The season is still fairly new and the Pro League table has to be read with caution. So far Cercle Brugge find themselves in 4th position and Kortrijk are placed 9th.
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!
Cercle Brugge form and stats
The hosts won their first Pro League game here at Jan Breydelstadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Cercle Brugge last season were 5 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from 14 games.
It's back home for Cercle, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Mechelen away with the result 3-2. D. Hotič, T. Somers and I. Ugbo found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Antwerp in a game that was won 2-1.
Manager P. Clement felt very clever after T. Somers scored the winning goal against Mechelen, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 67th minute.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cercle Brugge have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost five.
Cercle Brugge has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Kortrijk form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Pro League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 14 matches.
There were no winners in Kortrijk's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 0-0 vs AS Eupen (placed 16th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Gent.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Kortrijk in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Kortrijk, one draw and zero defeats.
It's early days yet, but Kortrijk has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cercle Brugge one win, one draw and Kortrijk eight victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Mbenza Kamboleke 2 goals | T. Somers 1 goals |  D. Hotič 1 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Kortrijk missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Kortrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 5.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 3.3 |
| 4.3 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 9 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 83% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 30% |
- Cercle Brugge has the most points from losing position (6)
| Cercle Brugge | Last season | Kortrijk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 54 | 23 | Conceded | C | 22 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 86% | ||
| 62% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 62% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 34% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 55% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 59% | ||
| 17% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 17% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 135 | 67 | Total Shots | T S | 61 | 145 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 78 | ||
| 55% | 70% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 51% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Sporting Charleroi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Cercle Brugge | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Genk | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Antwerp | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Club Brugge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Zulte-Waregem | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Waasland-Beveren | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | OH Leuven | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Gent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 44 | 70 |
| 2 | Gent | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 55 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 54 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 53 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 49 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Genk | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 44 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 43 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 32 | -8 | 36 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -17 | 33 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -23 | 30 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 29 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 31 | -27 | 23 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 31 | -29 | 22 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -39 | 20 |