Club Brugge vs Gent: Match guide and preview

Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)

Club Brugge and Gent are both riding high in the Pro League with their 2nd and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge has performed well so far this season with 10 wins from 15 matches. Points have also been lost, 2 after draws and 3 from defeats.

The Club Brugge fans got no joy from their last match, a Pro League game also here: A 1-2 defeat against Royal Excel Mouscron (placed 10th). A strong away win before that one, visiting AS Eupen and winning 4-0.

Club Brugge are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Anderlecht awaits in four days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (36 in 15 games), Club Brugge's attacking play is working. Club Brugge are not conceding a lot of goals here, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.

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Gent form and stats

As the visiting team Gent have produced an overall stat of 6-3-6 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games. Gent hope to make it five in this match. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Gent, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Two travels in a row for Gent, whose manager J. Thorup could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against Sint-Truiden. Before that, Gent secured a home win against KV Oostende with the score 2-1.

Gent are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 27 times in 15 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Gent have conceded 24 goals on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Club Brugge - Gent 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Club Brugge won 4 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Gent has 5 wins.

Top Goalscorers

H. Vanaken
11 goals / 13 assists
S. Schrijvers
11 goals / 3 assists
Wesley
10 goals / 6 assists

Club Brugge missing players

Gent missing players

Club Brugge Gent
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 15 30
97% 100% Over 0.5 93% 97%
83% 87% Over 1.5 87% 93%
70% 73% Over 2.5 73% 73%
43% 40% Over 3.5 33% 43%
10% 13% Over 4.5 20% 17%
63% 60% Both teams to score 73% 70%
33% 33% Clean Sheet 20% 20%
7% 7% Failed To Score 13% 13%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Genk 30 18 9 3 63 31 15 9 4 2 26 12 15 9 5 1 37 19 32 63
2 Club Brugge 30 16 8 6 64 32 15 10 2 3 36 14 15 6 6 3 28 18 32 56
3 Standard Liège 30 15 8 7 49 35 15 10 4 1 32 17 15 5 4 6 17 18 14 53
4 Anderlecht 30 15 6 9 49 34 15 8 6 1 27 12 15 7 0 8 22 22 15 51
5 Gent 30 15 5 10 53 45 15 9 2 4 26 21 15 6 3 6 27 24 8 50
6 Antwerp 30 14 7 9 39 34 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 8 3 4 17 14 5 49
7 Sint-Truiden 30 12 11 7 47 36 15 8 5 2 27 16 15 4 6 5 20 20 11 47
8 Kortrijk 30 12 7 11 44 42 15 6 3 6 24 25 15 6 4 5 20 17 2 43
9 Sporting Charleroi 30 12 6 12 43 43 15 7 3 5 22 18 15 5 3 7 21 25 0 42
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 30 11 7 12 33 33 15 7 4 4 17 10 15 4 3 8 16 23 0 40
11 Zulte-Waregem 30 8 9 13 49 60 15 5 5 5 29 27 15 3 4 8 20 33 -11 33
12 AS Eupen 30 10 2 18 34 57 15 6 0 9 20 28 15 4 2 9 14 29 -23 32
13 Cercle Brugge 30 7 7 16 35 59 15 6 3 6 23 27 15 1 4 10 12 32 -24 28
14 Waasland-Beveren 30 5 12 13 37 50 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 5 8 20 28 -13 27
15 KV Oostende 30 6 9 15 29 52 15 4 4 7 15 24 15 2 5 8 14 28 -23 27
16 Lokeren 30 5 5 20 28 53 15 5 3 7 16 24 15 0 2 13 12 29 -25 20

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