Pro League duel: Close contest expected between Sint-Truiden and Cercle Brugge

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Stayen (14600 seats)

A classic home victory, the away team steals it or an exciting draw? It's all possible when the mid-table inhabitants Sint-Truiden and Cercle Brugge meet at Stadion Stayen.

Insights:
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Sint-Truiden have played 7 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Sint-Truiden's previous match was a Belgian Cup game also played at their own stadium, ending 1-0 vs Meux. The home side hope to to continue in that form.

A strong away win before that one, visiting RFC Seraing and winning 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sint-Truiden have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 2.

On the other hand, Sint-Truiden have conceded 9 goals.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

There's been little loot from Cercle Brugge's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Pro League. Cercle Brugge only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.

The club members enjoyed Cercle's previous match versus Beerschot-Wilrijk, a Belgian Cup win (3-1) played at home.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus OH Leuven in the Pro League.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Cercle Brugge in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cercle Brugge, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's latest 12 league matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cercle Brugge has managed {8 goals} and let in 16 from 8 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Sint-Truiden victories, two draws and five Cercle Brugge wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenG. Bruno
G. Bruno
7 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Denkey
A. Denkey
5 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Sint-Truiden Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 3 Played P 1 8 16
6 2 1 Won W 0 2 6
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
5 3 1 Lost L 1 5 6
17 7 2 Scored S 0 8 23
18 9 4 Conceded C 2 16 24
81% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
69% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
50% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
12% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 19%
44% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
31% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 19%
44% 43% 67% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 31%
 
4.6 4.9 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 5.2
4.1 3.3 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 4.5
2 1.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.6 1.9
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.2 15 13 Shots (avg) S ( 5 11.4 13.6
2.4 2.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.9 3.9
44% 41% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 37%
 
10.9 10.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 22 14 11.6
3.2 2.7 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.1 4.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 16 14 1 1 43 15 9 8 1 0 25 8 7 6 0 1 18 7 28 43
2 Antwerp 16 11 1 4 28 15 9 7 1 1 20 8 7 4 0 3 8 7 13 34
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 16 10 3 3 32 20 8 5 2 1 13 8 8 5 1 2 19 12 12 33
4 Club Brugge 16 10 2 4 32 18 8 6 1 1 20 8 8 4 1 3 12 10 14 32
5 Standard Liege 16 9 1 6 25 20 8 5 1 2 15 8 8 4 0 4 10 12 5 28
6 Gent 16 8 3 5 28 18 8 5 1 2 16 9 8 3 2 3 12 9 10 27
7 Sint-Truiden 16 6 5 5 17 18 7 2 2 3 7 9 9 4 3 2 10 9 -1 23
8 Westerlo 16 7 2 7 28 30 7 4 1 2 14 9 9 3 1 5 14 21 -2 23
9 OH Leuven 16 6 4 6 25 26 7 3 1 3 8 11 9 3 3 3 17 15 -1 22
10 Cercle Brugge 16 6 4 6 23 24 8 4 3 1 15 8 8 2 1 5 8 16 -1 22
11 Anderlecht 16 6 2 8 26 21 8 4 1 3 15 9 8 2 1 5 11 12 5 20
12 Sporting Charleroi 16 6 1 9 22 29 8 3 1 4 12 14 8 3 0 5 10 15 -7 19
13 Mechelen 16 5 3 8 24 30 9 4 2 3 17 15 7 1 1 5 7 15 -6 18
14 KV Oostende 16 5 2 9 20 31 8 4 0 4 11 15 8 1 2 5 9 16 -11 17
15 AS Eupen 16 5 0 11 19 33 8 3 0 5 10 14 8 2 0 6 9 19 -14 15
16 Kortrijk 16 3 3 10 14 29 8 1 2 5 5 14 8 2 1 5 9 15 -15 12
17 Zulte-Waregem 16 3 3 10 18 35 8 2 0 6 10 23 8 1 3 4 8 12 -17 12
18 RFC Seraing 16 3 2 11 16 28 8 0 1 7 3 14 8 3 1 4 13 14 -12 11

Read more about Pro League

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.