Pro League match preview: Kortrijk believed to be the weaker party when Club Brugge pays a visit

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 30.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Guldensporenstadion: Get set for a football celebration when Kortrijk invite Club Brugge. Read up on the match here!

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

The visiting Club Brugge played their last game only three days ago, a Pro League match.

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Kortrijk form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Kortrijk, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Pro League, at their home stadium (Guldensporenstadion) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Kortrijk.

An away draw last time out for Kortrijk, facing Sporting Charleroi in a game that ended 1-1.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus AS Eupen.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Antwerp are coming to town in three days.

Kortrijk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Kortrijk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Club Brugge form and stats

6-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Club Brugge in their Pro League matches away.

There were no winners in Club Brugge's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Union Saint-Gilloise (placed 1st). Mechele was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Mechele won 4 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Standard Liege that ended 2-2.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Club Brugge manager Clement as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Gent.

The travelling fans enjoy Club Brugge's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. Club Brugge's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Club Brugge - Kortrijk 2-0. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: one win for Kortrijk, two draws and seven wins for Club Brugge. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeC. De Ketelaere
C. De Ketelaere
10 goals
Club BruggeB. Dost
B. Dost
10 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
9 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Kortrijk Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 10 2 Played P 5 12 24
8 4 1 Won W 2 6 12
10 4 1 Drew D 1 3 9
5 2 0 Lost L 2 3 3
30 13 3 Scored S 8 21 45
26 11 2 Conceded C 9 18 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
87% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 88%
35% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 58% 58%
22% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 42% 42%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 21%
57% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 67% 62%
30% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
13% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 8% 8%
 
4.6 5.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.2 6.7
5.8 5.1 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.8 4.4
3 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 3 5 6
 
11.6 13.1 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.4 13.2 15.7
4.1 4.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 5.2 5.7
32% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 33% 33%
 
15.7 14.5 19 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 12.1 10.6
4.4 4.3 7.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.6 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kortrijk have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 24 17 3 4 56 21 12 8 1 3 25 12 12 9 2 1 31 9 35 54
2 Club Brugge 24 12 9 3 45 30 12 6 6 0 24 12 12 6 3 3 21 18 15 45
3 Antwerp 23 13 5 5 43 26 12 7 3 2 25 13 11 6 2 3 18 13 17 44
4 Anderlecht 24 11 9 4 52 29 12 5 5 2 26 17 12 6 4 2 26 12 23 42
5 Gent 24 10 7 7 36 25 12 7 3 2 25 14 12 3 4 5 11 11 11 37
6 Sporting Charleroi 24 10 7 7 39 33 12 4 4 4 14 13 12 6 3 3 25 20 6 37
7 Cercle Brugge 24 10 4 10 35 29 12 4 2 6 15 15 12 6 2 4 20 14 6 34
8 Kortrijk 23 8 10 5 30 26 10 4 4 2 13 11 13 4 6 3 17 15 4 34
9 Mechelen 22 10 3 9 37 38 12 7 2 3 23 16 10 3 1 6 14 22 -1 33
10 Genk 23 9 5 9 45 36 11 5 3 3 24 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 9 32
11 Sint-Truiden 24 8 4 12 26 35 12 4 2 6 17 19 12 4 2 6 9 16 -9 28
12 Standard Liege 23 7 7 9 27 37 11 2 4 5 11 18 12 5 3 4 16 19 -10 28
13 OH Leuven 23 6 9 8 31 38 11 4 3 4 14 17 12 2 6 4 17 21 -7 27
14 AS Eupen 24 7 5 12 31 41 12 3 3 6 13 21 12 4 2 6 18 20 -10 26
15 KV Oostende 23 7 3 13 25 46 12 4 1 7 14 29 11 3 2 6 11 17 -21 24
16 Zulte-Waregem 23 6 6 11 33 49 12 3 3 6 18 28 11 3 3 5 15 21 -16 24
17 RFC Seraing 24 7 1 16 26 50 12 5 1 6 15 21 12 2 0 10 11 29 -24 22
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 23 3 3 17 20 48 12 3 0 9 8 21 11 0 3 8 12 27 -28 12

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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.