Club Brugge vs Gent: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

A highly important game in Pro League as both squads are battling for the top positions. With Club Brugge in 4th place and Gent located at 5th, this has all the looks of an exciting duel. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • All of Club Brugge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.

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Club Brugge form and stats

6 victories, 6 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Club Brugge have to build on here at Jan Breydelstadion in the Pro League. The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Club Brugge has racked up an amazing five draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?

The home team returns to Jan Breydelstadion after drawing with Cercle Brugge (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. The Club Brugge goalkeeper Mignolet was crucial in the match against Cercle Brugge last time out, making eight saves.

Before that game, a home defeat in the Champions League against Benfica. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Club Brugge handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Take note that 9 of the latest 10 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each side.

Brugge can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 27 times. Club Brugge have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Gent form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The fans enjoyed Gent's previous fixture versus Qarabag, a Europa Conference League win (1-0) played at home. Midfield player Sart was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.45/10. Sart hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against OH Leuven in the Pro League.

The travelling fans enjoy Gent's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 13 league matches away. Gent have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other before this match year: Gent - Brugge 2-0. Club Brugge-Gent H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Club Brugge three wins, Gent six wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
15 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
8 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Gent missing players

Club Brugge Gent
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
11 6 1 Won W 0 5 12
10 6 2 Drew D 1 3 6
5 1 0 Lost L 3 5 8
45 27 6 Scored S 2 24 46
32 15 5 Conceded C 7 17 30
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 85%
62% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 62% 58%
35% 38% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 46% 31%
8% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 15%
62% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 50%
27% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 38%
15% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 23% 19%
 
5.6 5.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 5.7 6.1
3.8 3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.6 3.9
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.4 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
14.2 17.9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12.3 13.7
3.6 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.3 4.8
48% 48% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 43% 37%
 
11.5 10.5 15.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 10.5 9.7
4.1 3.3 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 3.9 3.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 26 20 3 3 62 25 13 11 1 1 33 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 37 63
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 17 5 4 53 29 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 8 3 2 28 17 24 56
3 Antwerp 26 16 5 5 45 23 13 10 2 1 28 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 22 53
4 Club Brugge 26 11 10 5 45 32 13 6 6 1 27 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 43
5 Gent 26 12 6 8 46 30 13 7 3 3 22 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 16 42
6 Standard Liège 26 12 5 9 42 34 13 7 2 4 25 14 13 5 3 5 17 20 8 41
7 Westerlo 26 11 6 9 49 43 13 6 3 4 31 20 13 5 3 5 18 23 6 39
8 Cercle Brugge 26 9 9 8 35 35 13 5 6 2 22 15 13 4 3 6 13 20 0 36
9 Anderlecht 26 10 5 11 38 35 13 5 2 6 21 18 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 35
10 Sint-Truiden 26 9 8 9 26 29 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 5 3 15 14 -3 35
11 OH Leuven 26 8 8 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 25 9 5 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -4 32
13 Mechelen 25 7 6 12 35 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 11 1 1 9 8 23 -11 27
14 Kortrijk 26 7 5 14 30 47 13 3 4 6 13 24 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 26
15 AS Eupen 26 7 4 15 32 51 13 4 2 7 15 21 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 25
16 Zulte-Waregem 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 3 7 20 32 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 22
17 KV Oostende 26 5 5 16 26 54 13 4 1 8 13 24 13 1 4 8 13 30 -28 20
18 RFC Seraing 26 5 4 17 24 49 13 1 3 9 7 19 13 4 1 8 17 30 -25 19

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.