Season ticket holders at Jan Breydel Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Cercle Brugge languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Zulte-Waregem will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
The visiting Zulte-Waregem played their last game only four days ago, a Belgian Cup match.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
Cercle Brugge's struggle is real here at Jan Breydel Stadium with only 7 points collected from 9 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-6. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Cercle Brugge to get some points in this home game.
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 5th). Before that game, the home loss against Genk with the scoreline 1-2.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cercle Brugge here at Jan Breydel Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cercle Brugge defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Zulte-Waregem form and stats
Playing away, Zulte-Waregem have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Pro League this season.
The supporters enjoyed Zulte-Waregem's previous game versus Sporting Charleroi (placed 5th), a Belgian Cup 2-0 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Sint-Truiden in the Pro League.
Zulte-Waregem have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Zulte-Waregem have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Zulte-Waregem - Cercle Brugge 6-0, played this season. Cercle Brugge-Zulte-Waregem H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cercle Brugge 3 wins, Zulte-Waregem 5 wins, 2 draws. 10 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Larin 7 goals |  G. Bruno 6 goals |   S. Peeters 5 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Zulte-Waregem missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Zulte-Waregem | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 31 |
| 44 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 95% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 89% | 89% |
| 74% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 42% |
| 37% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 63% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 37% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 32% |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 95 | 46 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 53 | 120 |
| 42 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 24 | 60 |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | 52% |
- Cercle Brugge has the most conceded goals (44)
- Cercle Brugge has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
- Cercle Brugge has the the worst goal difference (-28)
- Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cercle Brugge 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 34 | 45 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | Gent | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Standard Liege | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 35 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 7 | Genk | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -15 | 22 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 19 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 18 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -26 | 11 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 27 | -28 | 8 |