Possible nail-biting contest in Club Brugge - Antwerp game

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Club Brugge and Antwerp are both riding high in the Pro League with their 4th and 3rd positions respectively. Let's hope for a fun match!

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Pro League

Brugge is in the 4th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Antwerp are staying put at 3rd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

This looks to be an interesting game with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Club Brugge form and stats

36 points is a decent return from 17 Pro League games here at Jan Breydelstadion for Club Brugge. The data says 10 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Club Brugge to get some points in this home game.

Brugge faced defeat in their previous match, away at Antwerp (2-3). Did Club Brugge get overconfident in their match against Antwerp? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. The defeat against Antwerp was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored seven minutes into stoppage time (by Vermeeren). Lang (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.14/10. Lang signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 10 times.

Ahead of that match, Club Brugge lost 1-2 at home to Union Saint-Gilloise.

This is expected to be a close game, with Club Brugge perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Club Brugge as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Club Brugge has won 0 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Brugge can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 40 times. Club 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 9-4-4 so far. Antwerp are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Antwerp had fun at their own home (Jan Breydelstadion) last time out, beating Club Brugge 3-2. Vermeeren, Janssen and Kerk scored. What a finish in the last match, as Antwerp came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Vermeeren's goal in the 90th minute. The end of the last match, against Club Brugge, was very satisfying as Vermeeren scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Attacker Stengs got a player rating of 7.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Stengs served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Genk.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Antwerp in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Antwerp, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Antwerp have scored 23 goals in 17 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Antwerp - Club Brugge 3-2 was the product when this pair of teams last played each other, some time ago this season. Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Club Brugge, four draws and two wins for Antwerp. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpV. Janssen
V. Janssen
17 goals
BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
13 goals
Club BruggeF. Jutlgà Blanc
F. Jutlgà Blanc
13 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
16 10 3 Won W 3 10 25
11 6 1 Drew D 0 4 6
10 2 1 Lost L 2 4 6
65 41 9 Scored S 5 25 66
44 17 5 Conceded C 6 15 29
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 72% 73%
59% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 46%
32% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 22%
11% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 16%
51% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 28% 35%
35% 39% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 56% 54%
19% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 22% 19%
 
6.4 7.1 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.6 5
3.5 3.1 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 4.7 4.1
2.1 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 1.8 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.3 18.4 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 11.9 13.5
4.5 5.3 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.6 4.9
39% 43% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 30% 37%
 
10.8 9.8 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 11.5 9.8
3.8 2.9 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3.2 3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (10) away in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (20) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most matches under the total-line (20) in Pro League
  • Antwerp is in the best form (6-0-0) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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