Club Brugge vs Antwerp preview for betting prediction

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Club Brugge and Antwerp are both riding high in the Pro League with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Club Brugge are already the Pro League winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Antwerp have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 2nd place no matter what happens.

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Club Brugge form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Jan Breydelstadion as Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League, have scored 34 goals to get 37 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 12-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 181 minutes without scoring a league goal. B. Dost was the last player to find the net.

The goalie Simon Mignolet was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.42 out of ten. Mignolet stopped the opponent with two saves.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Genk.

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

Goals decide football matches and Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 17 league matches. Brugge are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jan Breydelstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 17 matches.

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Antwerp form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Antwerp have produced an overall stat of 9-2-6 so far.

Jean Butez was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.43. The agile goalkeeper Butez stopped the opponent with three saves.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Anderlecht that ended 2-2.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Antwerp manager F. Vercauteren as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Genk.

Antwerp are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 17 away games so far. As opposed to that, Antwerp have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Antwerp - Brugge 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Brugge victories, two draws and three Antwerp wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeN. Lang
N. Lang
15 goals
AntwerpD. Mbokani Bezua
D. Mbokani Bezua
13 goals
BruggeB. Dost
B. Dost
9 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Antwerp missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Club Brugge Antwerp
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
24 12 4 Won W 0 9 18
6 2 1 Drew D 3 3 8
7 4 0 Lost L 2 6 11
75 36 13 Scored S 6 29 61
31 17 6 Conceded C 9 25 53
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
81% 72% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 89% 81%
68% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 57%
27% 33% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 41%
11% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 30%
46% 44% 80% BTTS BTTS 80% 56% 62%
41% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 22%
19% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 22% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
9.9 9.6 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 9.8 10
4.6 4.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.3 4.4
44% 47% 81% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 37% 37%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most clean sheets (15) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most points (37) at home in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+47) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liège 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

Table
  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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liège 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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