Struggling Cercle Brugge will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Anderlecht in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Pro League
- Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Pro League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Belgian Cup game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Union Saint-Gilloise. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
With 3 Pro League wins, 0 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Cercle Brugge, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Pro League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Cercle Brugge are slowly digging their own grave here at Jan Breydelstadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Gent match. Cercle has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Y. Vanderhaeghe and the players.
Stress levels are on the rise for Cercle's attacking players as they have now played 242 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Musaba was their last goal scorer.
A nice win for Cercle Brugge last time playing, versus KV Oostende. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with K. Denkey, I. Ugbo and O. Deman scoring for the victors. Ahead of that match, Cercle lost 0-1 at home to Mechelen.
The Cercle Brugge fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cercle Brugge defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Anderlecht form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Pro League, on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Anderlecht, whose manager V. Kompany could celebrate last time after the Belgian Cup win against Union Saint-Gilloise. Prior to that result Anderlecht won their away game at Genk in the Pro League. The scoreline was 2-1.
As mentioned above, Anderlecht was the only team on the pitch versus Union Saint-Gilloise in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
The visiting Anderlecht have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 13 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Anderlecht have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Cercle and Anderlecht have met before this season: Anderlecht - Cercle Brugge 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Cercle Brugge, zero draws and nine wins for Anderlecht. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Nmecha 12 goals |   I. Ugbo 11 goals |  A. Musaba 6 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Anderlecht missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Anderlecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 30 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | 36 |
| 45 | 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 73% | 69% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 73% |
| 62% | 69% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 46% |
| 19% | 31% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 27% |
| 15% | 23% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 4% |
| 54% | 62% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 69% | 54% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 38% | 31% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 31% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.2 | 9.2 |
| 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 40% | 40% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 47% | 39% |
- Anderlecht has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Pro League
- Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Pro League
- Anderlecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Club Brugge | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 37 | 60 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 46 |
| 3 | Genk | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 43 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Sporting Charleroi | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -3 | 37 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 25 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Gent | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -5 | 33 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 32 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -14 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -24 | 21 |