Football tips: RFC Seraing vs Cercle Brugge - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

RFC Seraing will battle it out with Cercle Brugge in this Pro League game. Everything you need to learn about the fixture can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Cercle Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Pro League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

Only two Pro League home games for RFC Seraing so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Seraing's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus KV Oostende (placed 2nd). Midfield player Youssef Maziz got a match rating of 9.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Maziz scored two goals, hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Anderlecht.

RFC Seraing has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Four points from two away games for Cercle Brugge, meaning one draw and one victory in the Pro League so far.

The manager Y. Vanderhaeghe was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground Jan Breydelstadion. Cercle suffered a 1-2 loss to Anderlecht (placed 6th). Dimitar Velkovski got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Velkovski served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Club Brugge that ended 1-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cercle Brugge has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last two meetings featuring these two sides are: zero wins for RFC Seraing, zero draws and two wins for Cercle Brugge. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

RFC SeraingY. Maziz
Y. Maziz
2 goals
Cercle BruggeO. Deman
O. Deman
2 goals
Cercle BruggeW. Rubio Martín
W. Rubio Martín
2 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

RFC Seraing Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 3 0 Scored S 1 2 4
8 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 75%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 25%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.2 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 1.5 3
5.5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.5 6.2
2.5 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 10.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2.5 6.2
3 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2.2
25% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 44%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Pro League
RFC Seraing Last season Cercle Brugge
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   17 34
16 8   Won W   5 11
4 2   Drew D   2 3
8 4   Lost L   10 20
55 22   Scored S   15 40
37 13   Conceded C   25 51
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
68% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 74%
50% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 56%
43% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 15%
32% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 12%
46% 36%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
36% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 15%
25% 29%   Failed to Score F T   47% 38%
 
6.1 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.4
4 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.7
2.7 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
5 3   Red cards R C   1 5
 
11.6 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   6.9 6.8
4.9 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 3.1
38% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 37%

  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 4 3 0 1 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 9
2 KV Oostende 4 3 0 1 8 8 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 7 5 0 9
3 Club Brugge 4 2 2 0 8 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 8
4 AS Eupen 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
5 Genk 4 2 1 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 7
6 Anderlecht 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
7 Standard Liege 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 0 1 1 3 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 -1 7
8 Sporting Charleroi 4 1 3 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 6
9 Kortrijk 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
10 Cercle Brugge 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
11 Antwerp 4 1 1 2 8 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 8 6 1 4
12 Gent 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 4
13 Sint-Truiden 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 4
14 Zulte-Waregem 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 -3 4
15 Mechelen 4 1 0 3 4 8 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 3
16 OH Leuven 4 0 3 1 3 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 3
17 RFC Seraing 4 1 0 3 3 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 3
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 4 0 1 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 -5 1
Last season 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 28 22 4 2 69 24 14 12 2 0 39 13 14 10 2 2 30 11 45 70
2 RFC Seraing 28 16 4 8 55 37 14 8 2 4 22 13 14 8 2 4 33 24 18 52
3 Westerlo 28 10 13 5 41 30 14 7 6 1 28 16 14 3 7 4 13 14 11 43
4 Lommel United 28 13 4 11 50 47 14 8 1 5 28 23 14 5 3 6 22 24 3 43
5 Deinze 28 10 9 9 45 46 14 7 4 3 25 16 14 3 5 6 20 30 -1 39
6 RWDM 28 10 5 13 44 49 14 6 3 5 23 22 14 4 2 8 21 27 -5 35
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 28 4 4 20 25 55 14 3 2 9 17 28 14 1 2 11 8 27 -30 16
8 Club Brugge II 28 2 7 19 23 64 14 2 5 7 13 26 14 0 2 12 10 38 -41 13
Last season 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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liege 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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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.