With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Beerschot-Wilrijk fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Cercle Brugge.
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals (41) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge is in the worst form (0-0-6)
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Beerschot-Wilrijk and Cercle Brugge.
Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 9 Pro League games here at Olympisch Stadion for Beerschot-Wilrijk. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Beerschot-Wilrijk, who played 1-1 against Gent. That match was also played at this venue (Olympisch Stadion). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sint-Truiden (0-1).
Raphael Holzhauser felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Gent as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 8th minute.
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 Beerschot-Wilrijk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost four.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Beerschot-Wilrijk, as the Pro League home game vs Club Brugge is only four days away.
Goals are plentiful at Olympisch Stadion in the league this season as Beerschot-Wilrijk has scored 24 goals here in 9 home games. Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded 16 from these games.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
Cercle Brugge have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 3-0-6 (9 played). Cercle Brugge are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 7 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Waasland-Beveren game.) The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Cercle have lost on their last two travels.
Home advantage was not enough for Cercle in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting AS Eupen, 1-2. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Zulte-Waregem's place.
We have checked recent matches where Cercle have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, zero draws and three defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cercle are hosting Standard Liege in the Pro League only four days away.
Cercle are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Cercle struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - zero - five (Beerschot-Wilrijk wins - draws - Cercle Brugge wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Holzhauser 11 goals |   I. Ugbo 10 goals |  T. Tissoudali 7 goals |
Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Beerschot-Wilrijk | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 40 | 24 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 26 |
| 41 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 89% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 78% | 79% |
| 74% | 78% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 68% |
| 58% | 56% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 42% | 44% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 74% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 58% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 21% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7.5 | 9.6 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 50% | 49% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 56% | 48% |
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals (41) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most matches over the total-line (13) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cercle Brugge have scored away.
- Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cercle Brugge is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 27 | 42 |
| 2 | Genk | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | OH Leuven | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 29 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Gent | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 23 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -15 | 17 |