Another interesting game in the Pro League. Club Brugge is in the 3rd position after playing two matches. They welcome Cercle Brugge who are placed 5th after two games.
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.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Club Brugge form and stats
A Pro League draw at home so far for Club Brugge. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 3 matches.
A good away victory last time out for Club Brugge, who won 1-0 against Union Saint-Gilloise (placed 7th). Defender Eduard Sobol got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.15/10. Sobol scored one goal and won 6 of 9 duels. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of P. Clement when Eduard Sobol scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus AS Eupen.Brugge are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew two and lost one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Club Brugge at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Pro League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats from 17 matches.
Cercle played 1-1 against OH Leuven in their previous match. Midfield player Dimitar Velkovski was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.05/10. Velkovski hit one key pass. The draw against OH Leuven came from a losing position. The Cercle manager Y. Vanderhaeghe brought on Waldo Rubio Marin as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Beerschot-Wilrijk.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Cercle played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.
Cercle Brugge have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Club Brugge-Cercle Brugge H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Brugge eight wins, Cercle Brugge zero wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Sobol 1 goals |  C. De Ketelaere 1 goals |  B. Dost 1 goals |
Club Brugge missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Club Brugge | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8.5 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.5 | 21 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 8.5 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Club Brugge | Last season | Cercle Brugge | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 20 | ||
| 81 | 39 | Scored | S | 15 | 40 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Conceded | C | 25 | 51 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 74% | ||
| 70% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 6% | 15% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 15% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 38% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 44% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kortrijk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Sporting Charleroi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Standard Liege | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cercle Brugge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Sint-Truiden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | RFC Seraing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | AS Eupen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | OH Leuven | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Genk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Gent | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Anderlecht | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Antwerp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 44 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 44 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 35 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 33 |