Antwerp favourites for feisty fight facing Cercle Brugge

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 30.Jul
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Antwerp and Cercle Brugge match-goers have their finest supporter shirts and scarves on for this first game week of a new Pro League season. GO!

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

The previous season, Antwerp's league results were 22 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, providing 3rd place in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored {59 goals} and conceded 26. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Antwerp managed 13-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with {36 goals} and 11 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Antwerp have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Antwerp have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Antwerp scored {2 goals} and let in {4 goals} during these three games.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Let's have a look at how Cercle Brugge performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded {46 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 19/28 goals scored/conceded.

Cercle Brugge are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

It's a day of discovery for Cercle Brugge as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Cercle Brugge have played two with the results W1-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Cercle has scored {3 goals} and conceded 2 times.

Head 2 Head

Antwerp have not lost in the last 5 games (4-1-0) against Cercle Brugge.

Antwerp missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Antwerp Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Antwerp Last season Cercle Brugge
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
25 15   Won W   7 16
8 3   Drew D   5 13
7 2   Lost L   8 11
69 42   Scored S   30 63
34 15   Conceded C   33 55
92% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
75% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 82%
45% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 52%
22% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 38%
15% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 15%
38% 45%   BTTS BTTS   60% 60%
50% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 22%
20% 15%   Failed to Score F T   25% 25%
 
4.9 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.5
4 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.5
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   4 5
 
13.4 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 13.8
4.7 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.6
37% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 34%
 
9.5 8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 10.8
3 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 RWDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Standard Liège 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antwerp 6 3 2 1 69 34 3 2 1 0 6 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 35 47
2 Genk 6 2 2 2 88 47 3 1 2 0 6 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 41 46
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 2 2 78 49 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 29 46
4 Club Brugge 6 2 0 4 71 48 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 0 2 6 7 23 36

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 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 RWDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Standard Liège 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.