The league table in Pro League tells a story about these teams so far, with Club Brugge leading Cercle Brugge by 44 points. Match preview to follow:
Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Club Brugge have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. Cercle Brugge are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Club Brugge form and stats
Home games in the Pro League have been a walk in the park for Club Brugge so far, with 36 points won from 14 matches; 11 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Club Brugge has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Antwerp defeat 118 days ago. Ever since the Standard Liège game Club Brugge has been unbeatable here at Jan Breydelstadion producing eight straight wins.
It's back home for Club Brugge, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Genk away with the result 2-1. M. Rits and C. De Ketelaere found the net in that victory. Prior to that, an away loss at Manchester United in the Europa League.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Club Brugge home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Club Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 31 on target from 14 league matches. Defensively Club Brugge have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 14 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
There's been little loot from Cercle Brugge's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 14 away games in the Pro League. Cercle Brugge only have 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 1 draw. The fact that Cercle Brugge have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Cercle Brugge are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cercle Brugge goalkeeper Lennart Moser is eager to challenge this, with his 278 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
K. Hoggas scored in Cercle Brugge's previous match, the home game against Gent that ended 1-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against Royal Excel Mouscron with the score of 1-0.
You'll want to know how Cercle Brugge managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and five home wins.
The attacking power of Cercle Brugge when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Cercle Brugge have conceded 29 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Cercle Brugge - Club Brugge 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Club Brugge seven wins, two draws and Cercle Brugge one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vanaken 12 goals | D. Okereke 9 goals | K. Diatta 6 goals |
Club Brugge missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Club Brugge | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 56 | 31 | 11 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 11 | 29 | 52 |
| 89% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 71% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 61% |
| 21% | 21% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 29% |
| 7% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 11% |
| 39% | 29% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 54% |
| 61% | 71% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 11% | 7% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 29% |
| 6.4 | 6.1 | 9.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 197 | 95 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 63 | 130 |
| 87 | 43 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 23 | 46 |
| 64% | 72% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 43% | 57% |
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- Cercle Brugge has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
- Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (13)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Club Brugge has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (10) at home
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (17)
- Club Brugge has the most matches under the total-line (17)
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+43)
- Club Brugge have not yet lost a game at home.
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge have scored more than double the goals of Cercle Brugge.
- Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 67 |
| 2 | Gent | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 55 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 23 | 51 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 48 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 43 |
| 7 | Genk | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 41 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 40 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Kortrijk | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -3 | 33 |
| 11 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -3 | 33 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -17 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 31 | -23 | 29 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 28 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 26 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 29 | -26 | 23 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 31 | -27 | 22 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -38 | 20 |