Gent go on their trip to Cercle Brugge and Jan Breydelstadion loaded with confidence, but the hosting team is hard to beat. More info on the match here!
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
- Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Both participants have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an active game!
Cercle Brugge form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Cercle Brugge have to build on here at Jan Breydelstadion in the Pro League.
It's back home for Cercle, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating KV Oostende away with the result 2-1. Hotić and Ueda found the net in that victory. At last, a league win after four fixtures without one. The victory against KV Oostende came after Hotić's winning goal. The Cercle Brugge manager Muslić was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 88th minute. Ravych was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Ravych won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that, Cercle drew at home versus Union Saint-Gilloise.If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 14 latest league games highlights that 11 of them had goals from both teams.
Cercle Brugge have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jan Breydelstadion with 16 goals in 10 league matches.
Gent form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Gent have produced an overall stat of 5-2-4 so far.
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 Paul Nardi is eager to challenge this, with his 196 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away games in a row for Gent, whose manager Vanhaezebrouck could celebrate last time after the win against Sint-Truiden. Attacker Cuypers got a player rating of 8.71 in the game. "Man of the match" Cuypers scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Sporting Charleroi.Observe: 9 of the last 12 league games involving this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
Gent has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the sides met previously this campaign; Gent - Cercle 3-4. Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Cercle Brugge won three, Gent were winners in six and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Cuypers 13 goals |   A. Ueda 8 goals |  A. Denkey 6 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Gent missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 29 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 37 |
| 30 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 77% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | 82% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 55% |
| 23% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 23% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 59% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 41% |
| 27% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 12.7 | 14.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.4 | 13.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 35% | 36% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | 35% |
| 11.7 | 9.1 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 10.5 | 9.3 |
| 4 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) 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 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 33 | 55 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 49 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 45 |
| 4 | Gent | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 38 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 37 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -18 | 21 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -16 | 20 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -17 | 20 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -26 | 17 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -19 | 15 |
