Cercle Brugge v Gent betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Cercle Brugge will aim to use their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s adversaries. The home side are currently 6 points behind Gent.

Insights:
  • Gent have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Pro League

This looks to be an intriguing game with lots of action and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Cercle Brugge have played 17 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-7-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Cercle Brugge against Westerlo the last match, as Lopes, Somers (2) and Ueda (2) were on target. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Ueda, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 9.42 (out of 10). Ueda scored two goals, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Standard Liège.

Take note: 13 of the most recent 17 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

The Cercle fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 17 league matches. 18 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gent form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Gent, who have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Pro League, playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

Two away games in a row for Gent, whose coach Vanhaezebrouck could celebrate last time after the win against Standard Liège. Attacker Cuypers got a player rating of 8.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Cuypers scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Before that, Gent secured a home win against Westerlo with the score 3-1.

Both teams to score at least one goal each? This club's latest statistics suggest that, having finished 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each side.

The Gent manager Vanhaezebrouck has got the team scoring on the road, with 36 away goals in 17 league matches. As opposed to that, Gent have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled before this season: Cercle Brugge - Gent 3-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cercle Brugge victories, one draw and five Gent wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
21 goals
CercleA. Ueda
A. Ueda
20 goals
GentG. Orban
G. Orban
11 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
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
14 8 0 Won W 2 8 18
12 8 5 Drew D 2 4 8
10 2 1 Lost L 1 6 10
55 31 5 Scored S 9 38 69
49 18 7 Conceded C 6 23 40
92% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
81% 78% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 89% 86%
50% 44% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 61% 58%
33% 39% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 44% 31%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 22% 17%
64% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 53%
19% 22% 17% Clean Sheets C S 40% 28% 36%
25% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 17%
 
5.5 6.4 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.6 6.1
4.6 4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 4 4.1
2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.3 1.4
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
13.8 15.3 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 12 13.9
4.4 4.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.7 4.9
35% 36% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 45% 39%
 
10.5 8.2 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 10.1 9.6
3.7 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gent have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Pro League
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 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 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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