Cercle Brugge vs Anderlecht preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Anderlecht have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Cercle Brugge. Prepare for the match with this Pro League preview!

Insights:
  • Cercle Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Pro League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

A Pro League draw at home so far for Cercle Brugge. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats from 17 matches.

Cercle shared the glory with Club Brugge in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfielder Dimitar Velkovski was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Velkovski hit one key pass. The hometeam coach Y. Vanderhaeghe made a successful contribution in the game against Club Brugge, bringing on Waldo Rubio Marin who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Beerschot-Wilrijk with a 1-0 scoreline.

Cercle Brugge has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Anderlecht form and stats

One match played away so far in the Pro League for Anderlecht and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from 3 games.

The supporters enjoyed Anderlecht's previous game versus RFC Seraing (placed 16th), a Pro League 3-0 win played at home. Sergio Gómez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.34. The defender Gómez scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.

A 1-1 draw at AS Eupen's stadium before that.

Anderlecht have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Cercle Brugge wins - draws - Anderlecht wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeW. Rubio Martín
W. Rubio Martín
2 goals
Cercle BruggeO. Deman
O. Deman
1 goals
AnderlechtF. Amuzu
F. Amuzu
1 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Cercle Brugge Anderlecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 0 Scored S 0 1 5
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1.7 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 5
6 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 2.3
2.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 12.3
2 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4.7
50% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 36%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Pro League
Cercle Brugge Last season Anderlecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   20 40
11 6   Won W   6 15
3 1   Drew D   8 17
20 10   Lost L   6 8
40 25   Scored S   29 60
51 26   Conceded C   27 45
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 90%
74% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 75%
56% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 50%
15% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 32%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 10%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   65% 60%
15% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 25%
38% 29%   Failed to Score F T   30% 25%
 
4.4 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.9
5.7 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.6
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.5
5 4   Red cards R C   3 5
 
6.8 6.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 9.8
3.1 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.8
37% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 40%

  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 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 4 6
2 Kortrijk 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 KV Oostende 3 2 0 1 5 6 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 -1 6
4 Sporting Charleroi 3 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 5
5 AS Eupen 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 5
6 Club Brugge 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
7 Cercle Brugge 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
8 Anderlecht 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Zulte-Waregem 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 4
10 Genk 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 4
11 Sint-Truiden 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4
12 Standard Liège 3 1 1 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
13 Antwerp 3 1 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 7 5 1 3
14 OH Leuven 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
15 Mechelen 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
16 RFC Seraing 3 1 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 3
17 Gent 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -4 1
Last season 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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liège 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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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.