Pro League match prediction and preview for Club Brugge vs Waasland-Beveren clash

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 12.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Pro League so far, with Club Brugge placed 5th and Waasland-Beveren sitting in the 15th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Club Brugge form and stats

Two Pro League home games so far for Club Brugge, who are yet to win here at Jan Breydelstadion. Only 0 points so far. Brugge are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Jan Breydelstadion, having lost their two previous games here.

A good away victory last time out for Club Brugge, who won 2-1 against Genk (placed 10th). Preceding that match was the home game against Beerschot-Wilrijk that was lost 0-1.

Club Brugge has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

Things could have gone better for Waasland-Beveren in their Pro League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right. Recent form does not give Waasland-Beveren much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Club Brugge will be a tough nut to crack.

The manager N. Hayen was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground Freethielstadion. Waasland-Beveren suffered a 1-3 loss to OH Leuven (placed 9th). A 1-4 defeat away at Zulte-Waregem before that.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Waasland-Beveren has managed 4 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Brugge six wins, two draws and Waasland-Beveren two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Waasland-BeverenD. Heymans
D. Heymans
3 goals
BruggeY. Badji
Y. Badji
2 goals
Club BruggeK. Diatta
K. Diatta
2 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Club Brugge Waasland-Beveren
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
2 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
6 0 0 Scored S 3 4 6
3 2 0 Conceded C 1 5 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.5 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1.5 2.8
2.5 1.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 6.2
1.5 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
28 16 0 Total Shots T S 8 8 29
9 3 0 Shots on Target S O 6 6 14
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 67% 43%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Waasland-Beveren has the fewest matches under the total-line (0)
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (10)
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (5) away
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals in the second half (8)
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most matches over the total-line (4)
Club Brugge Last season Waasland-Beveren
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   15 29
21 12   Won W   2 5
7 3   Drew D   3 5
1 0   Lost L   10 19
58 33   Scored S   9 21
14 5   Conceded C   30 60
90% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
76% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 79%
52% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 55%
21% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 38%
7% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 10%
41% 33%   BTTS BTTS   40% 48%
59% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 10%
10% 7%   Failed to Score F T   53% 45%
 
6.4 6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 3.9
3.2 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   7 5.8
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
210 108   Total Shots T S   95 172
94 50   Shots on Target S O   30 70
62% 66%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 4 4 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 12
2 Standard Liège 4 3 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 10
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 4 3 0 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 9
4 Kortrijk 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 7
5 Club Brugge 4 2 0 2 6 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 3 6
6 Anderlecht 4 1 3 0 8 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 6
7 Zulte-Waregem 4 2 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 6
8 Cercle Brugge 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 6
9 OH Leuven 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 5
10 Genk 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
11 Sint-Truiden 4 1 2 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 5
12 Mechelen 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 -1 4
13 Antwerp 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
14 Gent 4 1 0 3 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
15 Waasland-Beveren 4 1 0 3 6 10 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 4 5 -4 3
16 AS Eupen 4 0 3 1 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 -4 3
17 KV Oostende 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 2
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 4 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 -2 2
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 29 21 7 1 58 14 15 12 3 0 33 5 14 9 4 1 25 9 44 70
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 15 11 3 1 38 14 14 5 4 5 21 20 25 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 14 10 2 2 26 9 15 5 7 3 23 14 26 54
4 Antwerp 29 15 8 6 49 32 14 10 4 0 28 12 15 5 4 6 21 20 17 53
5 Standard Liège 29 14 7 8 47 32 15 9 4 2 24 9 14 5 3 6 23 23 15 49
6 Mechelen 29 13 5 11 46 43 15 6 4 5 25 24 14 7 1 6 21 19 3 44
7 Genk 29 13 5 11 45 42 14 8 1 5 21 18 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 44
8 Anderlecht 29 11 10 8 45 29 15 7 5 3 29 12 14 4 5 5 16 17 16 43
9 Zulte-Waregem 29 10 6 13 41 49 14 7 2 5 30 17 15 3 4 8 11 32 -8 36
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 9 9 11 38 40 15 6 5 4 22 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -2 36
11 Kortrijk 29 9 6 14 40 44 15 5 3 7 24 22 14 4 3 7 16 22 -4 33
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 6 14 33 50 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 16 32 -17 33
13 AS Eupen 29 8 6 15 28 51 14 4 4 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 30
14 Cercle Brugge 29 7 2 20 27 54 14 5 1 8 16 23 15 2 1 12 11 31 -27 23
15 KV Oostende 29 6 4 19 29 58 15 5 3 7 20 27 14 1 1 12 9 31 -29 22
16 Waasland-Beveren 29 5 5 19 21 60 14 3 2 9 12 30 15 2 3 10 9 30 -39 20

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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.