AS Eupen vs Cercle Brugge match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 03.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion am Kehrweg (8363 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion am Kehrweg haven’t seen too many victories this season, with AS Eupen languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Cercle Brugge will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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AS Eupen form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what AS Eupen have to build on here at Stadion am Kehrweg in the Pro League.

The home team returns to Stadion am Kehrweg after being equal after 90 minutes with Antwerp (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Pro League game ended 2-2. Before that, Eupen had a home game versus Gent which ended with a victory 2-1.

Opportunity lost for Eupen in the Antwerp match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Eupen handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and zero defeats.

The AS Eupen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Eupen have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Cercle Brugge are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

D. Hotič, Vitinho and I. Ugbo scored in Cercle's previous match, the home game against Sint-Truiden that ended 3-0. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Anderlecht's place.

We have checked recent matches where Cercle have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, zero draws and two defeats.

Cercle have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. Cercle Brugge's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Last eight meetings between the teams: AS Eupen won five, Cercle Brugge won two and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeD. Hotič
D. Hotič
2 goals
Cercle BruggeG. Mbenza Kamboleke
G. Mbenza Kamboleke
2 goals
Cercle BruggeI. Ugbo
I. Ugbo
2 goals

AS Eupen missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

AS Eupen Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 0 3 6
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
6 3 0 Scored S 0 3 8
9 6 0 Conceded C 0 5 7
83% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
83% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 67%
50% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
67% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
53 23 0 Total Shots T S 0 15 36
17 7 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 14
35% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 57%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of AS Eupen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 6 6 0 0 12 2 3 3 0 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 6 1 10 18
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 7 5 0 2 15 12 4 3 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 15
3 Standard Liège 6 4 1 1 8 3 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 13
4 Club Brugge 6 4 0 2 16 4 3 1 0 2 4 3 3 3 0 0 12 1 12 12
5 Anderlecht 6 3 3 0 14 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 1 2 0 8 6 6 12
6 Antwerp 7 3 2 2 11 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 2 0 2 7 7 1 11
7 OH Leuven 7 3 2 2 11 11 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 1 1 8 7 0 11
8 Kortrijk 7 3 1 3 9 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 0 10
9 Cercle Brugge 6 3 0 3 8 7 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 9
10 KV Oostende 6 2 2 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
11 Genk 6 2 2 2 9 10 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 4 6 -1 8
12 Mechelen 7 2 1 4 8 10 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 7
13 AS Eupen 6 1 4 1 6 9 3 1 1 1 3 6 3 0 3 0 3 3 -3 7
14 Gent 7 2 0 5 7 10 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 1 0 3 3 5 -3 6
15 Zulte-Waregem 6 2 0 4 7 14 4 1 0 3 5 11 2 1 0 1 2 3 -7 6
16 Sint-Truiden 7 1 2 4 6 13 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 5
17 Waasland-Beveren 7 1 0 6 11 21 3 0 0 3 4 9 4 1 0 3 7 12 -10 3
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 6 0 2 4 2 8 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 5 -6 2

Read more about Pro League

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.