Cercle Brugge vs Kortrijk preview: Away team will have a grim task at Jan Breydelstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Cercle Brugge are ready for a new test after their 2-2 vs Genk previously. Kortrijk are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Cercle Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Cercle Brugge at their home stadium (Jan Breydelstadion) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

The spoils were shared in Cercle's previous game, also at home. Visiting Genk (placed 8th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Midfielder Hotić was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.42 (out of ten) in that game. Hotić served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Mechelen that finished 2-2.

Cercle Brugge has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Cercle Brugge have conceded 18 goals.

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Kortrijk form and stats

Playing away, Kortrijk have won 4 games, drawn 6 and suffered 5 defeats in the Pro League this season. Kortrijk seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Home advantage was not enough for Kortrijk in their previous game as they lost hosting Union Saint-Gilloise, 2-3. Selemani got a match rating of 9.03 in that game, top player of the team. Selemani scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Genk's place.

Kortrijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Kortrijk have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Kortrijk - Cercle 0-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Cercle Brugge wins - draws - Kortrijk wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
13 goals
Cercle BruggeR. Matondo
R. Matondo
9 goals
CercleD. Hotič
D. Hotič
6 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge Kortrijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
11 5 0 Won W 1 4 9
7 3 2 Drew D 1 6 10
12 7 2 Lost L 2 5 11
44 19 4 Scored S 4 18 39
38 18 6 Conceded C 5 19 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 87%
50% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 40%
23% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 27%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
63% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 53%
23% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 27%
13% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 20%
 
5.1 5.7 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.9 4.4
4.6 3.7 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.5 5.8
2.4 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.7 2.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
13.8 14.8 20.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.7 12.3
5.1 5.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.2
29% 25% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 31%
 
10.5 10.3 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 22.5 17.1 15.6
3.7 3.7 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 4.7 4.5
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.
  • Kortrijk 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 30 21 4 5 65 24 15 9 2 4 26 13 15 12 2 1 39 11 41 67
2 Club Brugge 30 17 9 4 61 34 15 8 6 1 31 15 15 9 3 3 30 19 27 60
3 Antwerp 30 17 5 8 51 35 15 8 3 4 28 18 15 9 2 4 23 17 16 56
4 Anderlecht 30 15 10 5 63 32 15 8 5 2 35 18 15 7 5 3 28 14 31 55
5 Gent 30 15 7 8 46 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 6 4 5 15 12 18 52
6 Mechelen 29 14 5 10 51 49 15 9 3 3 31 20 14 5 2 7 20 29 2 47
7 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 8 9 45 40 15 5 5 5 16 16 15 8 3 4 29 24 5 47
8 Genk 30 13 6 11 58 43 15 9 3 3 34 17 15 4 3 8 24 26 15 45
9 Cercle Brugge 30 11 7 12 44 38 15 5 3 7 19 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 6 40
10 Sint-Truiden 30 11 6 13 33 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 15 6 3 6 13 17 -5 39
11 Kortrijk 30 9 10 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 21 20 15 4 6 5 18 19 0 37
12 OH Leuven 29 9 10 10 40 47 14 6 4 4 19 20 15 3 6 6 21 27 -7 37
13 Standard Liege 30 8 9 13 30 44 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 5 4 6 16 22 -14 33
14 KV Oostende 30 9 5 16 28 55 15 5 2 8 16 32 15 4 3 8 12 23 -27 32
15 AS Eupen 30 8 7 15 36 50 15 4 3 8 17 26 15 4 4 7 19 24 -14 31
16 Zulte-Waregem 30 7 8 15 39 63 15 4 4 7 20 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -24 29
17 RFC Seraing 30 7 2 21 26 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 15 2 0 13 11 36 -37 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 30 4 4 22 30 63 15 4 1 10 15 28 15 0 3 12 15 35 -33 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 30 21 4 5 65 24 15 9 2 4 26 13 15 12 2 1 39 11 41 67
2 Club Brugge 30 17 9 4 61 34 15 8 6 1 31 15 15 9 3 3 30 19 27 60
3 Antwerp 30 17 5 8 51 35 15 8 3 4 28 18 15 9 2 4 23 17 16 56
4 Anderlecht 30 15 10 5 63 32 15 8 5 2 35 18 15 7 5 3 28 14 31 55
5 Gent 30 15 7 8 46 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 6 4 5 15 12 18 52
6 Mechelen 29 14 5 10 51 49 15 9 3 3 31 20 14 5 2 7 20 29 2 47
7 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 8 9 45 40 15 5 5 5 16 16 15 8 3 4 29 24 5 47
8 Genk 30 13 6 11 58 43 15 9 3 3 34 17 15 4 3 8 24 26 15 45
9 Cercle Brugge 30 11 7 12 44 38 15 5 3 7 19 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 6 40
10 Sint-Truiden 30 11 6 13 33 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 15 6 3 6 13 17 -5 39
11 Kortrijk 30 9 10 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 21 20 15 4 6 5 18 19 0 37
12 OH Leuven 29 9 10 10 40 47 14 6 4 4 19 20 15 3 6 6 21 27 -7 37
13 Standard Liege 30 8 9 13 30 44 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 5 4 6 16 22 -14 33
14 KV Oostende 30 9 5 16 28 55 15 5 2 8 16 32 15 4 3 8 12 23 -27 32
15 AS Eupen 30 8 7 15 36 50 15 4 3 8 17 26 15 4 4 7 19 24 -14 31
16 Zulte-Waregem 30 7 8 15 39 63 15 4 4 7 20 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -24 29
17 RFC Seraing 30 7 2 21 26 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 15 2 0 13 11 36 -37 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 30 4 4 22 30 63 15 4 1 10 15 28 15 0 3 12 15 35 -33 16

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