Belgian Cup: Buckle up for the Club Brugge - Sint-Truiden clash

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Competition: Belgium Belgian Cup
Competition: Wed 21.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Club Brugge & Sint-Truiden face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

17-9-12 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sint-Truiden when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 38 matches are 42-41 (scored/conceded).

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Belgian Cup. Gent was too strong.

20 points is a decent return from 9 Pro League games here at Jan Breydelstadion for Club Brugge. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Brugge drew their last game, also a home match. Antwerp was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Opportunity lost for Club Brugge in the Antwerp match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The striker Lang was announced as "man of the match" for Club Brugge with the rating of 7.44/10. Lang scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Brugge drew at home versus Antwerp.

Goals decide football matches and Club Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Club Brugge have conceded 10 goals.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Sint-Truiden's mission in Belgian Cup last season failed in the round of 32.

4-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sint-Truiden in their Pro League matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Sint-Truiden in their previous game as they lost hosting Cercle Brugge, 0-1. Defender Bauer was the best team player with a rating of 7.1. Bauer won 6 of 8 duels.

A home victory as anticipated against Meux preceding that, in the Belgian Cup.

Sint-Truiden have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Club Brugge have been victorious in every one of the 8 latest fixtures against this side. Will the streak continue?

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenG. Bruno
G. Bruno
7 goals
BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
6 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Club Brugge Sint-Truiden
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   14 25
13 7   Won W   8 12
5 2   Drew D   4 6
7 3   Lost L   2 7
40 22   Scored S   22 33
25 14   Conceded C   10 22
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 84%
80% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 64%
52% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 44%
28% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 8%
28% 33%   BTTS BTTS   29% 32%
48% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   57% 44%
32% 25%   Failed to Score F T   36% 40%
 
5.3 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5
4.1 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.8
2.4 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.6
2 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
13.4 16.4   Shots (avg) S (   11 12.3
3.6 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 2.6
48% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 42%
 
12.5 11.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.2 9.7
4.6 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3

  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 17 15 1 1 45 15 9 8 1 0 25 8 8 7 0 1 20 7 30 46
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 17 11 3 3 35 22 8 5 2 1 13 8 9 6 1 2 22 14 13 36
3 Antwerp 17 11 2 4 30 17 9 7 1 1 20 8 8 4 1 3 10 9 13 35
4 Club Brugge 17 10 3 4 34 20 9 6 2 1 22 10 8 4 1 3 12 10 14 33
5 Gent 17 9 3 5 32 18 8 5 1 2 16 9 9 4 2 3 16 9 14 30
6 Westerlo 17 8 2 7 34 30 8 5 1 2 20 9 9 3 1 5 14 21 4 26
7 OH Leuven 17 7 4 6 30 26 8 4 1 3 13 11 9 3 3 3 17 15 4 25
8 Standard Liège 16 8 1 7 24 22 8 4 1 3 14 10 8 4 0 4 10 12 2 25
9 Cercle Brugge 17 7 4 6 24 24 8 4 3 1 15 8 9 3 1 5 9 16 0 25
10 Sint-Truiden 17 6 5 6 17 19 8 2 2 4 7 10 9 4 3 2 10 9 -2 23
11 Anderlecht 16 6 2 8 25 20 9 4 1 4 15 11 7 2 1 4 10 9 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 17 5 2 10 20 37 8 4 0 4 11 15 9 1 2 6 9 22 -17 17
15 AS Eupen 17 5 1 11 24 38 8 3 0 5 10 14 9 2 1 6 14 24 -14 16
16 Zulte-Waregem 17 3 4 10 23 40 9 2 1 6 15 28 8 1 3 4 8 12 -17 13
17 Kortrijk 17 3 3 11 14 33 9 1 2 6 5 18 8 2 1 5 9 15 -19 12
18 RFC Seraing 17 3 2 12 16 33 8 0 1 7 3 14 9 3 1 5 13 19 -17 11