Cercle Brugge manager Thalhammer looking for three points in Zulte-Waregem showdown

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

This promises to be another interesting meeting at Jan Breydelstadion in the Pro League. Cercle Brugge is in 16th place and host Zulte-Waregem in 15th spot. Learn more about the match here!

Insights:
  • Cercle Brugge have the fewest scored goals (2) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have yet to win a game away.

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!

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Cercle Brugge's two home games in the Pro League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Jan Breydelstadion.

No payout for Cercle in their previous match, an away game at Genk that ended in defeat 1-2. Midfield player Deman got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Deman scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the match before that, Cercle Brugge hosted Mechelen and drew the game 0-0.

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 9 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.

At Jan Breydelstadion, Cercle Brugge has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

The Pro League season is young and Zulte-Waregem have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Zulte-Waregem might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sporting Charleroi proved too strong as Zulte-Waregem slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Regenboogstadion. Ciranni, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.15. Ciranni served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels.

A loss against Genk was the result prior to that, in a home game.

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 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Zulte-Waregem has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last ten meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Cercle Brugge, one draw and five wins for Zulte-Waregem. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemA. Fadera
A. Fadera
2 goals
Cercle BruggeO. Deman
O. Deman
1 goals
Cercle BruggeL. Torres
L. Torres
1 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Cercle Brugge Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 5
6 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 9
80% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 60%
40% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
60% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
6.2 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 4.6
4.8 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.6
1.6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.8 14.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 12.6
2.4 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.8
17% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 21%
 
13.4 8.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 20.5 14.6
4.4 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cercle Brugge have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cercle Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge have the fewest scored goals (2) in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have scored more than double the goals of Cercle Brugge.
  • Zulte-Waregem have yet to win a game away.
  • Zulte-Waregem haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Cercle Brugge Last season Zulte-Waregem
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 6   Won W   3 8
9 4   Drew D   4 8
13 7   Lost L   10 18
49 23   Scored S   19 42
46 20   Conceded C   37 69
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 88%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 65%
26% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 38%
12% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 21%
62% 53%   BTTS BTTS   59% 59%
24% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 18%
15% 24%   Failed to Score F T   29% 26%
 
5 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.6
4.6 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.9 6.5
2.3 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
4 0   Red cards R C   4 5
 
13.7 15.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.8
4.9 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.8
30% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 33%
 
10.8 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   17.2 16.1
3.9 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.2 5.9

  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 5 4 0 1 15 8 3 3 0 0 9 4 2 1 0 1 6 4 7 12
2 Antwerp 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 12
3 Club Brugge 5 3 1 1 10 6 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 10
4 Anderlecht 4 3 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 6 9
5 Sporting Charleroi 5 3 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 9
6 OH Leuven 5 3 0 2 9 8 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 9
7 Gent 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
8 Mechelen 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
9 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -1 7
10 Westerlo 5 2 0 3 11 11 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 3 5 9 0 6
11 KV Oostende 5 2 0 3 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 6
12 Sint-Truiden 5 1 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 -2 6
13 Kortrijk 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 4
14 Standard Liege 5 1 1 3 8 12 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 4
15 Zulte-Waregem 5 1 1 3 5 9 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 4
16 Cercle Brugge 5 1 1 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 -4 4
17 RFC Seraing 5 1 0 4 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 -4 3
18 AS Eupen 5 1 0 4 6 12 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -6 3

Read more about Pro League

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.