KV Oostende have 14 points playing as the home team. Cercle Brugge have claimed 8 points playing the role of visitors. Are we looking at a home win?
- KV Oostende have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cercle Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
This should be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
KV Oostende form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for KV Oostende so far this season.
Oostende travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sint-Truiden that ended 1-1. Midfielder Maxime D'Arpino was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.7 (out of ten) in that game. D'Arpino hit two key passes.
Before that, Oostende drew at home versus Anderlecht.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how KV Oostende have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost two.
Oostende has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cercle Brugge playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Recent form does not give Cercle much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. KV Oostende will be a tough nut to crack.
The manager Y. Vanderhaeghe was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground Jan Breydelstadion. Cercle suffered a 0-3 loss to Union Saint-Gilloise (placed 3rd). Attacker Dino Hotić got a player rating of 7.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Hotić dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Gent's place.Cercle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Cercle's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Cercle have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Oostende five wins, four draws and Cercle Brugge one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Gueye 7 goals |   A. Millán Iranzo 3 goals |  T. Ambrose 2 goals |
KV Oostende missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| KV Oostende | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 80% |
| 60% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 40% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 50% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 70% |
| 10% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 40% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 5.9 | 7.4 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 5 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 13.2 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.6 | 10.7 |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 19% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 31% |
- Cercle Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- KV Oostende have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- KV Oostende have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- KV Oostende 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 | AS Eupen | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Genk | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Sporting Charleroi | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Standard Liège | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | RFC Seraing | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | OH Leuven | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -15 | 2 |