Club Brugge vs Zulte-Waregem betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Jan Breydelstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

The Club Brugge & Zulte-Waregem managers P. Clement and F. Dury are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pro League league table.

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (58) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Belgian Cup match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Standard Liège, so at least Brugge are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Zulte-Waregem are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (58) in Pro League, are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Jan Breydelstadion. 10 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 14 games. Club Brugge has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Jan Breydelstadion. We remember; it was Gent. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Brugge has won nine games in a row. The Gent match was the last time out without a victory.

Brugge are confident in defense, having played 267 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

No payout for Club Brugge in their previous match, an away game at Standard Liège that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that game, the home loss against Dynamo Kyiv with the scoreline 0-1.

Brugge are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew two and lost one.

The Club Brugge fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 14 league matches. Brugge are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jan Breydelstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

Playing away, Zulte-Waregem have won 8 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pro League this season. Zulte-Waregem has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

It's the second away game in a row for Zulte-Waregem, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Kortrijk (placed 13th) in the Pro League last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Standard Liège.

Tomáš Chorý came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Kortrijk last time out, making the manager F. Dury feel like a tactical genius.

You'll want to know how Zulte-Waregem managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and three home wins.

The travelling fans enjoy Zulte-Waregem's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 14 league matches away. 20 goals have been conceded by Zulte-Waregem in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Zulte-Waregem - Club Brugge 0-6. Last ten meetings between the teams: Brugge won eight, Zulte-Waregem won one and one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemG. Bruno
G. Bruno
17 goals
Club BruggeN. Lang
N. Lang
11 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
6 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Club Brugge Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
20 10 3 Won W 1 8 13
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
4 3 0 Lost L 2 4 12
58 27 8 Scored S 3 27 46
18 11 3 Conceded C 6 20 50
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 86%
67% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 79% 72%
26% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 41%
11% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 24%
44% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 71% 66%
44% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 17%
15% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 7% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 0.9 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 8 2.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 9.6 7.6
4.6 3.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.2 3.3
47% 52% 133% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 46% 48%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most clean sheets (12) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (58) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+40) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Club Brugge is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zulte-Waregem haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 27 20 3 4 58 18 14 10 1 3 27 11 13 10 2 1 31 7 40 63
2 Antwerp 29 14 6 9 44 38 14 7 4 3 22 17 15 7 2 6 22 21 6 48
3 Genk 29 13 7 9 54 41 14 7 4 3 30 18 15 6 3 6 24 23 13 46
4 KV Oostende 29 13 7 9 45 36 15 9 4 2 32 18 14 4 3 7 13 18 9 46
5 Anderlecht 29 11 12 6 39 30 14 7 6 1 18 8 15 4 6 5 21 22 9 45
6 Zulte-Waregem 29 13 4 12 46 50 15 5 2 8 19 30 14 8 2 4 27 20 -4 43
7 OH Leuven 29 12 7 10 46 46 15 8 2 5 21 18 14 4 5 5 25 28 0 43
8 Beerschot-Wilrijk 29 12 5 12 52 55 15 6 4 5 29 26 14 6 1 7 23 29 -3 41
9 Mechelen 29 11 7 11 42 46 15 4 4 7 23 26 14 7 3 4 19 20 -4 40
10 Standard Liège 29 10 10 9 41 37 15 5 7 3 21 19 14 5 3 6 20 18 4 40
11 Sporting Charleroi 28 11 6 11 41 38 13 5 3 5 14 11 15 6 3 6 27 27 3 39
12 Gent 28 10 7 11 41 34 13 5 3 5 23 17 15 5 4 6 18 17 7 37
13 Kortrijk 29 10 6 13 36 42 15 5 2 8 22 29 14 5 4 5 14 13 -6 36
14 AS Eupen 29 8 12 9 35 44 14 4 5 5 19 23 15 4 7 4 16 21 -9 36
15 Sint-Truiden 29 8 7 14 35 44 15 5 3 7 18 18 14 3 4 7 17 26 -9 31
16 Cercle Brugge 29 9 2 18 34 46 15 4 1 10 20 25 14 5 1 8 14 21 -12 29
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 6 9 14 26 45 14 3 5 6 14 18 15 3 4 8 12 27 -19 27
18 Waasland-Beveren 29 6 7 16 34 59 14 3 2 9 15 30 15 3 5 7 19 29 -25 25

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.