Preview: Cercle Brugge likely to triumph over Westerlo at Jan Breydelstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 03.June
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Pro League: The mid-table positions tell a story of the journey Cercle Brugge and Westerlo have been on uptil now. Both teams are ready for the match; let's get this baby out!

Insights:
  • Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Pro League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

All-inclusive Pro League results playing at home this season for Cercle Brugge are 8-7-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Cercle enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Standard Liège's place. The match ended 4-0 with Francis, Denkey, Ueda and Marcelin scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Cercle Brugge played a great game against Standard Liège and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The versatile forward Gboho outdid all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.03 out of 10. Gboho served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

2-2 away at Gent before that.

Cercle Brugge have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jan Breydelstadion with 31 goals in 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cercle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Westerlo form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

Home advantage was not enough for Westerlo in their previous game as they lost hosting Gent, 1-3. Dorgeles, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.14. Dorgeles dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 20 successful passes (of 22 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Standard Liège.

Goal alert! This team have played 5 consecutive league games all ending with three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).

Westerlo find the net regularly in their away games. 21 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Westerlo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; Westerlo - Cercle 3-5. Last ten meetings between these sides: Cercle Brugge won five, Westerlo triumphed in four and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CercleA. Ueda
A. Ueda
22 goals
WesterloN. Dorgeles
N. Dorgeles
13 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Denkey
A. Denkey
11 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Westerlo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge Westerlo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 4 Played P 4 19 39
15 8 4 Won W 2 6 15
13 8 0 Drew D 1 6 10
11 3 0 Lost L 1 7 14
61 31 10 Scored S 4 24 71
55 22 3 Conceded C 4 32 66
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 95% 95%
82% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 84% 87%
54% 47% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 42% 59%
38% 42% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 26% 44%
15% 16% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 16% 31%
62% 63% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 58% 62%
21% 21% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 26% 28%
26% 26% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 21% 15%
 
5.5 6.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.4 4.7
4.6 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 6.1 5.8
2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.7
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
13.7 14.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.6 11.8
4.6 4.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 4.3
34% 34% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 40% 42%
 
10.8 8.6 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 15.1 13.8
3.9 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.3 4.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Westerlo have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Pro League
  • Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (27) 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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.