An important duel in the bottom section of the Pro League, with both Sint-Truiden and Cercle Brugge experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 17th place.
- Sint-Truiden has the fewest points from losing position (2) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Pro League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sint-Truiden and Cercle Brugge.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Cercle Brugge have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-0-0 (win-draw-loss) from one match.
Sint-Truiden form and stats
Sint-Truiden have collected 15 points from their Pro League home games so far after 4-3-5.
Sint-Truiden manager P. Maes and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Gent (placed 11th) in the Pro League. Preceding that match was the home game against Royal Excel Mouscron that was lost 0-2.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sint-Truiden handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, zero draws and two defeats.
The manager P. Maes will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lokeren-Temse in only three days.
Sint-Truiden are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Sint-Truiden have conceded 14 goals.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
4-1-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cercle Brugge, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Pro League, in their Pro League matches away.
Cercle Brugge might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Club Brugge proved too strong as Cercle Brugge slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Jan Breydelstadion. Prior to that result Cercle won their away game at Kortrijk. The scoreline was 2-1.
We have checked recent matches where Cercle Brugge have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, zero draws and four defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Cercle now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Belgian Cup game at OH Leuven is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Cercle have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 12 games. 17 goals have been conceded by Cercle in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cercle Brugge - Sint-Truiden 3-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sint-Truiden won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Cercle Brugge has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 12 goals |  I. Ugbo 11 goals | D. Nazon 6 goals |
Sint-Truiden missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Sint-Truiden | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 30 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 30 |
| 37 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 41 |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 58% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 58% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| 25% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 7.3 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 42% | 38% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | 42% |
- Cercle Brugge has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sint-Truiden has the fewest points from losing position (2) in Pro League
- Sint-Truiden has the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) 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 | Club Brugge | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 33 | 54 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 3 | Genk | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | KV Oostende | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -3 | 34 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Gent | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | Zulte-Waregem | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 30 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 30 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 27 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |