Football betting preview: Antwerp vs Cercle Brugge

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Antwerp have been better than Cercle Brugge so far, but every match starts at 0-0. Here's all the info you need before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cercle Brugge have scored away.

Antwerp and Cercle Brugge should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Antwerp form and stats

Antwerp have performed here at Bosuilstadion this season with 11 wins from 15 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

A good away victory last time out for Antwerp, who won 2-0 against Zulte-Waregem (placed 16th). Alderweireld, defender, was given a rating of 8.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Alderweireld scored two goals and won 3 of 7 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Sporting Charleroi with the scoreline 0-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Antwerp's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

It should be noted that a glance at the 13 latest league matches shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (33 in 15 games), Antwerp's attacking play is working. Antwerp are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bosuilstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Cercle Brugge playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

Somers and Ueda scored in Cercle Brugge's previous match, the home game against Kortrijk that ended 2-0. Attacker Somers got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Somers scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

A draw for Cercle Brugge before that, at their own venue hosting Genk (1-1).

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 Cercle playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

Betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 9 of this club's last 12 league fixtures.

As for defending, Cercle Brugge rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Antwerp have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Cercle Brugge.

Antwerp and Cercle Brugge have faced off earlier this season: Cercle Brugge - Antwerp 0-2.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpV. Janssen
V. Janssen
16 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Ueda
A. Ueda
15 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Denkey
A. Denkey
8 goals

Antwerp missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Antwerp Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
19 11 3 Won W 1 4 11
6 2 1 Drew D 0 4 11
6 2 1 Lost L 4 7 9
55 33 9 Scored S 6 15 43
25 10 3 Conceded C 13 24 41
90% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
74% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 81%
45% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 47% 45%
23% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 20% 29%
16% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 13%
32% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 61%
55% 60% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 19%
23% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 26%
 
4.9 5.1 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.9 5.8
4.2 3.7 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.4 4.8
1.7 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
13.7 15.3 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 11.3 13.6
4.8 5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.3 4.2
37% 44% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 31% 33%
 
9.7 7.8 6.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 13.3 10.8
3.1 2.7 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cercle Brugge have scored away.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (17) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 31 22 5 4 71 31 16 13 1 2 39 13 15 9 4 2 32 18 40 71
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 31 21 5 5 63 37 16 12 2 2 31 15 15 9 3 3 32 22 26 68
3 Antwerp 31 19 6 6 55 25 15 11 2 2 33 10 16 8 4 4 22 15 30 63
4 Gent 31 16 6 9 61 34 15 9 3 3 26 13 16 7 3 6 35 21 27 54
5 Club Brugge 31 14 10 7 52 36 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 52
6 Standard Liège 31 14 7 10 51 41 15 8 3 4 29 16 16 6 4 6 22 25 10 49
7 Westerlo 31 14 6 11 60 52 16 8 3 5 40 26 15 6 3 6 20 26 8 48
8 Anderlecht 31 13 6 12 45 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 11 11 9 43 41 16 7 7 2 28 17 15 4 4 7 15 24 2 44
10 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 5 12 39 40 14 6 1 7 18 18 16 7 4 5 21 22 -1 44
11 OH Leuven 31 10 9 12 45 45 15 5 5 5 22 21 16 5 4 7 23 24 0 39
12 Sint-Truiden 31 10 9 12 31 36 15 5 4 6 15 18 16 5 5 6 16 18 -5 39
13 Mechelen 30 9 6 15 39 56 16 7 5 4 28 26 14 2 1 11 11 30 -17 33
14 Kortrijk 31 8 6 17 35 56 15 4 4 7 14 25 16 4 2 10 21 31 -21 30
15 AS Eupen 31 7 6 18 39 63 16 4 4 8 21 28 15 3 2 10 18 35 -24 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 31 5 9 17 41 71 16 3 4 9 25 43 15 2 5 8 16 28 -30 24
17 KV Oostende 31 6 6 19 35 66 16 5 1 10 18 29 15 1 5 9 17 37 -31 24
18 RFC Seraing 31 5 4 22 26 63 16 1 3 12 7 28 15 4 1 10 19 35 -37 19

Table
  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 31 22 5 4 71 31 16 13 1 2 39 13 15 9 4 2 32 18 40 71
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 31 21 5 5 63 37 16 12 2 2 31 15 15 9 3 3 32 22 26 68
3 Antwerp 31 19 6 6 55 25 15 11 2 2 33 10 16 8 4 4 22 15 30 63
4 Gent 31 16 6 9 61 34 15 9 3 3 26 13 16 7 3 6 35 21 27 54
5 Club Brugge 31 14 10 7 52 36 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 52
6 Standard Liège 31 14 7 10 51 41 15 8 3 4 29 16 16 6 4 6 22 25 10 49
7 Westerlo 31 14 6 11 60 52 16 8 3 5 40 26 15 6 3 6 20 26 8 48
8 Anderlecht 31 13 6 12 45 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 11 11 9 43 41 16 7 7 2 28 17 15 4 4 7 15 24 2 44
10 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 5 12 39 40 14 6 1 7 18 18 16 7 4 5 21 22 -1 44
11 OH Leuven 31 10 9 12 45 45 15 5 5 5 22 21 16 5 4 7 23 24 0 39
12 Sint-Truiden 31 10 9 12 31 36 15 5 4 6 15 18 16 5 5 6 16 18 -5 39
13 Mechelen 30 9 6 15 39 56 16 7 5 4 28 26 14 2 1 11 11 30 -17 33
14 Kortrijk 31 8 6 17 35 56 15 4 4 7 14 25 16 4 2 10 21 31 -21 30
15 AS Eupen 31 7 6 18 39 63 16 4 4 8 21 28 15 3 2 10 18 35 -24 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 31 5 9 17 41 71 16 3 4 9 25 43 15 2 5 8 16 28 -30 24
17 KV Oostende 31 6 6 19 35 66 16 5 1 10 18 29 15 1 5 9 17 37 -31 24
18 RFC Seraing 31 5 4 22 26 63 16 1 3 12 7 28 15 4 1 10 19 35 -37 19

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