Cercle Brugge vs Antwerp match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 16.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as Cercle Brugge and Antwerp battle it out at Jan Breydelstadion.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Cercle lost their last game at Standard Liège (placed 6th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Club Brugge (1-2).

Last season, Cercle Brugge's league statistics were 7 wins, 2 draws and 20 losses, resulting in a 14th position in the Pro League. Over these 29 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 54. Playing at home last season Cercle Brugge managed 5-1-8 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 23 conceded.

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Antwerp form and stats

Antwerp's last game was the home draw against Royal Excel Mouscron (1-1). Preceding that game was the away Belgian Cup victory against Club Brugge with the score of 1-0.

Let's have a look at how Antwerp performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 21/20 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
1 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Antwerp missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge Antwerp
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 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% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 13
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 10
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 10%
Cercle Brugge Last season Antwerp
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   15 29
7 5   Won W   5 15
2 1   Drew D   4 8
20 8   Lost L   6 6
27 16   Scored S   21 49
54 23   Conceded C   20 32
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
76% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 79%
62% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 55%
28% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 38%
10% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 10%
55% 57%   BTTS BTTS   67% 69%
17% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 21%
28% 21%   Failed to Score F T   20% 14%
 
4.8 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.7
4.6 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.9
2.1 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
3 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
135 67   Total Shots T S   102 248
49 23   Shots on Target S O   42 117
55% 70%   Goal Efficiency G E   50% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Waasland-Beveren 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Genk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Standard Liège 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Anderlecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Mechelen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Antwerp 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Royal Excel Mouscron 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Gent 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Club Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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 Club Brugge 29 21 7 1 58 14 15 12 3 0 33 5 14 9 4 1 25 9 44 70
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 15 11 3 1 38 14 14 5 4 5 21 20 25 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 14 10 2 2 26 9 15 5 7 3 23 14 26 54
4 Antwerp 29 15 8 6 49 32 14 10 4 0 28 12 15 5 4 6 21 20 17 53
5 Standard Liège 29 14 7 8 47 32 15 9 4 2 24 9 14 5 3 6 23 23 15 49
6 Mechelen 29 13 5 11 46 43 15 6 4 5 25 24 14 7 1 6 21 19 3 44
7 Genk 29 13 5 11 45 42 14 8 1 5 21 18 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 44
8 Anderlecht 29 11 10 8 45 29 15 7 5 3 29 12 14 4 5 5 16 17 16 43
9 Zulte-Waregem 29 10 6 13 41 49 14 7 2 5 30 17 15 3 4 8 11 32 -8 36
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 9 9 11 38 40 15 6 5 4 22 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -2 36
11 Kortrijk 29 9 6 14 40 44 15 5 3 7 24 22 14 4 3 7 16 22 -4 33
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 6 14 33 50 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 16 32 -17 33
13 AS Eupen 29 8 6 15 28 51 14 4 4 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 30
14 Cercle Brugge 29 7 2 20 27 54 14 5 1 8 16 23 15 2 1 12 11 31 -27 23
15 KV Oostende 29 6 4 19 29 58 15 5 3 7 20 27 14 1 1 12 9 31 -29 22
16 Waasland-Beveren 29 5 5 19 21 60 14 3 2 9 12 30 15 2 3 10 9 30 -39 20

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 Waasland-Beveren 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Genk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Standard Liège 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Anderlecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Mechelen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Antwerp 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Royal Excel Mouscron 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Gent 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Club Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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