Cercle Brugge vs Gent match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Struggling Cercle Brugge will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Gent in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

With 4 Pro League wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Cercle Brugge are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Lennart Moser not having conceded a league goal in 188 minutes.

A strong away win for Cercle Brugge against Royal Excel Mouscron the last match, as I. Saadi were on target. A strong away win before that one, visiting Sint-Truiden and winning 1-0.

The Cercle Brugge fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cercle Brugge defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Gent form and stats

Playing away, Gent, who have the most scored goals (58) in Pro League, have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pro League this season. Gent have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Gent had fun at their own home (Jan Breydelstadion) last time out, beating Sint-Truiden 4-1. G. Kvilitaia and J. David (3) scored. It was a Europa League defeat before that one as the away game against Roma wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

J. David certainly enjoyed Gent's last game versus Sint-Truiden, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory.

The travelling fans enjoy Gent's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. 19 goals have been conceded by Gent in these games.

Head 2 Head

Gent - Cercle Brugge 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Cercle Brugge victories, four draws and six Gent wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentJ. David
J. David
18 goals
GentR. Yaremchuk
R. Yaremchuk
10 goals
GentL. Depoitre
L. Depoitre
8 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Gent missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge Gent
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
6 4 0 Won W 2 5 16
2 1 0 Drew D 1 4 7
19 8 4 Lost L 1 4 4
25 15 1 Scored S 6 21 58
52 23 9 Conceded C 4 19 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
78% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 93%
63% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 56%
30% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 41%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 26%
56% 62% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 59%
15% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 37%
30% 23% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 15% 7%
 
4.8 5.5 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.8 4.8
4.6 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.7 4.3
2.2 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
125 62 23 Total Shots T S 12 64 197
44 21 7 Shots on Target S O 4 27 88
57% 71% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 150% 78% 66%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Cercle Brugge has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
  • Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gent has the most scored goals (58)
  • Gent has the most scored goals in the first half (30)
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gent have scored more than double the goals of Cercle Brugge.
  • Gent is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 27 19 7 1 54 12 14 11 3 0 31 4 13 8 4 1 23 8 42 64
2 Gent 27 16 7 4 58 29 14 11 3 0 37 10 13 5 4 4 21 19 29 55
3 Standard Liège 27 14 6 7 47 30 14 9 3 2 24 9 13 5 3 5 23 21 17 48
4 Sporting Charleroi 27 13 9 5 43 22 13 9 2 2 24 9 14 4 7 3 19 13 21 48
5 Antwerp 27 13 8 6 45 31 13 9 4 0 25 11 14 4 4 6 20 20 14 47
6 Genk 27 12 5 10 40 38 13 8 1 4 20 16 14 4 4 6 20 22 2 41
7 Mechelen 27 12 4 11 42 42 14 6 3 5 24 23 13 6 1 6 18 19 0 40
8 Anderlecht 27 9 10 8 35 29 14 6 5 3 22 12 13 3 5 5 13 17 6 37
9 Zulte-Waregem 27 10 5 12 39 40 13 7 1 5 28 15 14 3 4 7 11 25 -1 35
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 27 8 9 10 36 38 14 5 5 4 21 17 13 3 4 6 15 21 -2 33
11 Kortrijk 27 9 5 13 38 41 14 5 3 6 24 21 13 4 2 7 14 20 -3 32
12 Sint-Truiden 27 9 5 13 33 47 13 4 5 4 17 15 14 5 0 9 16 32 -14 32
13 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 25 49 13 3 4 6 12 18 14 4 1 9 13 31 -24 26
14 KV Oostende 27 6 4 17 26 51 14 5 3 6 18 23 13 1 1 11 8 28 -25 22
15 Cercle Brugge 27 6 2 19 25 52 13 4 1 8 15 23 14 2 1 11 10 29 -27 20
16 Waasland-Beveren 27 5 5 17 21 56 13 3 2 8 12 27 14 2 3 9 9 29 -35 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 Club Brugge 27 19 7 1 54 12 14 11 3 0 31 4 13 8 4 1 23 8 42 64
2 Gent 27 16 7 4 58 29 14 11 3 0 37 10 13 5 4 4 21 19 29 55
3 Standard Liège 27 14 6 7 47 30 14 9 3 2 24 9 13 5 3 5 23 21 17 48
4 Sporting Charleroi 27 13 9 5 43 22 13 9 2 2 24 9 14 4 7 3 19 13 21 48
5 Antwerp 27 13 8 6 45 31 13 9 4 0 25 11 14 4 4 6 20 20 14 47
6 Genk 27 12 5 10 40 38 13 8 1 4 20 16 14 4 4 6 20 22 2 41
7 Mechelen 27 12 4 11 42 42 14 6 3 5 24 23 13 6 1 6 18 19 0 40
8 Anderlecht 27 9 10 8 35 29 14 6 5 3 22 12 13 3 5 5 13 17 6 37
9 Zulte-Waregem 27 10 5 12 39 40 13 7 1 5 28 15 14 3 4 7 11 25 -1 35
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 27 8 9 10 36 38 14 5 5 4 21 17 13 3 4 6 15 21 -2 33
11 Kortrijk 27 9 5 13 38 41 14 5 3 6 24 21 13 4 2 7 14 20 -3 32
12 Sint-Truiden 27 9 5 13 33 47 13 4 5 4 17 15 14 5 0 9 16 32 -14 32
13 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 25 49 13 3 4 6 12 18 14 4 1 9 13 31 -24 26
14 KV Oostende 27 6 4 17 26 51 14 5 3 6 18 23 13 1 1 11 8 28 -25 22
15 Cercle Brugge 27 6 2 19 25 52 13 4 1 8 15 23 14 2 1 11 10 29 -27 20
16 Waasland-Beveren 27 5 5 17 21 56 13 3 2 8 12 27 14 2 3 9 9 29 -35 20

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.