The season has been difficult for Cercle Brugge up to now, while Club Brugge have done well. Will the away team get the points at Jan Breydelstadion?
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Club Brugge have scored in all their matches so far.
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning increased motivation and significance.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Belgian Cup game only three days ago.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. Cercle Brugge have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Jan Breydelstadion. Two home wins in a row for Cercle bring valid hopes of a third.
Cercle faced defeat in their previous match, away at Union Saint-Gilloise (2-3). A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Union Saint-Gilloise) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. The defeat against Union Saint-Gilloise was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Daland (own goal)). The forward Matondo outperformed all others in that match and managed a match rating of 8.02 out of 10. Matondo scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
Ahead of that match, Cercle won a home game hosting RFC Seraing (2-0).The Cercle fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Cercle have conceded 14 goals. When Cercle Brugge hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Beerschot-Wilrijk, Sint-Truiden, RFC Seraing, OH Leuven and Zulte-Waregem), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Club Brugge form and stats
Club Brugge have an excellent away record in the Pro League so far with 6-2-2 from 10 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Brugge, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The supporters enjoyed Club Brugge's previous game versus OH Leuven (placed 13th), a Belgian Cup 4-1 win played at home.
A draw for Club Brugge before that, at their own venue hosting Anderlecht (2-2).The travelling fans enjoy Brugge's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 10 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Brugge in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H match ended Club Brugge - Cercle Brugge 1-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cercle zero wins, two draws and Club Brugge eight victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Cercle Brugge missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | 41 |
| 28 | 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 55% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 65% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 45% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 70% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 15% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6 | 6.8 |
| 4.7 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.1 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11.8 | 14 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 12.1 | 15.9 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 32% | 24% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 43% | 39% |
| 10 | 9.6 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 12 | 10.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Club Brugge have scored in all their matches so far.
- Club 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Gent | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Genk | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | AS Eupen | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 23 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 21 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 19 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -19 | 9 |
