The visiting Club Brugge side should be favourites in this visit to Kortrijk, as the away team holds a 30 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Kortrijk nor Club 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
When playing at home in the Pro League, Kortrijk have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.
Kortrijk manager Y. Vanderhaeghe and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Antwerp (placed 3rd) in the Belgian Cup. Heartbreak before that as Kortrijk lost 0-2 at Sint-Truiden's place.
A decent goal production from Kortrijk in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Club Brugge form and stats
The away performances of Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (48) in Pro League, have been very solid so far with 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the Pro League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
Club Brugge delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Zulte-Waregem (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Belgian Cup game. Preceding that game was the away Pro League victory against Anderlecht with the score of 2-1.
Club Brugge has another fixture away, a Pro League game, against Sporting Charleroi in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Club Brugge are regular goalscorers on their travels. Club Brugge are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Club Brugge - Kortrijk 3-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Kortrijk victory, 1 draw and 8 Club Brugge wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vanaken 11 goals |  D. Okereke 9 goals |   I. Mboyo 7 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Kortrijk | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | 48 |
| 36 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 59% | 64% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 32% | 45% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 24% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 59% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 27% | 9% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 4.9 | 6.2 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 9 | 7.7 | 6.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 89 | 45 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 79 | 157 |
| 49 | 25 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 36 | 74 |
| 57% | 76% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 150% | 58% | 65% |
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Club Brugge has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (13)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Club Brugge has the most points (25) away
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals (21) away
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals (48)
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals in the first half (23)
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+15) away
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+39)
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Club Brugge is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 39 | 52 |
| 2 | Gent | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Genk | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -17 | 20 |
| 14 | Waasland-Beveren | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 11 |