Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Club Brugge & Antwerp face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Club Brugge form and stats
Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.Club Brugge have been outstanding at home so far in the Pro League with 12 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses. 3W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Belgian Cup for Club Brugge. In general it's been a long time since Brugge tasted defeat here at Stade Roi Baudouin, as they have taken at least one point from their last 20 home games in the league. Brugge haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Antwerp, 265 days ago.
A nice win for Brugge last time playing, versus Cercle Brugge. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with K. Diatta and H. Vanaken scoring for the victors. Previous to that game, a Pro League home match hosting Cercle Brugge in a game that was won 2-1.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Brugge matches with similar probabilities have ended with six wins, two draws and zero defeats (from eight games).
Goals decide football matches and Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 15 league matches. Brugge have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Antwerp form and stats
Antwerp's mission in Belgian Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.Playing away, Antwerp have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the Pro League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Belgian Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Antwerp, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Kortrijk in the Pro League last time out. Before that, Antwerp secured a home win against KV Oostende with the score 3-1.
L. Refaelov came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Kortrijk last time out, making the manager I. Leko feel like a tactical genius.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Antwerp playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and two home wins.
Antwerp find the net regularly in their away games. 21 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Antwerp have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Brugge victories, three draws and one Antwerp win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Club Brugge missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Club Brugge | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 217 | 117 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 207 | ||
| 83 | 42 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 88 | ||
| 41% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 44 | 70 |
| 2 | Gent | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 55 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 54 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 53 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 49 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Genk | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 44 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 43 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 32 | -8 | 36 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -17 | 33 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -23 | 30 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 29 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 31 | -27 | 23 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 31 | -29 | 22 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -39 | 20 |