Sports betting insights: Gent vs Cercle Brugge - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

Gent have layed the groundwork for another match after their 4-0 result versus Cercle Brugge, a game that produced some answers. Will they show it against Cercle Brugge?

Insights:
  • Gent have the most scored goals in the second half (44) in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Gent form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Gent at their home stadium (GHELAMCO-arena) is 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Gent, who won 4-0 against Cercle Brugge. As mentioned above, Gent "killed" Cercle Brugge in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Orban when beating Cercle Brugge, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Attacking player Orban outshone all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 8.54 out of 10. Orban scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Standard Liège.

Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 28 goals in 17 league matches. From these home matches, Gent have conceded only 16 goals.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

5-4-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cercle Brugge in their Pro League matches away. Cercle Brugge love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Cercle Brugge failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Gent that ended with defeat 0-4. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. Cercle lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

Before that one, a nice away victory 5-3 at Westerlo.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cercle Brugge when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.

Cercle Brugge are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 17 games (in the league). Cercle Brugge have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also encountered each other before this season: Cercle Brugge - Gent 0-4. The match official brandished his red card when these teams last played each other, and the culprit was Ravych  (Cercle Brugge). Gent-Cercle Brugge H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gent five wins, Cercle Brugge four wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
22 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Ueda
A. Ueda
20 goals
GentG. Orban
G. Orban
14 goals

Gent missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gent Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
19 10 4 Won W 0 6 14
8 4 2 Drew D 0 4 12
10 4 0 Lost L 5 8 11
73 31 9 Scored S 3 24 55
40 17 3 Conceded C 12 31 53
95% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
86% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 81%
59% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 56% 51%
32% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 28% 35%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 16%
51% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 61% 62%
38% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 19%
16% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 28% 27%
 
6.1 6.7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 5.5
4.2 4.1 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.2 4.6
1.4 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 5
 
14 15.9 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 12.3 13.6
4.9 5.1 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 4.4
40% 34% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 34%
 
9.5 9.1 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 12.9 10.7
3.3 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cercle Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gent have the most scored goals in the second half (44) in Pro League

  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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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