Pro League preview with statistics: Beerschot-Wilrijk welcomes Club Brugge to Olympisch Stadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 17.January
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Olympisch Stadion (12771 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Beerschot-Wilrijk have their presumed home advantage while Club Brugge are ahead 13 points in the Pro League table.

Insights:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Pro League

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pro League. This match was also played here at Olympisch Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Club Brugge have had more rest.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Olympisch Stadion as Beerschot-Wilrijk, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Pro League, have scored 24 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Beerschot-Wilrijk's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Cercle Brugge (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the match before that, Beerschot-Wilrijk hosted Gent and drew the game 1-1.

The manager H. Losada will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AS Eupen in only three days.

Goals are plentiful at Olympisch Stadion in the league this season as Beerschot-Wilrijk has scored 24 goals here in 9 home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Beerschot-Wilrijk defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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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, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Pro League, collect 23 points from their 10 away matches in the Pro League. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Having won their last three away games Club Brugge has no reason to fear anyone.

Two travels in a row for Brugge, whose manager P. Clement could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against Sint-Truiden. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs AS Eupen.

A new game in only three days for Brugge, the Pro League home match versus KV Oostende. Busy days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Club Brugge are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Club Brugge as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Club Brugge - Beerschot-Wilrijk 0-1. Beerschot-Wilrijk-Club Brugge H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Beerschot-Wilrijk one win, Club Brugge zero wins, two draws. zero of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Beerschot-WilrijkR. Holzhauser
R. Holzhauser
11 goals
Club BruggeK. Diatta
K. Diatta
9 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
7 goals

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
10 7 3 Won W 2 7 13
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
8 2 0 Lost L 0 1 4
41 25 11 Scored S 10 24 40
41 16 5 Conceded C 2 6 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 70%
70% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 60%
55% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 30% 25%
40% 40% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 10%
70% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 40%
10% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 45%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.3 9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11 8.8
4 5 8.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 5.2 3.9
51% 50% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 46% 51%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the fewest clean sheets (1) 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (5) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (9) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most points (23) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals (24) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+18) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+27) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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 Kortrijk 20 8 5 7 26 28 11 5 2 4 19 20 9 3 3 3 7 8 -2 29
8 Beerschot-Wilrijk 19 9 2 8 40 41 9 6 1 2 24 16 10 3 1 6 16 25 -1 29
9 KV Oostende 20 8 5 7 28 25 10 5 3 2 20 13 10 3 2 5 8 12 3 29
10 Standard Liège 20 7 7 6 25 22 11 4 5 2 15 12 9 3 2 4 10 10 3 28
11 Zulte-Waregem 20 8 3 9 27 34 11 3 2 6 12 21 9 5 1 3 15 13 -7 27
12 Gent 20 8 2 10 29 28 9 4 1 4 16 13 11 4 1 6 13 15 1 26
13 AS Eupen 20 5 9 6 24 33 9 2 3 4 12 18 11 3 6 2 12 15 -9 24
14 Mechelen 20 6 5 9 31 36 11 3 2 6 19 21 9 3 3 3 12 15 -5 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 20 5 4 11 26 42 9 2 1 6 10 19 11 3 3 5 16 23 -16 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

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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.