Cercle Brugge vs RFC Seraing pre-match info: Visitors in for a back-breaking 90 minutes at Jan Breydelstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

The home fans bank on a win in this game, and the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Cercle Brugge are in 8th place while the guesting RFC Seraing stress at 18th.

Insights:
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (24) in Pro League

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

When playing at home in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 13 games. Cercle are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

Cercle Brugge drew their last game, 2-2 away at AS Eupen (placed 15th). Midfielder Siquet was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Siquet hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Club Brugge that ended 2-2.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.

A decent goal production from Cercle Brugge in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. On the other hand, Cercle have conceded 15 goals.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

RFC Seraing have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 4-1-8 (13 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Legros, the RFC Seraing manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Mechelen with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Sissoko was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.04. Sissoko hit one key pass.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Zulte-Waregem.

Seraing have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away 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. RFC Seraing have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent match: RFC Seraing - Cercle Brugge 0-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous five meetings): Cercle won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and RFC Seraing have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeA. Ueda
A. Ueda
11 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Denkey
A. Denkey
8 goals
RFC SeraingM. Mouandilmadji
M. Mouandilmadji
7 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

RFC Seraing missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge RFC Seraing
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
9 5 1 Won W 1 4 5
10 6 3 Drew D 0 1 4
8 2 0 Lost L 3 8 18
37 22 8 Scored S 3 17 24
37 15 4 Conceded C 11 30 51
93% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 81%
48% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 85% 56%
30% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 54% 30%
15% 23% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 11%
63% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 62% 52%
19% 15% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 4%
26% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 44%
 
5.7 6.4 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.2 3.5
4.8 4.2 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.8 7 6.5
1.9 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 7
 
13.3 15 18 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7 8.3
4.1 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.4 2.3
34% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 55% 39%
 
11.1 8.9 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17 15.4 14.4
3.7 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 6.2 4.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of RFC Seraing's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (24) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing 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 Genk 27 21 3 3 65 25 14 12 1 1 36 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 40 66
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 17 5 5 55 33 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 8 3 3 30 21 22 56
3 Antwerp 26 16 5 5 45 23 13 10 2 1 28 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 22 53
4 Club Brugge 26 11 10 5 45 32 13 6 6 1 27 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 43
5 Gent 26 12 6 8 46 30 13 7 3 3 22 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 16 42
6 Westerlo 27 12 6 9 53 45 14 7 3 4 35 22 13 5 3 5 18 23 8 42
7 Standard Liege 26 12 5 9 42 34 13 7 2 4 25 14 13 5 3 5 17 20 8 41
8 Cercle Brugge 27 9 10 8 37 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 4 4 6 15 22 0 37
9 Anderlecht 26 10 5 11 38 35 13 5 2 6 21 18 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 35
10 Sint-Truiden 26 9 8 9 26 29 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 5 3 15 14 -3 35
11 OH Leuven 26 8 8 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 25 9 5 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -4 32
13 Mechelen 26 8 6 12 37 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 12 2 1 9 10 23 -9 30
14 Kortrijk 27 7 6 14 33 50 13 3 4 6 13 24 14 4 2 8 20 26 -17 27
15 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 34 53 14 4 3 7 17 23 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 5 8 14 35 57 14 3 4 7 23 35 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 23
17 KV Oostende 27 5 5 17 26 57 13 4 1 8 13 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -31 20
18 RFC Seraing 27 5 4 18 24 51 14 1 3 10 7 21 13 4 1 8 17 30 -27 19

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 Genk 27 21 3 3 65 25 14 12 1 1 36 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 40 66
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 17 5 5 55 33 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 8 3 3 30 21 22 56
3 Antwerp 26 16 5 5 45 23 13 10 2 1 28 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 22 53
4 Club Brugge 26 11 10 5 45 32 13 6 6 1 27 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 43
5 Gent 26 12 6 8 46 30 13 7 3 3 22 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 16 42
6 Westerlo 27 12 6 9 53 45 14 7 3 4 35 22 13 5 3 5 18 23 8 42
7 Standard Liege 26 12 5 9 42 34 13 7 2 4 25 14 13 5 3 5 17 20 8 41
8 Cercle Brugge 27 9 10 8 37 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 4 4 6 15 22 0 37
9 Anderlecht 26 10 5 11 38 35 13 5 2 6 21 18 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 35
10 Sint-Truiden 26 9 8 9 26 29 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 5 3 15 14 -3 35
11 OH Leuven 26 8 8 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 25 9 5 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -4 32
13 Mechelen 26 8 6 12 37 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 12 2 1 9 10 23 -9 30
14 Kortrijk 27 7 6 14 33 50 13 3 4 6 13 24 14 4 2 8 20 26 -17 27
15 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 34 53 14 4 3 7 17 23 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 5 8 14 35 57 14 3 4 7 23 35 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 23
17 KV Oostende 27 5 5 17 26 57 13 4 1 8 13 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -31 20
18 RFC Seraing 27 5 4 18 24 51 14 1 3 10 7 21 13 4 1 8 17 30 -27 19

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