Both Cercle Brugge and Union Saint-Gilloise are longing for points in this game, despite the guesting team having a 8 point edge so far this season.
- Cercle Brugge have yet to win a game at home.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Pro League
This promises to be an appealing match with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Cercle Brugge form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Cercle Brugge at their home stadium (Jan Breydelstadion) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Game days at Jan Breydelstadion have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Cercle Brugge as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The fans are hoping that Cercle will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Pro League game against Gent (placed 13th). Midfielder Charles Vanhoutte was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Vanhoutte hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Ahead of that match, Cercle lost 1-2 at home to AS Eupen.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cercle here at Jan Breydelstadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Cercle have conceded 6 from these games.
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Union Saint-Gilloise, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Pro League, playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Saint-Gilloise in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Antwerp, 1-2. Attacker Deniz Undav got a player rating of 8.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Undav scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 7-0 against FC Lebbeke in the Belgian Cup.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Saint-Gilloise are regular goalscorers on their travels. Union Saint-Gilloise have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Cercle, two draws and four wins for Union Saint-Gilloise. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Undav 7 goals |  D. Vanzeir 5 goals |   A. Millán Iranzo 3 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Union Saint-Gilloise | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 33% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 5.7 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 14.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| 32% | 20% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 33% |
- All of Union Saint-Gilloise's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cercle Brugge have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cercle Brugge have yet to win a game at home.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cercle Brugge have scored home.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Pro League
- Union Saint-Gilloise have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Union Saint-Gilloise 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 | Club Brugge | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | AS Eupen | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Genk | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Gent | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | OH Leuven | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -15 | 1 |