AS Eupen vs Cercle Brugge: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 16.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion am Kehrweg (8363 seats)

AS Eupen and Cercle Brugge have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf phrase. Both reside in mid-table places in the Pro League.

Insights:
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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AS Eupen form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for AS Eupen at their home stadium (Stadion am Kehrweg) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Eupen has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Krämer and the players.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 193 minutes without scoring a league goal. Prevljak was the last player to find the net.

Eupen lost their last game at Sint-Truiden (placed 13th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The forward Deom bested all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 7.04 out of 10. Deom hit one key pass.

Before that match, a Belgian Cup win away at Mechelen.

Eupen has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

4-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cercle Brugge in their Pro League matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Cercle's previous game versus Club Brugge (placed 2nd), a Pro League 2-0 win played at home. Cercle goalie Didillon was high and low in the Club Brugge game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Defender Sousa was the best team player with a rating of 8.42. Sousa scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 5 duels.

A 2-3 defeat away at Union Saint-Gilloise before that.

Cercle are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. Cercle have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Cercle Brugge - AS Eupen 1-2 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Eupen seven wins, one draw and Cercle Brugge two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AS EupenS. Prevljak
S. Prevljak
6 goals
EupenE. Agbadou
E. Agbadou
5 goals
Cercle BruggeR. Matondo
R. Matondo
5 goals

AS Eupen missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

AS Eupen Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
7 3 1 Won W 1 4 7
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
10 4 1 Lost L 0 4 10
30 13 5 Scored S 3 16 28
36 17 8 Conceded C 1 14 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 86%
67% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 52%
38% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 14%
19% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
62% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 67%
10% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 19%
29% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
4.9 5.5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.8
5.2 4.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.9 4.8
2.6 2.3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.4 13.5 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.6 11.7
4.8 5.5 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 4
30% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 33%
 
13 11.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 7 10.4 10.1
4.8 3.8 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4 3.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cercle Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 21 15 2 4 50 20 11 7 1 3 23 11 10 8 1 1 27 9 30 47
2 Club Brugge 21 11 7 3 41 28 10 5 5 0 22 12 11 6 2 3 19 16 13 40
3 Anderlecht 21 10 8 3 50 26 10 5 4 1 25 14 11 5 4 2 25 12 24 38
4 Antwerp 20 11 4 5 37 24 10 6 2 2 21 12 10 5 2 3 16 12 13 37
5 Gent 21 10 4 7 33 22 10 7 1 2 22 11 11 3 3 5 11 11 11 34
6 Mechelen 21 10 3 8 37 37 11 7 2 2 23 15 10 3 1 6 14 22 0 33
7 Sporting Charleroi 20 9 5 6 38 29 10 4 2 4 13 12 10 5 3 2 22 17 9 32
8 Kortrijk 20 8 7 5 26 22 9 4 3 2 12 10 11 4 4 3 14 12 4 31
9 Genk 21 8 5 8 40 33 10 4 3 3 20 15 11 4 2 5 20 18 7 29
10 OH Leuven 21 6 8 7 29 34 11 4 3 4 14 17 10 2 5 3 15 17 -5 26
11 Cercle Brugge 21 7 4 10 28 28 11 3 2 6 12 14 10 4 2 4 16 14 0 25
12 AS Eupen 21 7 4 10 30 36 10 3 3 4 13 17 11 4 1 6 17 19 -6 25
13 Sint-Truiden 21 7 3 11 22 31 11 3 2 6 14 18 10 4 1 5 8 13 -9 24
14 KV Oostende 21 7 2 12 23 43 11 4 1 6 13 27 10 3 1 6 10 16 -20 23
15 Standard Liège 19 6 5 8 22 34 9 2 3 4 9 13 10 4 2 4 13 18 -12 23
16 Zulte-Waregem 21 6 5 10 31 45 11 3 2 6 17 27 10 3 3 4 14 18 -14 23
17 RFC Seraing 21 6 1 14 23 42 10 4 1 5 13 16 11 2 0 9 10 26 -19 19
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 20 2 3 15 15 41 11 2 0 9 5 20 9 0 3 6 10 21 -26 9

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.