Another action-packed match in Pro League as Cercle Brugge entertain Gent

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Cercle Brugge will aim to operate their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 15 points behind Gent.

Insights:
  • Cercle Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Pro League
  • Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Pro League

Gent are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Both sides have had enough rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an animated game!

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 16 games.

No payout for Cercle in their previous match, an away game at Sporting Charleroi that ended in defeat 0-5.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kortrijk in a game that was won 2-0.

The Cercle Brugge fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 16 matches. Cercle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gent form and stats

7-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gent in their Pro League matches away. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Cercle Brugge.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Gent goalkeeper Davy Roef is eager to challenge this, with his 200 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Gent are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Anderlecht (placed 5th). Roef (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.75. Roef topped it up with a clean sheet.

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Gent have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Gent as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games. More than 55 percent of these were conceded from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.

Head 2 Head

Gent - Cercle Brugge 2-1 was the end result in these participants' latest h2h fixture, earlier this season. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Cercle Brugge, two draws and six wins for Gent. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
15 goals
CercleR. Matondo
R. Matondo
9 goals
GentL. Depoitre
L. Depoitre
9 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Gent missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge Gent
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
12 6 1 Won W 2 7 17
7 3 0 Drew D 0 4 7
13 7 4 Lost L 3 5 8
46 21 4 Scored S 8 17 49
43 18 8 Conceded C 7 12 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 91%
88% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 44% 62%
50% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 31% 44%
25% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 6% 22%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 9%
59% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 31% 44%
25% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 50% 41%
16% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 38% 25%
 
5 5.7 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7.4 5.4 6.2
4.5 3.8 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.9 4.8
2.3 1.8 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 1.9
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
13.9 15.3 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 16.6 13.3 14.9
5 5.1 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 4.4 5.4
29% 26% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 24% 28%
 
10.4 10.1 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 10.1 10
3.8 3.5 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3.2 3.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 32 22 5 5 70 26 16 9 3 4 27 14 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 71
2 Club Brugge 32 19 9 4 67 36 16 9 6 1 34 16 16 10 3 3 33 20 31 66
3 Antwerp 32 18 5 9 53 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 16 59
4 Gent 32 17 7 8 49 28 16 10 3 3 32 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 21 58
5 Anderlecht 32 16 10 6 65 34 16 9 5 2 37 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 31 58
6 Sporting Charleroi 32 14 9 9 52 42 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 10 51
7 Mechelen 32 14 7 11 54 57 16 9 4 3 33 22 16 5 3 8 21 35 -3 49
8 Genk 32 13 6 13 59 47 16 9 3 4 34 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 12 45
9 Sint-Truiden 32 13 6 13 37 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 16 7 3 6 14 17 -3 45
10 Cercle Brugge 32 12 7 13 46 43 16 6 3 7 21 18 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 43
11 OH Leuven 32 10 11 11 47 52 16 7 4 5 25 24 16 3 7 6 22 28 -5 41
12 Kortrijk 32 9 10 13 39 42 16 5 4 7 21 21 16 4 6 6 18 21 -3 37
13 Standard Liège 32 9 9 14 31 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 16 6 4 6 17 22 -14 36
14 KV Oostende 32 9 6 17 30 59 16 5 2 9 17 35 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 33
15 AS Eupen 32 8 8 16 37 54 16 4 4 8 18 27 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 32 8 8 16 42 64 16 5 4 7 23 30 16 3 4 9 19 34 -22 32
17 RFC Seraing 32 8 3 21 28 64 16 5 3 8 16 28 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 27
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 32 4 4 24 32 68 16 4 1 11 15 30 16 0 3 13 17 38 -36 16

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 Union Saint-Gilloise 32 22 5 5 70 26 16 9 3 4 27 14 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 71
2 Club Brugge 32 19 9 4 67 36 16 9 6 1 34 16 16 10 3 3 33 20 31 66
3 Antwerp 32 18 5 9 53 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 16 59
4 Gent 32 17 7 8 49 28 16 10 3 3 32 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 21 58
5 Anderlecht 32 16 10 6 65 34 16 9 5 2 37 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 31 58
6 Sporting Charleroi 32 14 9 9 52 42 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 10 51
7 Mechelen 32 14 7 11 54 57 16 9 4 3 33 22 16 5 3 8 21 35 -3 49
8 Genk 32 13 6 13 59 47 16 9 3 4 34 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 12 45
9 Sint-Truiden 32 13 6 13 37 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 16 7 3 6 14 17 -3 45
10 Cercle Brugge 32 12 7 13 46 43 16 6 3 7 21 18 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 43
11 OH Leuven 32 10 11 11 47 52 16 7 4 5 25 24 16 3 7 6 22 28 -5 41
12 Kortrijk 32 9 10 13 39 42 16 5 4 7 21 21 16 4 6 6 18 21 -3 37
13 Standard Liège 32 9 9 14 31 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 16 6 4 6 17 22 -14 36
14 KV Oostende 32 9 6 17 30 59 16 5 2 9 17 35 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 33
15 AS Eupen 32 8 8 16 37 54 16 4 4 8 18 27 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 32 8 8 16 42 64 16 5 4 7 23 30 16 3 4 9 19 34 -22 32
17 RFC Seraing 32 8 3 21 28 64 16 5 3 8 16 28 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 27
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 32 4 4 24 32 68 16 4 1 11 15 30 16 0 3 13 17 38 -36 16

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