Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Club Brugge welcomes Anderlecht

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 22.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29062 seats)

The league table in Pro League tells a story about these teams so far, with Club Brugge leading Anderlecht by 9 points. Match preview to follow:

The hosts Club Brugge saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Galatasaray, was also a home game here at Jan Breydelstadion. The away team is better rested.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Pro League, have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Pro League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Club Brugge have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Club Brugge drew their last game, also a home match. Galatasaray was the opponent, 0-0 the score. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Cercle Brugge.

The manager P. Clement will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Francs Borains in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Club Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Club Brugge have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Anderlecht form and stats

The Pro League season is young and Anderlecht have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Anderlecht are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Anderlecht failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Antwerp (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Standard Liège.

The schedule is very tough for Anderlecht now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Belgian Cup game at Beerschot-Wilrijk is waiting in only three days.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Anderlecht have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Club Brugge 4 wins, 3 draws and Anderlecht 3 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Okereke
4 goals / 1 assists
H. Vanaken
3 goals
E. Dennis
2 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Club Brugge Anderlecht
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 1 3 7
4 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
2 2 1 Drew D 1 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
14 7 6 Scored S 0 2 5
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 5 9
83% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 71%
83% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 43%
33% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 43%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 14%
17% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 14%
33% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
67% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 43%
17% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 43%
 
8.2 6.3 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.7 6
2.8 3.3 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.3 2.9
1.5 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2 1.7
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • Anderlecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Anderlecht have yet to win a game away.
  • Club Brugge have not yet lost a game.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have scored more than double the goals of Anderlecht.
  • Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have won significantly less corners at home than away.

Club Brugge
All Pro League Champions League Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
20-08-19 CL LASK Linz 0 - 1 Club Brugge
28-08-19 CL Club Brugge 2 - 1 LASK Linz
01-09-19 PRO Club Brugge 1 - 1 Genk
14-09-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 0 - 2 Club Brugge
18-09-19 CL Club Brugge 0 - 0 Galatasaray
22-09-19 PRO Club Brugge 16:00 Anderlecht
25-09-19 BC Francs Borains 18:30 Club Brugge
28-09-19 PRO Mechelen 16:00 Club Brugge
01-10-19 CL Real Madrid 16:55 Club Brugge
06-10-19 PRO Club Brugge 12:30 Gent
Anderlecht
All Pro League Champions League Europa League Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
09-08-19 PRO Anderlecht 0 - 0 Mechelen
17-08-19 PRO Kortrijk 4 - 2 Anderlecht
23-08-19 PRO Genk 1 - 0 Anderlecht
01-09-19 PRO Anderlecht 1 - 0 Standard Liège
15-09-19 PRO Anderlecht 1 - 2 Antwerp
22-09-19 PRO Club Brugge 16:00 Anderlecht
25-09-19 BC Beerschot-Wilrijk 18:45 Anderlecht
29-09-19 PRO Anderlecht 12:30 Waasland-Beveren
04-10-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 18:30 Anderlecht
20-10-19 PRO Anderlecht 16:00 Sint-Truiden

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Standard Liège 7 5 0 2 17 6 3 3 0 0 10 2 4 2 0 2 7 4 11 15
2 Club Brugge 6 4 2 0 14 2 3 1 2 0 7 1 3 3 0 0 7 1 12 14
3 Mechelen 8 4 2 2 14 11 3 2 1 0 8 4 5 2 1 2 6 7 3 14
4 Royal Excel Mouscron 7 4 2 1 10 7 4 3 1 0 6 1 3 1 1 1 4 6 3 14
5 Gent 6 4 1 1 16 6 4 4 0 0 14 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 10 13
6 Antwerp 6 4 0 2 13 7 2 2 0 0 6 1 4 2 0 2 7 6 6 12
7 Sporting Charleroi 6 3 2 1 11 7 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 1 1 1 6 4 4 11
8 Zulte-Waregem 7 3 2 2 8 8 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 1 2 1 3 5 0 11
9 Genk 7 3 1 3 10 9 3 2 0 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 7 6 1 10
10 KV Oostende 7 3 1 3 10 13 4 2 0 2 6 8 3 1 1 1 4 5 -3 10
11 Kortrijk 8 2 2 4 14 15 4 1 2 1 9 8 4 1 0 3 5 7 -1 8
12 Sint-Truiden 7 2 2 3 5 11 4 1 2 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 2 8 -6 8
13 Anderlecht 7 1 2 4 5 9 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 0 1 2 2 5 -4 5
14 Cercle Brugge 7 1 0 6 6 16 4 1 0 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 4 9 -10 3
15 AS Eupen 7 0 3 4 4 16 4 0 2 2 3 8 3 0 1 2 1 8 -12 3
16 Waasland-Beveren 7 0 2 5 4 18 3 0 0 3 1 11 4 0 2 2 3 7 -14 2

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