Early weight of the money hint to Club Brugge advantage when meeting Mechelen

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 30.Jul
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

It's square one in Pro League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Club Brugge and Mechelen did in their pre-season training matches!

The hosts Brugge saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at Jan Breydelstadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Mechelen have had more rest.

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Club Brugge form and stats

In the previous season, Club Brugge's league results were 16 wins, 11 draws and 7 losses, results that produced 4th spot in the Pro League. During these 34 matches they scored {61 goals} and let in 36. Playing as the host team in the last season Club Brugge managed 10-6-1 (win-draw-lost) with {40 goals} and 15 conceded.

Club Brugge are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at AGF awaits in four days.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Brugge, who have participated in five training matches. Club Brugge have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 3 games.

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Mechelen form and stats

Let's have a look at how Mechelen performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 7 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded {63 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 12 with 20/36 goals scored/conceded.

Mechelen played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these four matches Mechelen scored 14 and conceded {2 goals}.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two contenders are: seven wins for Brugge, two draws and one win for Mechelen. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

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Mechelen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Club Brugge Mechelen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Club Brugge Last season Mechelen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   16 33
18 11   Won W   3 10
11 6   Drew D   1 7
11 3   Lost L   12 16
71 44   Scored S   15 44
48 20   Conceded C   36 63
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
90% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 91%
60% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 67%
35% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 39%
10% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 21%
52% 55%   BTTS BTTS   50% 58%
35% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 18%
18% 5%   Failed to Score F T   44% 30%
 
6.3 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.6
3.5 3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.2
2.1 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
15.1 17.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 11.8
4.6 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 4.2
39% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 32%
 
11.1 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 13.2
3.8 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 4.5

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Westerlo 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Sporting Charleroi 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Standard Liege 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 RWDM 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 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 Antwerp 6 3 2 1 69 34 3 2 1 0 6 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 35 47
2 Genk 6 2 2 2 88 47 3 1 2 0 6 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 41 46
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 2 2 78 49 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 29 46
4 Club Brugge 6 2 0 4 71 48 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 0 2 6 7 23 36

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Westerlo 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Sporting Charleroi 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Standard Liege 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 RWDM 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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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.