KV Oostende v Club Brugge preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 08.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Versluys Arena (8400 seats)

This could be an interesting match as KV Oostende have their presumed home advantage while Club Brugge are ahead 5 points in the Pro League table.

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

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KV Oostende form and stats

KV Oostende have played 5 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Oostende here at Versluys Arena, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

KV Oostende faced defeat in their previous match, away at Standard Liege (0-1). Ahead of that match, KV Oostende won a home game hosting Zulte-Waregem (3-0).

The KV Oostende manager A. Blessin has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. Oostende's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Club Brugge form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+15) in Pro League, on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Champions League home defeat versus Borussia Dortmund with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Mechelen in the Pro League.

Club Brugge did not look prepared in the first half against Borussia Dortmund and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.

Club Brugge create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 14 goals in 5 travels. It's not easy to score on Brugge as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Oostende, one draw and eight wins for Club Brugge. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
5 goals
Club BruggeK. Diatta
K. Diatta
5 goals
KV OostendeJ. Sakala
J. Sakala
4 goals

KV Oostende missing players

Club Brugge missing players

KV Oostende Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 11
4 3 0 Won W 1 3 6
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 1 Lost L 1 1 3
15 12 3 Scored S 3 14 25
9 5 4 Conceded C 3 4 10
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
60% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 73%
30% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
40% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 55%
40% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 27%
30% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
74 39 13 Total Shots T S 20 55 85
33 20 4 Shots on Target S O 10 28 37
45% 60% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 50% 68%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of KV Oostende's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals (14) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+10) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+15) in Pro League
  • 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 away matches so far.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KV Oostende have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • KV Oostende have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • 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 Sporting Charleroi 10 7 1 2 18 7 5 4 0 1 10 3 5 3 1 1 8 4 11 22
2 Standard Liege 11 6 3 2 14 9 6 3 3 0 7 4 5 3 0 2 7 5 5 21
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 11 7 0 4 28 25 6 5 0 1 21 13 5 2 0 3 7 12 3 21
4 Club Brugge 11 6 2 3 25 10 6 3 1 2 11 6 5 3 1 1 14 4 15 20
5 Anderlecht 11 5 5 1 21 15 6 3 3 0 10 5 5 2 2 1 11 10 6 20
6 Antwerp 11 6 2 3 21 15 5 3 2 0 11 6 6 3 0 3 10 9 6 20
7 Genk 11 5 4 2 20 15 6 3 2 1 13 7 5 2 2 1 7 8 5 19
8 OH Leuven 11 5 3 3 19 19 5 3 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 12 13 0 18
9 KV Oostende 10 4 3 3 15 9 5 3 1 1 12 5 5 1 2 2 3 4 6 15
10 Cercle Brugge 10 5 0 5 16 15 4 3 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 4 6 11 1 15
11 Kortrijk 11 4 3 4 13 14 5 1 1 3 6 9 6 3 2 1 7 5 -1 15
12 Gent 11 4 0 7 19 19 5 2 0 3 10 8 6 2 0 4 9 11 0 12
13 AS Eupen 10 2 5 3 10 16 4 1 1 2 4 8 6 1 4 1 6 8 -6 11
14 Sint-Truiden 10 2 3 5 11 19 5 2 2 1 6 4 5 0 1 4 5 15 -8 9
15 Mechelen 10 2 2 6 12 18 5 1 1 3 7 8 5 1 1 3 5 10 -6 8
16 Zulte-Waregem 11 2 2 7 12 25 6 1 1 4 7 15 5 1 1 3 5 10 -13 8
17 Waasland-Beveren 9 1 1 7 13 26 5 0 1 4 6 14 4 1 0 3 7 12 -13 4
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 9 0 3 6 3 14 5 0 1 4 1 6 4 0 2 2 2 8 -11 3

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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.