The home supporters hope for three points in this match, as the home advantage should be put to good use against a stumbling visitor. Sint-Truiden are in 11th position while the guesting Cercle Brugge stress at 17th.
- Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
Both sides have had enough days rest since their last competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an active match!
1 - 0 - 1 with 1-3. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Cercle Brugge when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Cercle Brugge play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Sint-Truiden form and stats
With 2 Pro League wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Sint-Truiden are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Sint-Truiden crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Union Saint-Gilloise here in a Pro League match. Sint-Truiden's goalkeeper Daniel Schmidt was extremely busy against Union Saint-Gilloise, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Midfield player Christian Brüls got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Brüls scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at RFC Seraing.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sint-Truiden handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and four defeats.
Sint-Truiden are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Anderlecht awaits in three days.
The Sint-Truiden fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sint-Truiden defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
Playing away, Cercle Brugge have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Pro League this season.
Two travels in a row for Cercle, whose manager D. Thalhammer could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against Kortrijk. Midfield player Rabbi Matondo was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.23/10. Matondo scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, the Cercle manager D. Thalhammer faced defeat when travelling to Mechelen (after extra-time) and losing 1-2.Cercle Brugge 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 three defeats. From a total of six matches.
After this away game Cercle return home for a Pro League game against RFC Seraing. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Cercle has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Cercle have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Cercle Brugge - Sint-Truiden 0-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Sint-Truiden won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Cercle Brugge got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  A. Millán Iranzo 3 goals |  R. Matondo 3 goals |  M. Konate 2 goals |
Sint-Truiden missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Sint-Truiden | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 25 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 59% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 53% |
| 18% | 22% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 65% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 71% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 13.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.5 | 12 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 26% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 35% | 29% |
| 11.5 | 11.4 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 8.9 | 9.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 10 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
- All of Sint-Truiden's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cercle Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sint-Truiden have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Pro League
- Sint-Truiden 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 37 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Gent | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Mechelen | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 8 | AS Eupen | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Genk | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 21 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 20 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 9 |