The home followers hope for a victory in this match, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal against a struggling visitor. Kortrijk are in 9th position while the guesting Cercle Brugge sweat at 17th.
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Kortrijk nor Cercle Brugge as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Kortrijk form and stats
3-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Kortrijk so far this season. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Kortrijk has four draws from their last four matches.
The Kortrijk supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host KV Oostende in Belgian Cup and win 1-0.
Preceding that game was the away draw at AS Eupen that finished 2-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kortrijk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won zero, drawn five and lost four.
The Kortrijk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Kortrijk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Cercle Brugge playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
Cercle lost away at Mechelen (after extra-time) (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Mechelen.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Cercle Brugge in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Cercle, two draws and five defeats.
Cercle are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Cercle have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Kortrijk won seven games, one match ended with a draw and Cercle Brugge got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  F. Selemani 7 goals |  P. Guèye 5 goals |   A. Millán Iranzo 3 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Kortrijk | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 56% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 56% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 31% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 6 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
| 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.4 | 12.6 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 30% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 31% | 26% |
| 16.1 | 14 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
- Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cercle Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kortrijk have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Kortrijk 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 24 | 34 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | Gent | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 8 | AS Eupen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Genk | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -16 | 17 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 9 |