KV Oostende manager A. Blessin looking for three points in Cercle Brugge showdown

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Diaz Arena

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The KV Oostende fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Cercle Brugge's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KV Oostende have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cercle Brugge have scored away.

KV Oostende and Cercle Brugge should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Oostende can neither be promoted or relegated from Pro League. Cercle Brugge are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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KV Oostende form and stats

9 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what KV Oostende have to build on here at Diaz Arena in the Pro League.

A good away victory last time out for Oostende, who won 2-1 against Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 6th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Waasland-Beveren (0-2).

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 Oostende have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost two.

Goals decide football matches and KV Oostende are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 16 league matches. Oostende's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Cercle Brugge have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 5-1-10 (16 played). Cercle has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Cercle had fun at their own home (Diaz Arena) last time out, beating OH Leuven 3-0. Ike Ugbo (2) and Jeremy Taravel scored. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Beerschot-Wilrijk.

A heroic performance from Cercle in their game against OH Leuven last time out. Things got complicated when Kevin Hoggas was sent off in the 33rd minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 3-0 victory!

We have checked recent matches where Cercle have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, zero draws and five defeats.

The attacking power of Cercle when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Cercle struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cercle Brugge - KV Oostende 0-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Oostende victories, three draws and one Cercle Brugge win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeI. Ugbo
I. Ugbo
15 goals
KV OostendeJ. Sakala
J. Sakala
13 goals
KV OostendeM. Gueye
M. Gueye
11 goals

KV Oostende missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
KV Oostende Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
15 9 3 Won W 0 5 11
7 4 1 Drew D 1 1 2
11 3 1 Lost L 4 10 20
48 32 9 Scored S 2 14 39
40 20 5 Conceded C 8 24 50
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 73%
61% 75% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 50% 58%
27% 44% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 15%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
64% 75% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 48%
21% 19% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 15%
18% 6% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.2 2.1
4 3 2 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
9.2 8.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 6.8 6.7
3.9 3.9 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.4 2.6 3.2
38% 51% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 34% 38%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of KV Oostende's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KV Oostende have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cercle Brugge have scored away.
  • KV Oostende 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 33 23 4 6 69 24 16 11 1 4 30 13 17 12 3 2 39 11 45 73
2 Genk 33 16 8 9 65 45 17 9 5 3 38 20 16 7 3 6 27 25 20 56
3 Anderlecht 33 14 13 6 50 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 16 5 6 5 25 23 16 55
4 Antwerp 32 16 6 10 51 44 16 8 4 4 27 23 16 8 2 6 24 21 7 54
5 KV Oostende 33 15 7 11 48 40 16 9 4 3 32 20 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 52
6 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 14 5 14 58 61 17 7 4 6 32 29 16 7 1 8 26 32 -3 47
7 Standard Liège 33 12 11 10 49 41 16 6 7 3 23 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 8 47
8 Zulte-Waregem 33 14 4 15 51 62 16 6 2 8 21 31 17 8 2 7 30 31 -11 46
9 Gent 33 13 7 13 48 40 17 8 3 6 29 21 16 5 4 7 19 19 8 46
10 Mechelen 33 12 9 12 50 53 17 5 5 7 29 30 16 7 4 5 21 23 -3 45
11 OH Leuven 33 12 9 12 53 57 16 8 2 6 23 21 17 4 7 6 30 36 -4 45
12 Sporting Charleroi 33 11 9 13 44 46 16 5 6 5 16 13 17 6 3 8 28 33 -2 42
13 AS Eupen 33 9 13 11 41 53 17 5 6 6 24 30 16 4 7 5 17 23 -12 40
14 Kortrijk 33 11 6 16 43 53 16 5 2 9 23 31 17 6 4 7 20 22 -10 39
15 Sint-Truiden 33 10 8 15 41 51 16 6 3 7 20 19 17 4 5 8 21 32 -10 38
16 Cercle Brugge 33 11 2 20 39 50 17 6 1 10 25 26 16 5 1 10 14 24 -11 35
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 32 7 10 15 28 47 16 4 5 7 15 19 16 3 5 8 13 28 -19 31
18 Waasland-Beveren 33 7 7 19 42 69 17 3 2 12 21 40 16 4 5 7 21 29 -27 28

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 Club Brugge 33 23 4 6 69 24 16 11 1 4 30 13 17 12 3 2 39 11 45 73
2 Genk 33 16 8 9 65 45 17 9 5 3 38 20 16 7 3 6 27 25 20 56
3 Anderlecht 33 14 13 6 50 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 16 5 6 5 25 23 16 55
4 Antwerp 32 16 6 10 51 44 16 8 4 4 27 23 16 8 2 6 24 21 7 54
5 KV Oostende 33 15 7 11 48 40 16 9 4 3 32 20 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 52
6 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 14 5 14 58 61 17 7 4 6 32 29 16 7 1 8 26 32 -3 47
7 Standard Liège 33 12 11 10 49 41 16 6 7 3 23 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 8 47
8 Zulte-Waregem 33 14 4 15 51 62 16 6 2 8 21 31 17 8 2 7 30 31 -11 46
9 Gent 33 13 7 13 48 40 17 8 3 6 29 21 16 5 4 7 19 19 8 46
10 Mechelen 33 12 9 12 50 53 17 5 5 7 29 30 16 7 4 5 21 23 -3 45
11 OH Leuven 33 12 9 12 53 57 16 8 2 6 23 21 17 4 7 6 30 36 -4 45
12 Sporting Charleroi 33 11 9 13 44 46 16 5 6 5 16 13 17 6 3 8 28 33 -2 42
13 AS Eupen 33 9 13 11 41 53 17 5 6 6 24 30 16 4 7 5 17 23 -12 40
14 Kortrijk 33 11 6 16 43 53 16 5 2 9 23 31 17 6 4 7 20 22 -10 39
15 Sint-Truiden 33 10 8 15 41 51 16 6 3 7 20 19 17 4 5 8 21 32 -10 38
16 Cercle Brugge 33 11 2 20 39 50 17 6 1 10 25 26 16 5 1 10 14 24 -11 35
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 32 7 10 15 28 47 16 4 5 7 15 19 16 3 5 8 13 28 -19 31
18 Waasland-Beveren 33 7 7 19 42 69 17 3 2 12 21 40 16 4 5 7 21 29 -27 28

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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.