Zulte-Waregem stubborn opponents but Club Brugge expect victory

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Thu 26.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydel Stadium (29975 seats)

Club Brugge perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Zulte-Waregem can look both up and down from their 6th position.

Club Brugge have less rest than Zulte-Waregem in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pro League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Gent.

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Club Brugge form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 10 Pro League games here at Jan Breydel Stadium for Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (42) in Pro League,. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Club Brugge has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Jan Breydel Stadium. We remember; it was Standard Liège.

The home team returns to Jan Breydel Stadium after sharing the points with Gent (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Pro League game ended 1-1. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Anderlecht.

Goals decide football matches and Club Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 10 league matches. Defensively Club Brugge have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Zulte-Waregem playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Zulte-Waregem seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for Zulte-Waregem, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Cercle Brugge (placed 16th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Sporting Charleroi in the Belgian Cup.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Zulte-Waregem's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won 0 of these as expected, 0 of them by at least two goals. Zulte-Waregem managed 0 draws and 1 surprise win.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 14 goals have been conceded by Zulte-Waregem in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Zulte-Waregem - Club Brugge 0-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Club Brugge 7 wins, 2 draws and Zulte-Waregem 1 victory. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
9 goals
Club BruggeD. Okereke
D. Okereke
7 goals
Zulte-WaregemC. Larin
C. Larin
7 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Club Brugge Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 2 10 20
14 7 3 Won W 0 3 9
4 3 1 Drew D 0 3 4
1 0 0 Lost L 2 4 7
42 23 7 Scored S 0 9 31
8 3 2 Conceded C 6 14 24
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
84% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 90%
47% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 40%
21% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 30%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
37% 30% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 35%
63% 70% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 35%
5% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 35%
 
7.2 6.2 6.2 Corners For (avg) C F 3.5 4.2 4.5
3.3 3.5 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5.2 4.7
1.5 1.4 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.7
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 3
 
148 80 25 Total Shots T S 0 53 120
66 36 10 Shots on Target S O 0 24 60
64% 64% 70% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 52%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (8)
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
  • Club Brugge has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
  • Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (12)
  • Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (7) at home
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals (42)
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+20) at home
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+34)
  • Club Brugge have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zulte-Waregem have scored away.
  • Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

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

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.