Betting prediction and preview: Club Brugge fancied to be better team when visiting Kortrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 03.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Struggling Kortrijk will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Club Brugge in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (66) in Pro League

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Happy, happy days for Brugge who are already winners of the Pro League. This could affect their motivation.

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Kortrijk form and stats

Kortrijk have collected 17 points from their Pro League home games so far after 5-2-8. 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 Genk game. Kortrijk has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager L. Elsner and the players.

Kortrijk lost their last game at AS Eupen (placed 13th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AS Eupen (0-2).

Kortrijk's goalkeeper Marko Ilić was extremely busy against AS Eupen, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Kortrijk has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Kortrijk have conceded 29 from these games.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (66) in Pro League, collect 36 points from their 15 away matches in the Pro League. 11 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Brugge are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.

Home advantage was not enough for Brugge in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Antwerp, 0-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Gent.

Brugge have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 36 goals from 15 away matches. It's not easy to score on Brugge as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Club Brugge - Kortrijk 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kortrijk one win, two draws and Club Brugge seven victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeN. Lang
N. Lang
12 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Kortrijk Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
10 5 2 Won W 4 11 22
6 2 0 Drew D 1 3 4
15 8 3 Lost L 0 1 5
38 22 7 Scored S 10 36 66
48 29 11 Conceded C 2 8 21
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 97%
77% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 93% 81%
61% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 65%
26% 40% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 26%
6% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
55% 67% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 42%
29% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 53% 45%
29% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 7% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.5 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.4 1.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.7 10.6 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.7 9.7
4.3 4.5 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 5.1 4.5
29% 32% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 47% 47%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most clean sheets (14) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most clean sheets (8) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most points (36) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (36) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (66) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+28) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+45) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 31 22 4 5 66 21 16 11 1 4 30 13 15 11 3 1 36 8 45 70
2 Antwerp 31 16 6 9 50 40 15 8 4 3 26 19 16 8 2 6 24 21 10 54
3 Genk 31 14 8 9 58 43 16 8 5 3 34 20 15 6 3 6 24 23 15 50
4 KV Oostende 31 14 7 10 46 37 15 9 4 2 32 18 16 5 3 8 14 19 9 49
5 Anderlecht 31 12 13 6 44 32 16 8 7 1 23 10 15 4 6 5 21 22 12 49
6 OH Leuven 31 12 9 10 51 51 15 8 2 5 21 18 16 4 7 5 30 33 0 45
7 Beerschot-Wilrijk 30 13 5 12 54 56 15 6 4 5 29 26 15 7 1 7 25 30 -2 44
8 Zulte-Waregem 31 13 4 14 47 57 15 5 2 8 19 30 16 8 2 6 28 27 -10 43
9 Gent 31 12 7 12 43 38 16 7 3 6 25 21 15 5 4 6 18 17 5 43
10 Mechelen 31 11 9 11 45 49 16 4 5 7 25 28 15 7 4 4 20 21 -4 42
11 Sporting Charleroi 30 11 8 11 42 39 15 5 5 5 15 12 15 6 3 6 27 27 3 41
12 Standard Liege 31 10 11 10 43 40 15 5 7 3 21 19 16 5 4 7 22 21 3 41
13 AS Eupen 31 9 13 9 40 47 16 5 6 5 24 26 15 4 7 4 16 21 -7 40
14 Kortrijk 31 10 6 15 38 48 15 5 2 8 22 29 16 5 4 7 16 19 -10 36
15 Sint-Truiden 30 8 8 14 35 44 15 5 3 7 18 18 15 3 5 7 17 26 -9 32
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 31 7 9 15 27 46 16 4 5 7 15 19 15 3 4 8 12 27 -19 30
17 Cercle Brugge 31 9 2 20 34 49 15 4 1 10 20 25 16 5 1 10 14 24 -15 29
18 Waasland-Beveren 30 6 7 17 35 61 15 3 2 10 16 32 15 3 5 7 19 29 -26 25

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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.