Cercle Brugge vs KV Oostende pre-match info: Guests face a back-breaking task at Jan Breydelstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Get ready for Pro League and Cercle Brugge - KV Oostende. In this pre-match guide you'll find stats, results, analysis, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cercle and KV Oostende.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 12 games. Cercle Brugge has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Jan Breydelstadion. We remember; it was Sporting Charleroi.

Cercle Brugge are returning here after visiting Anderlecht and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Matondo and Kanouté scored the goal(s). The gifted forward Matondo outperformed all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.71 out of 10. Matondo scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Zulte-Waregem.

The Cercle Brugge fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Cercle Brugge's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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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KV Oostende form and stats

KV Oostende have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 3-2-6 (11 played).

KV Oostende are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Gent (placed 5th). D'Haese, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.33. D'Haese served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 1-2 loss hosting Antwerp before that.

Goals are few and far between in KV Oostende's away league games. Only 11 goals from 11 travels. KV Oostende have conceded 17 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

KV Oostende - Cercle null was the scoreline in these participants' last h2h game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cercle Brugge one win, four draws and KV Oostende five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KV OostendeM. Gueye
M. Gueye
11 goals
Cercle BruggeR. Matondo
R. Matondo
6 goals
Cercle BruggeD. Hotič
D. Hotič
5 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

KV Oostende missing players

Cercle Brugge KV Oostende
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 11 23
10 4 2 Won W 1 3 7
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
10 6 1 Lost L 2 6 13
35 15 7 Scored S 5 11 25
29 15 4 Conceded C 6 17 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 78%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 57%
17% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 30%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 17%
62% 58% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 48%
25% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 9%
12% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 43%
 
4.5 4.9 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.3 5.8
4.7 3.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.3 5.1
2.5 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
13.1 14.1 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.3 11.7
4.9 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.2 3.6
30% 26% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 31% 30%
 
10 10 11 Shots against (avg) S A 17.8 16.3 14.3
3.5 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.6 5.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KV Oostende 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 23 17 2 4 56 21 12 8 1 3 25 12 11 9 1 1 31 9 35 53
2 Antwerp 23 13 5 5 43 26 12 7 3 2 25 13 11 6 2 3 18 13 17 44
3 Club Brugge 23 12 8 3 45 30 11 6 5 0 24 12 12 6 3 3 21 18 15 44
4 Anderlecht 24 11 9 4 52 29 12 5 5 2 26 17 12 6 4 2 26 12 23 42
5 Gent 24 10 7 7 36 25 12 7 3 2 25 14 12 3 4 5 11 11 11 37
6 Sporting Charleroi 24 10 7 7 39 33 12 4 4 4 14 13 12 6 3 3 25 20 6 37
7 Cercle Brugge 24 10 4 10 35 29 12 4 2 6 15 15 12 6 2 4 20 14 6 34
8 Kortrijk 23 8 10 5 30 26 10 4 4 2 13 11 13 4 6 3 17 15 4 34
9 Mechelen 22 10 3 9 37 38 12 7 2 3 23 16 10 3 1 6 14 22 -1 33
10 Genk 23 9 5 9 45 36 11 5 3 3 24 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 9 32
11 Sint-Truiden 24 8 4 12 26 35 12 4 2 6 17 19 12 4 2 6 9 16 -9 28
12 Standard Liege 23 7 7 9 27 37 11 2 4 5 11 18 12 5 3 4 16 19 -10 28
13 OH Leuven 23 6 9 8 31 38 11 4 3 4 14 17 12 2 6 4 17 21 -7 27
14 AS Eupen 24 7 5 12 31 41 12 3 3 6 13 21 12 4 2 6 18 20 -10 26
15 KV Oostende 23 7 3 13 25 46 12 4 1 7 14 29 11 3 2 6 11 17 -21 24
16 Zulte-Waregem 23 6 6 11 33 49 12 3 3 6 18 28 11 3 3 5 15 21 -16 24
17 RFC Seraing 24 7 1 16 26 50 12 5 1 6 15 21 12 2 0 10 11 29 -24 22
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 23 3 3 17 20 48 12 3 0 9 8 21 11 0 3 8 12 27 -28 12

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.