ravych, defender, was given a rating of 7.72/10 in that game, top of the team. Ravych scored one goal and won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Kortrijk that finished 1-1.Cercle are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Sint-Truiden awaits in three days.
Cercle Brugge have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jan Breydelstadion with 15 goals in 8 league matches.
Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats
They also participated in Belgian Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.Beerschot-Wilrijk's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Beerschot-Wilrijk collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the First Division B. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Beerschot-Wilrijk play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Lommel United.
A loss against RSC Anderlecht II was the result prior to that, in a First Division B home game.A new game in only three days for Beerschot-Wilrijk, the First Division B home match versus Excelsior Virton. Busy days.
Beerschot-Wilrijk has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Beerschot-Wilrijk have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Cercle have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Beerschot-Wilrijk.The games between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Baeten 7 goals |   A. Denkey 5 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Beerschot-Wilrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 35 | ||
| 38 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13.6 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| 12 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 10 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 Liège | 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Waasland-Beveren | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | RWDM | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | RSC Anderlecht II | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Club Brugge II | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Lommel United | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Deinze | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Dender | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Standard Liege II | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 11 | Excelsior Virton | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | KRC Genk II | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 8 |
