Season ticket holders at Jan Breydelstadion haven't seen too many victories this season, with Cercle Brugge languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Mechelen will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Cercle Brugge form and stats
With 3 Pro League wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Cercle Brugge, who have the most conceded goals (50) in Pro League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's trouble wherever Cercle Brugge are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. The Cercle Brugge manager B. Storck might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The fans are hoping that Cercle Brugge will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Pro League game against AS Eupen (placed 13th). Preceding that match was the home game against Anderlecht that was lost 1-2.
The Cercle Brugge fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 12 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.
Mechelen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Mechelen failed to get anything from their last game, a Pro League home match vs Gent (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-3. The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Standard Liège.
Mechelen has another fixture away, a Pro League game, against Sporting Charleroi in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Mechelen find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Mechelen have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Mechelen - Cercle Brugge 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cercle Brugge two wins, one draw and Mechelen seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Rinck de Camargo 8 goals | W. Togui 7 goals |   S. Peeters 5 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 20 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 11 | 15 | 33 |
| 50 | 21 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 87% |
| 67% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 64% | 70% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 18% | 39% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 13% |
| 58% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 45% | 57% |
| 8% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | 17% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 30% |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 116 | 62 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 39 | 151 |
| 41 | 21 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 18 | 70 |
| 49% | 57% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 83% | 47% |
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest points (10) at home
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- Cercle Brugge has the most conceded goals (50)
- Cercle Brugge has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
- Cercle Brugge has the the worst goal difference (-30)
- Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cercle Brugge is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Mechelen has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
- Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 40 | 57 |
| 2 | Gent | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 48 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 45 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 6 | Genk | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -4 | 34 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 29 |
| 11 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 26 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -29 | 20 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 29 | -30 | 11 |