Struggling Cercle Brugge will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Antwerp in the upcoming league round. It's 16th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
Cercle Brugge's results here at Jan Breydel Stadium in the Pro League have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Cercle Brugge will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Pro League game against Kortrijk (placed 12th). Heartbreak before that as Cercle Brugge lost 0-1 at Kortrijk's place.
Cercle Brugge are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cercle Brugge defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Antwerp form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Antwerp delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Anderlecht (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Pro League game. A draw for Antwerp before that, at their own venue hosting Anderlecht (0-0).
A new game in only four days for Antwerp, the Belgian Cup home match versus Kortrijk. Busy days.
Antwerp has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Antwerp have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Antwerp - Cercle Brugge 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last nine meetings between the teams: Cercle Brugge won 1, Antwerp won 5 and 3 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Mbokani Bezua 14 goals |  L. Refaelov 9 goals |  D. Lamkel Ze 6 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 10 | 18 | 39 |
| 45 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 62% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 14% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 82% | 71% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 9% | 24% |
| 33% | 30% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 6.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | 27 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 68 | 173 |
| 28 | 10 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 30 | 84 |
| 64% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 60% | 46% |
- All of Antwerp's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Antwerp has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Antwerp have scored more than double the goals of Cercle Brugge.
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- Cercle Brugge has the most conceded goals (45)
- Cercle Brugge has the the worst goal difference (-27)
- Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- 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 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 38 | 49 |
| 2 | Gent | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 39 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 38 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Genk | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -17 | 20 |
| 14 | Waasland-Beveren | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -20 | 18 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -27 | 11 |