Club Brugge expected to show superhero qualities when AS Eupen visits

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 26.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

It's advantage Club Brugge so far with their 1st position in the Pro League table, welcoming AS Eupen who are placed 12th.

Insights:
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pro League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Club Brugge form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Club Brugge, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pro League, have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.

The Brugge crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Gent here at Jan Breydelstadion in a Pro League match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Mechelen and winning 3-0.

Brugge has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Brugge have conceded only 7 goals.

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AS Eupen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

It's the second away game in a row for AS Eupen, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 7th) in the Pro League last time out. A draw for AS Eupen before that, at their own venue hosting Mechelen (1-1).

Eupen find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Eupen have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: AS Eupen - Club Brugge 0-4. Club Brugge-AS Eupen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Brugge seven wins, AS Eupen one win, two draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeK. Diatta
K. Diatta
9 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
5 goals
AS EupenJ. Ngoy
J. Ngoy
4 goals

Club Brugge missing players

AS Eupen missing players

Club Brugge AS Eupen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 4 8 15
11 5 1 Won W 0 2 4
3 1 0 Drew D 3 5 8
4 3 2 Lost L 1 1 3
35 13 1 Scored S 4 9 18
12 7 2 Conceded C 8 10 21
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 93%
67% 44% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 87%
56% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 47%
28% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 33%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 67%
44% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 20%
22% 33% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.4 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 7.3 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.2 10.2
4.3 2.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.6 4.1
45% 50% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 24% 29%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (8) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+23) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • 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 18 11 3 4 35 12 9 5 1 3 13 7 9 6 2 1 22 5 23 36
2 Genk 17 10 4 3 37 21 9 6 2 1 23 10 8 4 2 2 14 11 16 34
3 Sporting Charleroi 18 10 3 5 29 20 9 5 1 3 11 6 9 5 2 2 18 14 9 33
4 Anderlecht 18 7 8 3 28 22 9 5 4 0 13 6 9 2 4 3 15 16 6 29
5 OH Leuven 18 8 5 5 33 29 9 5 2 2 14 11 9 3 3 3 19 18 4 29
6 Antwerp 18 8 4 6 31 26 9 4 3 2 15 12 9 4 1 4 16 14 5 28
7 Beerschot-Wilrijk 16 9 1 6 39 37 8 6 0 2 23 15 8 3 1 4 16 22 2 28
8 Gent 18 8 1 9 28 26 9 4 1 4 16 13 9 4 0 5 12 13 2 25
9 Standard Liège 18 6 7 5 21 19 9 3 5 1 11 9 9 3 2 4 10 10 2 25
10 Kortrijk 18 6 5 7 23 27 9 3 2 4 16 19 9 3 3 3 7 8 -4 23
11 KV Oostende 17 6 4 7 22 21 8 4 2 2 16 10 9 2 2 5 6 11 1 22
12 AS Eupen 15 4 8 3 18 21 7 2 3 2 9 11 8 2 5 1 9 10 -3 20
13 Zulte-Waregem 17 5 3 9 22 32 9 1 2 6 10 21 8 4 1 3 12 11 -10 18
14 Cercle Brugge 17 6 0 11 25 32 9 3 0 6 16 19 8 3 0 5 9 13 -7 18
15 Waasland-Beveren 18 5 3 10 24 38 9 2 1 6 10 19 9 3 2 4 14 19 -14 18
16 Mechelen 18 4 5 9 26 35 9 1 2 6 14 20 9 3 3 3 12 15 -9 17
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 18 4 5 9 15 28 9 2 3 4 9 11 9 2 2 5 6 17 -13 17
18 Sint-Truiden 17 3 5 9 20 30 8 2 3 3 9 9 9 1 2 6 11 21 -10 14

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.