The Club Brugge & Antwerp managers P. Clement and L. Bölöni are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pro League league table.
The hosts Club Brugge saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Pro League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sporting Charleroi.
Club Brugge form and stats
Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (50) in Pro League, are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Jan Breydelstadion. 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 11 games. After failing to beat Standard Liege here at Jan Breydelstadion, Club Brugge has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
The home team returns to Jan Breydelstadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Sporting Charleroi (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Pro League game ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Kortrijk that finished 2-2.
The manager P. Clement will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zulte-Waregem in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 11 games), Club Brugge's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Club Brugge have only let in 3 goals at home.
Antwerp form and stats
4-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Antwerp in their Pro League matches away. Things are running smoothly for Antwerp who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Royal Excel Mouscron.
Antwerp are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Pro League against Zulte-Waregem (placed 8th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Kortrijk in the Belgian Cup.
Antwerp has another fixture away, a Belgian Cup game, against Kortrijk in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The travelling fans enjoy Antwerp's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 12 league matches away. Antwerp have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Antwerp - Club Brugge 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Club Brugge victories, three draws and one Antwerp win. four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Mbokani Bezua 15 goals |   H. Vanaken 11 goals |  L. Refaelov 10 goals |
Club Brugge missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Club Brugge | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 50 | 27 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 20 | 43 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 27 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 83% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 65% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 43% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 13% |
| 39% | 27% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 74% |
| 61% | 73% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 22% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 6.5 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 172 | 78 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 73 | 192 |
| 77 | 38 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 33 | 93 |
| 65% | 71% | 250% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 61% | 46% |
- All of Antwerp's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Antwerp is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (14)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (8) at home
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals (50)
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals in the first half (25)
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+39)
- Club Brugge have not yet lost a game at home.
- Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 39 | 54 |
| 2 | Gent | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 45 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 45 |
| 4 | Standard Liege | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 41 |
| 6 | Genk | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 29 |
| 11 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 23 |
| 14 | Waasland-Beveren | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -24 | 20 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -29 | 11 |