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- Sint-Truiden have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Pro League
Sint-Truiden are still fighting for top positions and their benefits. 14 - 8 - 15 with 38-45. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Sint-Truiden when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Sint-Truiden play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
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 story so far in the Pro League for Cercle Brugge at their home stadium (Jan Breydelstadion) is 7 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats.
No payout for Cercle Brugge in their previous match, an away game at Antwerp that ended in defeat 1-2. The versatile forward Hotić outdid all others in that game and got a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Hotić scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, Cercle had a home game versus Kortrijk which ended with a victory 2-0.Some goal stats: A review of the 13 latest league games reveals that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.
The Cercle Brugge fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 16 league matches. Cercle Brugge have conceded 17 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sint-Truiden form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. It's all red in the travel logs of Sint-Truiden, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Sint-Truiden are travelling after their nice 5-0 home win in the match against KV Oostende (placed 17th). As you can tell from the results above, Sint-Truiden was very dominant against KV Oostende, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Dumont, Bruno (2), Teixeira and Reitz providing the goals. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Bruno and that is quite the feat! Bruno, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.32. Bruno scored two goals, served one assist and hit four key passes.
A 1-2 defeat away at Union Saint-Gilloise before that.As opposed to that, Sint-Truiden have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have fought before this season: Sint-Truiden - Cercle 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Cercle Brugge victories, one draw and three Sint-Truiden wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Bruno 17 goals |   A. Ueda 15 goals |  A. Denkey 8 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Sint-Truiden missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Sint-Truiden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 44 | 28 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 43 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 36 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 91% |
| 81% | 81% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 69% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 28% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 16% |
| 12% | 19% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 6% | 6% |
| 62% | 69% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 44% | 44% |
| 19% | 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 28% |
| 25% | 19% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 38% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 13.4 | 15.7 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.9 | 11.2 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| 33% | 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 47% | 43% |
| 10.8 | 8.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 12 | 11.1 |
| 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
- Sint-Truiden have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Pro League
- Sint-Truiden have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Pro League
| 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 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 38 | 71 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 64 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 69 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 31 | 66 |
| 4 | Gent | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 62 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 27 | 55 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 55 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 52 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 60 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 49 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 47 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 46 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 44 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 42 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 42 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 60 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 34 | -20 | 33 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 31 | -21 | 31 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -24 | 28 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 43 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -31 | 24 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 35 | 71 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 42 | -36 | 24 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 32 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 37 | -39 | 19 |
