Cercle Brugge hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 17th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Mechelen holds 11th place with 33 pts.
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Pro League
- Mechelen has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Pro League
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 Mechelen.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
Cercle Brugge's struggle is real here at Jan Breydelstadion with only 9 points collected from 12 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-0-9. Cercle are slowly digging their own grave here at Jan Breydelstadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Gent match.
A good away victory last time out for Cercle Brugge, who won 3-1 against OH Leuven (placed 9th). A Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Sint-Truiden.
A decent goal production from Cercle in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Cercle with 24 goals conceded in these matches.
Mechelen form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Mechelen playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Antwerp game have they lost an away game, meaning Mechelen has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Mechelen had fun at their own home (Jan Breydelstadion) last time out, beating RWDM 2-0. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Genk in the Pro League.
Mechelen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 16 goals have been scored. As for defending, Mechelen rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cercle Brugge and Mechelen have met before this season: Mechelen - Cercle 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cercle four wins, one draw and Mechelen five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Ugbo 11 goals |   G. Hairemans 8 goals |  A. Musaba 6 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 30 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 38 |
| 44 | 24 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 76% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 80% |
| 64% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 64% | 72% |
| 20% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 44% |
| 16% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 24% |
| 56% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 73% | 60% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 24% |
| 36% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6.4 | 5.9 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 11 | 9.8 |
| 2.9 | 3.5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
| 42% | 43% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | 36% |
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechelen has the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Pro League
- Mechelen has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Pro League
- Mechelen 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 | Club Brugge | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 3 | Genk | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 43 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Gent | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |