This fixture involves two participants residing in the carpet of the Pro League, Cercle Brugge having 16th position and AS Eupen in 17th. A decent opportunity for one of the participants to boost their position.
- Cercle Brugge have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- AS Eupen have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Pro League
This looks to be an entertaining fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Cercle Brugge form and stats
1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Cercle Brugge have to build on here at Jan Breydelstadion in the Pro League.
Cercle lost their last game at Union Saint-Gilloise (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Vanhoutte got a match rating of 7.5 in that game, the max score being 10. Vanhoutte hit two key passes.
In the preceding match a 4-3 victory visiting Gent.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cercle Brugge have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.
There will be little rest for Cercle Brugge after this match as they are travelling to RFC Seraing for a Pro League game in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cercle here at Jan Breydelstadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games).
AS Eupen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
AS Eupen failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Gent (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Gent was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Attacker Charles-Cook got a player rating of 7.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Charles-Cook hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sint-Truiden at their stadium, the result 1-0.We have checked recent matches where AS Eupen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Eupen, the Pro League home match versus OH Leuven. Busy days.
AS Eupen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Cercle Brugge, zero draws and seven wins for AS Eupen. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Hotič 3 goals |  A. Denkey 2 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
AS Eupen missing players
| Cercle Brugge | AS Eupen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 45% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 27% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 36% |
| 5.6 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| 1.7 | 0.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.1 | 16.4 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.2 | 12.9 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 24% | 17% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 12.9 | 10.2 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 16 | 14.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 4.7 |
- AS Eupen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- AS Eupen have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Pro League
- AS Eupen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cercle Brugge have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antwerp | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Genk | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | OH Leuven | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Gent | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | Sporting Charleroi | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | RFC Seraing | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 9 |
| 17 | AS Eupen | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -11 | 9 |
| 18 | Zulte-Waregem | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -16 | 5 |
