Betting preview: Kortrijk faced with a tough challenge when Club Brugge visits

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

This campaign has been demanding for Kortrijk so far, while Club Brugge have enjoyed many victories. Will the visitors get another notch in their belt at Guldensporenstadion?

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals (8) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (23) in Pro League

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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Kortrijk form and stats

1-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Kortrijk so far this season.

Kortrijk faced defeat in their previous match, away at Westerlo (0-1). Midfielder Sissako was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Sissako hit two key passes and had 46 successful passes (of 55 total).

Ahead of that match, Kortrijk won a home game hosting Cercle Brugge (2-1).

Kortrijk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Playing away, Club Brugge have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pro League this season.

There might be some fixture complaints from Brugge as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Standard Liege. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points. Defender Cuyper was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Cuyper hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Previously, the Europa Conference League victory away at Bodø / Glimt.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored in 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.

Club Brugge are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these sides: Kortrijk won two, Club Brugge triumphed in six and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
7 goals
Club BruggeThiago
Thiago
4 goals
Club BruggeP. Zinckernagel
P. Zinckernagel
3 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Kortrijk Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 2 2 4
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
7 2 0 Lost L 0 2 2
8 6 2 Scored S 6 9 23
22 8 2 Conceded C 0 5 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 90%
60% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 50%
40% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 30%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 30%
50% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 80%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 20%
50% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.2 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.4 6.5
7.3 10.2 11 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.4 3.5
2.8 2.8 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 1.5
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.1 11.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 16.5 14.4 18
3.7 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.5 6.4 6.6
22% 32% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 28% 35%
 
16.7 16 18 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.8 10.7
5.8 5.4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3 3.6
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 scored in all their matches so far.
  • Club Brugge have scored more than double the goals of Kortrijk.
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (23) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kortrijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Kortrijk have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals (8) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Pro League
  • 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 10 7 1 2 22 12 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 4 0 1 10 6 10 22
2 Anderlecht 10 6 3 1 16 10 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 2 2 1 7 6 6 21
3 Gent 10 5 5 0 16 10 5 3 2 0 10 7 5 2 3 0 6 3 6 20
4 Antwerp 10 4 5 1 17 5 5 3 2 0 11 1 5 1 3 1 6 4 12 17
5 Club Brugge 10 4 4 2 23 11 5 2 3 0 14 6 5 2 1 2 9 5 12 16
6 Genk 10 3 6 1 16 10 5 0 4 1 7 8 5 3 2 0 9 2 6 15
7 Cercle Brugge 10 5 0 5 12 11 5 3 0 2 7 6 5 2 0 3 5 5 1 15
8 Standard Liege 10 3 4 3 10 9 5 1 2 2 3 4 5 2 2 1 7 5 1 13
9 Sint-Truiden 10 3 4 3 11 14 5 2 0 3 3 7 5 1 4 0 8 7 -3 13
10 RWDM 10 3 3 4 11 20 5 2 1 2 6 9 5 1 2 2 5 11 -9 12
11 Mechelen 10 3 2 5 11 12 5 2 1 2 6 3 5 1 1 3 5 9 -1 11
12 Sporting Charleroi 10 2 4 4 10 15 5 2 3 0 6 4 5 0 1 4 4 11 -5 10
13 AS Eupen 10 3 1 6 13 22 5 1 1 3 7 14 5 2 0 3 6 8 -9 10
14 OH Leuven 10 2 3 5 14 19 5 1 2 2 7 6 5 1 1 3 7 13 -5 9
15 Westerlo 10 1 3 6 11 19 5 1 0 4 4 10 5 0 3 2 7 9 -8 6
16 Kortrijk 10 1 2 7 8 22 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 0 0 5 2 14 -14 5

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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.