Pro League preview of Beerschot-Wilrijk - Club Brugge: Visitors believed to win

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 01.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Olympisch Stadion (12771 seats)

Both Beerschot-Wilrijk and Club Brugge are craving for points in this fixture, even with the visitors carrying a 50 point edge so far this season.

Insights:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most conceded goals (68) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have scored more than double the goals of Beerschot-Wilrijk.

For Beerschot-Wilrijk relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely.

Beerschot-Wilrijk and Club 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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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. Beerschot-Wilrijk have only managed 4 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses from their games here at Olympisch Stadion. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Beerschot-Wilrijk with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Kortrijk game, 46 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Beerschot-Wilrijk lost their last game at Sint-Truiden (placed 9th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Defender Radić got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.91/10. Radić scored one goal and won 7 of 11 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Gent that was lost 0-2.

Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored 15 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 30 goals have been conceded.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Club Brugge collect 33 points from their 16 away matches in the Pro League. 10 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Club Brugge have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.

Brugge had fun at their own home (Olympisch Stadion) last time out, beating Genk 3-1. Adamyan, Vanaken and Ketelaere scored. Mata, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Mata served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against KV Oostende with the score of 3-1.

As mentioned earlier, Club Brugge will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in three wins (three by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and zero surprising defeats.

The Brugge manager Schreuder has got the team scoring on the road, with 33 away goals in 16 league matches. As opposed to that, Club Brugge have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest reported result between these contenders is the Club Brugge - Beerschot-Wilrijk 3-2 played earlier this season. Beerschot-Wilrijk-Club Brugge H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Beerschot-Wilrijk one win, Club Brugge two wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeC. De Ketelaere
C. De Ketelaere
13 goals
Club BruggeB. Dost
B. Dost
12 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
10 goals

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
4 4 0 Won W 4 10 19
4 1 0 Drew D 1 3 9
24 11 5 Lost L 0 3 4
32 15 2 Scored S 17 33 67
68 30 16 Conceded C 4 20 36
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
75% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 88%
56% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 62%
38% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 47%
28% 19% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 22%
47% 25% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 62%
9% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 34%
47% 62% 80% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 6%
 
5.6 6.2 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.6 6.5
5.7 4.9 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.8 4.6
2.5 1.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.1 1.8
9 4 1 Red cards R C 2 5 8
 
11.7 12.2 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 15.6 13.3 15.2
3.9 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.4 5.7
25% 23% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 49% 38% 37%
 
15.2 12.9 15.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.4 11.6 10.5
5.8 4.7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.2 3.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest points (13) at home in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most conceded goals (68) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most conceded goals in the first half (38) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Club Brugge have scored more than double the goals of Beerschot-Wilrijk.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 32 22 5 5 70 26 16 9 3 4 27 14 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 71
2 Club Brugge 32 19 9 4 67 36 16 9 6 1 34 16 16 10 3 3 33 20 31 66
3 Antwerp 32 18 5 9 53 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 16 59
4 Gent 32 17 7 8 49 28 16 10 3 3 32 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 21 58
5 Anderlecht 32 16 10 6 65 34 16 9 5 2 37 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 31 58
6 Sporting Charleroi 32 14 9 9 52 42 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 10 51
7 Mechelen 32 14 7 11 54 57 16 9 4 3 33 22 16 5 3 8 21 35 -3 49
8 Genk 32 13 6 13 59 47 16 9 3 4 34 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 12 45
9 Sint-Truiden 32 13 6 13 37 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 16 7 3 6 14 17 -3 45
10 Cercle Brugge 32 12 7 13 46 43 16 6 3 7 21 18 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 43
11 OH Leuven 32 10 11 11 47 52 16 7 4 5 25 24 16 3 7 6 22 28 -5 41
12 Kortrijk 32 9 10 13 39 42 16 5 4 7 21 21 16 4 6 6 18 21 -3 37
13 Standard Liege 32 9 9 14 31 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 16 6 4 6 17 22 -14 36
14 KV Oostende 32 9 6 17 30 59 16 5 2 9 17 35 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 33
15 AS Eupen 32 8 8 16 37 54 16 4 4 8 18 27 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 32 8 8 16 42 64 16 5 4 7 23 30 16 3 4 9 19 34 -22 32
17 RFC Seraing 32 8 3 21 28 64 16 5 3 8 16 28 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 27
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 32 4 4 24 32 68 16 4 1 11 15 30 16 0 3 13 17 38 -36 16

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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.