Pro League match tips and news & stats for the Cercle Brugge vs Anderlecht duel

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

It's match two of the Pro League season and everything to play for. Check out our detailed preview of Cercle Brugge-Anderlecht!

This should be an appealing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

The season before, Cercle Brugge's league statistics were 12 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses, ending with 10th spot in the Pro League. During these 34 matches they scored 49 goals and gave away 46. Performing as the home team in the former season Cercle Brugge produced 6-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 20 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Thalhammer led his Cercle to a defeat away at Westerlo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Jan Breydelstadion. The first defeat after going undefeated through three league fixtures. Cercle Brugge's goalkeeper Warleson was extremely busy against Westerlo, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Antwerp that finished 1-1.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Let's have a look at how Anderlecht performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 10 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 72 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 31/17 goals scored/conceded.

Anderlecht go into this game after a win, the home game against KV Oostende that ended 2-0. Eureka; their first win in the league after six matches not winning. Midfielder Trebel was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Trebel served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 65 total).

Before that, Anderlecht travelled to Club Brugge and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtM. Ashimeru
M. Ashimeru
1 goals
AnderlechtF. Soares Silva
F. Soares Silva
1 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge Anderlecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
22 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Cercle Brugge Last season Anderlecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   20 40
12 6   Won W   9 20
9 4   Drew D   6 12
13 7   Lost L   5 8
49 23   Scored S   37 80
46 20   Conceded C   21 43
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 82%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 55%
26% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 40%
12% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 18%
62% 53%   BTTS BTTS   50% 55%
24% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 30%
15% 24%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
5 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.5
4.6 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 3.7
2.3 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
4 0   Red cards R C   2 7
 
13.7 15.3   Shots (avg) S (   13.1 14.2
4.9 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.2
30% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 38%
 
10.8 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 9.9
3.9 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Anderlecht 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Antwerp 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 OH Leuven 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Westerlo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Zulte-Waregem 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Club Brugge 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Gent 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sint-Truiden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Genk 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 AS Eupen 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Mechelen 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
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 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Anderlecht 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Antwerp 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 OH Leuven 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Westerlo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Zulte-Waregem 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Club Brugge 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Gent 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sint-Truiden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Genk 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 AS Eupen 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Mechelen 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.