The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Cercle Brugge are in the 10th position while the guesting Zulte-Waregem worry at 16th.
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
3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Cercle Brugge so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Cercle Brugge after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The fans are hoping that Cercle Brugge will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Pro League game against Sporting Charleroi (placed 1st). Before that, Cercle had a home game versus Gent which ended with a victory 5-2.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cercle have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost two.
Cercle are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Jan Breydelstadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 10 goals in 4 matches. Cercle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zulte-Waregem form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Zulte-Waregem seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed Zulte-Waregem's previous game versus Kortrijk (placed 11th), a Pro League 1-0 win played at home. A 0-3 defeat away at KV Oostende before that.
Tomáš Chorý came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Kortrijk last time out, making the manager F. Dury feel like a tactical genius.
Zulte-Waregem are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and seven defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Zulte-Waregem are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Zulte-Waregem have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cercle Brugge won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Zulte-Waregem has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  I. Ugbo 4 goals |  D. Hotič 3 goals | G. Mbenza Kamboleke 2 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Zulte-Waregem missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Zulte-Waregem | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 70% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 10% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | 30 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 38 | 79 |
| 24 | 18 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 13 | 32 |
| 67% | 56% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 38% | 38% |
- Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cercle Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zulte-Waregem 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 | Sporting Charleroi | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Standard Liege | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Genk | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Gent | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 3 |