Another action-packed fixture in Pro League as Anderlecht welcome Club Brugge

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Thu 20.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)

Action is to be expected when Anderlecht face Club Brugge in what should be a great game. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League

The visiting Club Brugge played their last game only four days ago, a Pro League match.

Anderlecht are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 3rd place whatever happens now. Brugge have already won the Pro League. Congratulations! It will be interesting to see if this affects performances here at the final stages.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Anderlecht, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Pro League, are steadily winning Pro League games and points here. 9 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 17 games.

The Anderlecht fans got no joy from their last match, a Pro League game also here: A 1-2 defeat against Genk. Midfielder Josh Cullen was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Cullen hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 67 successful passes (of 75 total).

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Genk the opponent.

There will be little rest for Anderlecht after this match as they are travelling to Antwerp for a Pro League game in only three days.

The Anderlecht fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 17 matches. From these home matches, Anderlecht have conceded only 11 goals.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League, collect 39 points from their 17 away matches in the Pro League. 12 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Brugge had fun at their own home last time out, beating Antwerp 2-1. Hans Vanaken scored. Attacker Noa Lang got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Lang hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total). Hans Vanaken came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Antwerp last time out, making the manager P. Clement feel like a tactical genius.

A 0-0 draw at Antwerp's stadium before that.

After this away game Brugge return home for a Pro League game against Genk. That game is only three sleeps after this.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Brugge are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Brugge as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Club Brugge - Anderlecht 2-2. Anderlecht-Club Brugge H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Anderlecht one win, Club Brugge seven wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtL. Nmecha
L. Nmecha
16 goals
Club BruggeN. Lang
N. Lang
15 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
9 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Anderlecht Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 6 19 38
15 9 3 Won W 3 12 25
16 8 2 Drew D 2 4 6
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 7
57 28 7 Scored S 8 39 77
41 15 5 Conceded C 6 14 32
89% 84% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 95%
76% 74% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 89% 82%
50% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 68% 68%
32% 21% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 21% 26%
8% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 11%
61% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 47%
26% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 47% 39%
24% 21% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 16% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.4
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10 10.9 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 10.2 10.1
3.8 4.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 5.1 4.6
39% 35% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 41% 44%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (19) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most clean sheets (15) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most clean sheets (9) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most points (39) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (39) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the second half (45) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+28) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+47) in Pro League

  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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liège 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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