Pro League: Two teams in fair form get together for this game. Club Brugge have a tiny edge with their 4th place in the standings?
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Pro League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games.
An away draw last time out for Cercle, facing OH Leuven in a game that ended 0-0. Midfield player Francis got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Francis dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Standard Liege that ended 1-1.An interesting fact: 13 of the latest 17 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.
The Cercle Brugge fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. On the other hand, Cercle have conceded 13 goals.
Club Brugge form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Champions League home defeat versus Benfica with 0-2 on the scoreboard. The attacker Lang got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Lang dribled past the opponent 12 of 15 times and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Union Saint-Gilloise in the Pro League.Betting fact: Both sides have scored in 10 of this club's last 12 league games.
Club Brugge are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). 15 goals have been conceded by Brugge in these games.
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head match ended Club Brugge - Cercle Brugge 4-0, played this season. Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two sides are: one win for Cercle Brugge, two draws and seven wins for Club Brugge. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 10 goals |   H. Vanaken 8 goals |  F. Jutlgà Blanc 8 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 33 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 43 |
| 33 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 92% |
| 44% | 42% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 60% |
| 24% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 32% |
| 16% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 60% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 28% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 16% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 13.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.8 | 14.5 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 34% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 48% | 48% |
| 11.4 | 9.1 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.2 | 10.8 |
| 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Pro League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genk | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 37 | 62 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 26 | 56 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Gent | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 39 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 38 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 31 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -17 | 25 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -17 | 25 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 21 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -28 | 19 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -25 | 18 |
