Guldensporenstadion: Kortrijk vs Club Brugge Pro League news and facts

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

This campaign has been gruelling for Kortrijk up to now, while Club Brugge have played well. Will the visitors get another notch in their belt at Guldensporenstadion?

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Kortrijk form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. Kortrijk have only managed 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Guldensporenstadion. When Kortrijk hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Gent, Westerlo, Antwerp, Genk and Union Saint-Gilloise), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

In their previous game, the manager Storck led his Kortrijk to a defeat away at Westerlo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Guldensporenstadion. Midfield player Bruno got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Bruno scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 47 successful passes (of 53 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Sporting Charleroi (0-1).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kortrijk here at Guldensporenstadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 14 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kortrijk defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Club Brugge form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Club Brugge have produced an overall stat of 5-4-5 so far.

Brugge go into this game after a win, the home game against Standard Liège that ended 2-0. Attacker Jutglà got a player rating of 7.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Jutglà scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A defeat, in the Champions League away at Benfica, before that.

Club Brugge have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 18 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Club Brugge have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 5 most recent fixtures featuring these opponents have all ended as Club Brugge victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.

The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other before this match year: Club Brugge - Kortrijk 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
9 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
8 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kortrijk Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
7 3 2 Won W 2 5 13
6 4 0 Drew D 0 4 10
16 7 2 Lost L 2 5 6
34 13 3 Scored S 5 18 49
54 25 7 Conceded C 6 20 35
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
76% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 93%
62% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 59%
45% 43% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 31%
21% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
62% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 55%
17% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 31%
24% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 17%
 
4.5 4.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.3 5.7
6.3 5.5 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 4.3 3.7
2.4 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.1
6 3 2 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.6 12.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.5 14.1
3.7 4.2 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.7
31% 22% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 44% 46%
 
16.5 15.9 17.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 12.5 11.6
5.2 5.2 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.9 4.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Genk 29 21 4 4 68 29 15 12 1 2 37 12 14 9 3 2 31 17 39 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 29 19 5 5 59 35 14 10 2 2 27 13 15 9 3 3 32 22 24 62
3 Antwerp 29 18 6 5 53 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 15 7 4 4 20 15 29 60
4 Club Brugge 29 13 10 6 49 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 49
5 Gent 29 14 6 9 53 34 14 8 3 3 23 13 15 6 3 6 30 21 19 48
6 Westerlo 29 13 6 10 56 48 15 8 3 4 38 23 14 5 3 6 18 25 8 45
7 Standard Liège 29 13 6 10 46 38 14 8 2 4 27 14 15 5 4 6 19 24 8 45
8 Cercle Brugge 29 10 10 9 40 40 14 6 6 2 25 16 15 4 4 7 15 24 0 40
9 Anderlecht 29 11 6 12 42 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 4 39
10 OH Leuven 29 10 9 10 44 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 15 5 4 6 22 22 3 39
11 Sporting Charleroi 28 11 5 12 35 38 14 6 1 7 18 18 14 5 4 5 17 20 -3 38
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 9 11 28 33 14 4 4 6 13 17 15 5 5 5 15 16 -5 36
13 Mechelen 28 9 6 13 38 51 15 7 5 3 28 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -13 33
14 AS Eupen 29 7 6 16 39 59 15 4 4 7 21 27 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 27
15 Kortrijk 29 7 6 16 34 54 14 3 4 7 13 25 15 4 2 9 21 29 -20 27
16 KV Oostende 29 6 6 17 33 61 14 5 1 8 16 24 15 1 5 9 17 37 -28 24
17 Zulte-Waregem 29 5 8 16 39 67 15 3 4 8 25 41 14 2 4 8 14 26 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 29 5 4 20 25 56 15 1 3 11 7 23 14 4 1 9 18 33 -31 19

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 29 21 4 4 68 29 15 12 1 2 37 12 14 9 3 2 31 17 39 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 29 19 5 5 59 35 14 10 2 2 27 13 15 9 3 3 32 22 24 62
3 Antwerp 29 18 6 5 53 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 15 7 4 4 20 15 29 60
4 Club Brugge 29 13 10 6 49 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 49
5 Gent 29 14 6 9 53 34 14 8 3 3 23 13 15 6 3 6 30 21 19 48
6 Westerlo 29 13 6 10 56 48 15 8 3 4 38 23 14 5 3 6 18 25 8 45
7 Standard Liège 29 13 6 10 46 38 14 8 2 4 27 14 15 5 4 6 19 24 8 45
8 Cercle Brugge 29 10 10 9 40 40 14 6 6 2 25 16 15 4 4 7 15 24 0 40
9 Anderlecht 29 11 6 12 42 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 4 39
10 OH Leuven 29 10 9 10 44 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 15 5 4 6 22 22 3 39
11 Sporting Charleroi 28 11 5 12 35 38 14 6 1 7 18 18 14 5 4 5 17 20 -3 38
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 9 11 28 33 14 4 4 6 13 17 15 5 5 5 15 16 -5 36
13 Mechelen 28 9 6 13 38 51 15 7 5 3 28 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -13 33
14 AS Eupen 29 7 6 16 39 59 15 4 4 7 21 27 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 27
15 Kortrijk 29 7 6 16 34 54 14 3 4 7 13 25 15 4 2 9 21 29 -20 27
16 KV Oostende 29 6 6 17 33 61 14 5 1 8 16 24 15 1 5 9 17 37 -28 24
17 Zulte-Waregem 29 5 8 16 39 67 15 3 4 8 25 41 14 2 4 8 14 26 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 29 5 4 20 25 56 15 1 3 11 7 23 14 4 1 9 18 33 -31 19

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