Sint-Truiden vs Cercle Brugge pre-match guide

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Stayen (14600 seats)

Sint-Truiden fight Cercle Brugge for fame and football prosperity.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sint-Truiden's two home games in the Pro League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stadion Stayen.

An away draw last time out for Sint-Truiden, facing Gent in a game that ended 2-2. A disappointing finish for Sint-Truiden in their match versus Gent as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Delorge-Knieper (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.15/10. Delorge-Knieper scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Anderlecht (0-1).

Sint-Truiden has scored {1 goals-1} so far and conceded {1 goals-2} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Cercle Brugge are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Two away matches in a row for Cercle Brugge, whose coach Muslić could celebrate last time after the win against Standard Liege. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Muslić when Minda scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute. Goalkeeper Warleson got the top player rating of the team with 7.45/10. Warleson topped it up with a clean sheet.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Genk.

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

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sint-Truiden three wins, one draw and Cercle Brugge six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenA. Koita
A. Koita
2 goals
Sint-TruidenJ. Steuckers
J. Steuckers
1 goals
Sint-TruidenM. Delorge-Knieper
M. Delorge-Knieper
1 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sint-Truiden Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 1 0 Scored S 0 1 3
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
6.2 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 4.5
2.5 1.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.2
2.2 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.2 12.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 14
3.8 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.5
27% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 30%
 
10.8 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 10
3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.2
Sint-Truiden Last season Cercle Brugge
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   20 40
11 6   Won W   7 16
9 4   Drew D   5 13
14 7   Lost L   8 11
37 20   Scored S   30 63
40 19   Conceded C   33 55
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
68% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 82%
44% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 52%
18% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 38%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 15%
44% 41%   BTTS BTTS   60% 60%
26% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 22%
38% 41%   Failed to Score F T   25% 25%
 
3.8 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.5
4.4 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.5
1.7 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
7 4   Red cards R C   4 5
 
11 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 13.8
2.5 2.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.6
44% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 34%
 
11 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 10.8
3.4 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 3.9

  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 4 3 1 0 14 2 2 1 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 12 10
2 Gent 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 10
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 9
4 Anderlecht 4 3 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 9
5 Antwerp 4 2 1 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 6 7
6 Genk 4 2 1 1 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 7
7 Sint-Truiden 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
8 AS Eupen 4 2 1 1 6 8 2 0 1 1 2 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 -2 7
9 Cercle Brugge 4 2 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
10 RWDM 4 2 0 2 4 12 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 3 8 -8 6
11 Mechelen 4 1 1 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4
12 Sporting Charleroi 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 3
13 OH Leuven 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 6 -5 2
14 Standard Liege 4 0 1 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
15 Westerlo 4 0 1 3 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -4 1
16 Kortrijk 4 0 0 4 3 13 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 9 -10 0
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 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

Table
  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 4 3 1 0 14 2 2 1 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 12 10
2 Gent 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 10
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 9
4 Anderlecht 4 3 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 9
5 Antwerp 4 2 1 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 6 7
6 Genk 4 2 1 1 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 7
7 Sint-Truiden 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
8 AS Eupen 4 2 1 1 6 8 2 0 1 1 2 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 -2 7
9 Cercle Brugge 4 2 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
10 RWDM 4 2 0 2 4 12 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 3 8 -8 6
11 Mechelen 4 1 1 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4
12 Sporting Charleroi 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 3
13 OH Leuven 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 6 -5 2
14 Standard Liege 4 0 1 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
15 Westerlo 4 0 1 3 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -4 1
16 Kortrijk 4 0 0 4 3 13 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 9 -10 0

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