National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Club Brugge or Olsa Brakel that keep their silverware dream alive.
Brugge have less rest than Olsa Brakel in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pro League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Standard Liège, was also a home game here at Jan Breydelstadion. The away team is better rested.
Club Brugge form and stats
Brugge participated in Belgian Cup the last season, where they reached the final.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Jan Breydelstadion as Club Brugge have scored 24 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 9-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Brugge has won seven games in a row. The Gent match was the last time out without a victory. Ever since the Gent game Brugge has been unbeatable here at Jan Breydelstadion producing four straight wins.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Cercle Brugge.
Club Brugge are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Jan Breydelstadion with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. five earlier games are comparable to this one, and Club Brugge has won four times, drawn one and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Club Brugge has won by at least two goals two times when in this position.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Club Brugge as they are travelling to their away game against Waasland-Beveren in the Pro League. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Brugge in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Brugge have conceded only 11 goals.
Olsa Brakel form and stats
Brakel was sent out of Belgian Cup in the 3rd round last season.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Belgian Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Olsa Brakel are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Belgian Cup against Dender.
Brakel are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 51 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 22 wins, twelve draws and 17 defeats. Of the defeats, eight games were lost by at least two goals margin.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Brakel manager S. Nijst as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Lokeren-Temse.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Lang 9 goals |  H. Vanaken 6 goals |
Club Brugge missing players
Olsa Brakel missing players
| Club Brugge | Olsa Brakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 51 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | ||
| 45% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Genk | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Gent | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |