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!
It's no vacation for neither Brugge nor Antwerp 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.
Club Brugge form and stats
Last season, Brugge's Belgian Cup journey ended in the final.28 points is a decent return from 13 Pro League games here at Jan Breydelstadion for Club Brugge. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Ever since the Gent game Club Brugge has been unbeatable here at Jan Breydelstadion producing four straight wins. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of eight straight victories regardless of arena.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Brugge as they are travelling to their away game against Sporting Charleroi in the Pro League. That match is four days after this one.
Club Brugge have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jan Breydelstadion with 24 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Club Brugge have conceded only 11 goals.
Antwerp form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Antwerp, as they won the Belgian Cup.Playing away, Antwerp have won 7 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Pro League this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Antwerp on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Antwerp manager F. Vercauteren as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Standard Liege.
Antwerp has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. Antwerp have conceded 18 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Brugge five wins, three draws and Antwerp two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Lang 11 goals |   D. Mbokani Bezua 8 goals |  L. Refaelov 7 goals |
Club Brugge missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Club Brugge | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 48 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 37 | 60 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 46 |
| 3 | Genk | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 43 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Sporting Charleroi | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -3 | 37 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 25 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Gent | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -5 | 33 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 32 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -14 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -24 | 21 |