An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic \"six-pointer\" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 16th place.
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!
Kortrijk form and stats
3-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Kortrijk so far this season. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Guldensporenstadion, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Zulte-Waregem game.
Happy days for Kortrijk in their previous game, a Pro League match away at AS Eupen (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Union Saint-Gilloise and winning 1-0.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kortrijk's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
The Kortrijk fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
There's been little loot from Cercle Brugge's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 10 away games in the Pro League. Cercle Brugge, who have the most conceded goals (44) in Pro League, only have 0 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
The supporters enjoyed Cercle Brugge's previous game versus Zulte-Waregem (placed 6th), a Pro League 2-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sporting Charleroi wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cercle Brugge playing away, we found one game. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 home win.
The attacking power of Cercle Brugge when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Cercle Brugge are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Cercle Brugge - Kortrijk 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kortrijk 9 wins, 1 draw and Cercle Brugge 0 victories. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Mboyo 7 goals |   S. Peeters 5 goals |  F. Hornby 3 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Kortrijk | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 27 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 34 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 27 | 44 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 65% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 35% | 50% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 65% | 70% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 60% |
| 15% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 25% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 5 | 6.5 | 5.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 104 | 67 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 49 | 95 |
| 57 | 35 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 22 | 42 |
| 47% | 51% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 43% |
- All of Kortrijk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest points (1) away
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- Cercle Brugge has the most conceded goals (27) away
- Cercle Brugge has the most conceded goals (44)
- Cercle Brugge has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
- Cercle Brugge has the the worst goal difference (-19) away
- Cercle Brugge has the the worst goal difference (-26)
- Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cercle Brugge have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cercle Brugge have yet to win a game away.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kortrijk has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kortrijk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cercle Brugge have scored away.
- Kortrijk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Kortrijk have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 |