Pro League preview with statistics: RFC Seraing welcomes Club Brugge to Stade du Pairay

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

This campaign has been grim for RFC Seraing so far, while Club Brugge have enjoyed success. Will the visitors take another scalp at Stade du Pairay?

Insights:
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (26) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have scored more than double the goals of RFC Seraing.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Belgian Cup.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what RFC Seraing have to build on here at Stade du Pairay in the Pro League. It's trouble wherever RFC Seraing are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 483 minutes without scoring a league goal. Maziz was the last player to find the net.

Seraing faced defeat in their previous match, away at Zulte-Waregem (0-1). Cisse (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.81/10. Cisse had 70 successful passes (of 73 total).

Heartbreak before that as RFC Seraing lost 0-4 at Gent's place.

RFC Seraing are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Club Brugge form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Club Brugge has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Before that, Brugge secured a home win against Antwerp with the score 4-1.

Club Brugge are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 14 away games so far. 19 goals have been conceded by Brugge in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head meeting ended Club Brugge - RFC Seraing 3-2, earlier this season. Dost likes to play against RFC Seraing and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeC. De Ketelaere
C. De Ketelaere
12 goals
Club BruggeB. Dost
B. Dost
11 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
9 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

Club Brugge missing players

RFC Seraing Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 3 14 29
7 5 1 Won W 2 8 16
2 2 1 Drew D 1 3 9
20 7 3 Lost L 0 3 4
26 15 1 Scored S 9 25 56
58 22 10 Conceded C 3 19 34
93% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 64% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 86%
59% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 59%
34% 36% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 43% 41%
17% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 21%
38% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 62%
14% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 34%
55% 50% 80% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 7%
 
4.7 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.8 6.5
5.1 4.2 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.8 4.5
2 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 1.9
3 1 1 Red cards R C 2 5 8
 
10.8 12 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 18.3 13.6 15.4
3.4 4.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 5.4 5.7
27% 25% 7% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 34%
 
12.9 11 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 11.7 10.5
5.4 4.9 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.4 3.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have scored more than double the goals of RFC Seraing.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (26) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Pro League

  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 29 20 4 5 62 22 15 9 2 4 26 13 14 11 2 1 36 9 40 64
2 Club Brugge 29 16 9 4 56 34 15 8 6 1 31 15 14 8 3 3 25 19 22 57
3 Antwerp 29 16 5 8 49 34 14 7 3 4 26 17 15 9 2 4 23 17 15 53
4 Anderlecht 29 14 10 5 60 32 14 7 5 2 32 18 15 7 5 3 28 14 28 52
5 Gent 29 14 7 8 44 27 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 6 4 5 15 12 17 49
6 Mechelen 28 14 4 10 50 48 15 9 3 3 31 20 13 5 1 7 19 28 2 46
7 Sporting Charleroi 29 13 7 9 45 40 14 5 4 5 16 16 15 8 3 4 29 24 5 46
8 Genk 29 13 5 11 56 41 15 9 3 3 34 17 14 4 2 8 22 24 15 44
9 Cercle Brugge 29 11 6 12 42 36 14 5 2 7 17 16 15 6 4 5 25 20 6 39
10 Sint-Truiden 29 11 5 13 32 37 14 5 2 7 19 20 15 6 3 6 13 17 -5 38
11 Kortrijk 29 9 10 10 37 36 14 5 4 5 19 17 15 4 6 5 18 19 1 37
12 OH Leuven 28 9 10 9 39 44 14 6 4 4 19 20 14 3 6 5 20 24 -5 37
13 KV Oostende 29 9 5 15 28 52 15 5 2 8 16 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -24 32
14 Standard Liege 29 8 8 13 30 44 15 3 5 7 14 22 14 5 3 6 16 22 -14 32
15 Zulte-Waregem 29 7 8 14 38 61 15 4 4 7 20 30 14 3 4 7 18 31 -23 29
16 AS Eupen 29 7 7 15 33 49 14 3 3 8 14 25 15 4 4 7 19 24 -16 28
17 RFC Seraing 29 7 2 20 26 58 14 5 2 7 15 22 15 2 0 13 11 36 -32 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 29 4 4 21 29 61 15 4 1 10 15 28 14 0 3 11 14 33 -32 16

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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.