Sint-Truiden will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 18 points behind Club Brugge.
It's no vacation for neither Sint-Truiden nor Club Brugge as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Club Brugge's home stadium. The visitors last three games on artificial turf have ended in 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Sint-Truiden form and stats
2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Sint-Truiden so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sint-Truiden, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Sint-Truiden crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Club Brugge here at Staaien in a Pro League match. A Belgian Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Zulte-Waregem.
Sint-Truiden have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Sint-Truiden have conceded only 6 goals.
Club Brugge form and stats
The away performances of Club Brugge, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Pro League, have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Pro League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
Two travels in a row for Club Brugge, whose manager P. Clement could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against Sint-Truiden. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to KV Oostende.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Club Brugge are regular goalscorers on their travels. Club Brugge are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Sint-Truiden - Club Brugge 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sint-Truiden won 1, Club Brugge won 7 and 2 draws. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vanaken 9 goals |   Y. Boli 8 goals |  D. Okereke 7 goals |
Sint-Truiden missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Sint-Truiden | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | 38 |
| 28 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 88% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 82% |
| 59% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 47% |
| 24% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 24% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 47% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 29% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 62% | 65% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 3.6 | 4 | 3.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.7 | 8.9 | 7.7 |
| 6.9 | 7 | 8.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 113 | 52 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 63 | 143 |
| 41 | 19 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 26 | 62 |
| 41% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 69% | 61% |
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Club Brugge has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (11)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Club Brugge has the most points (18) away
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+13) away
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+30)
- Club Brugge have created more than twice as many corners as Sint-Truiden.
- Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Club Brugge have scored more than double the goals of Sint-Truiden.
- Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sint-Truiden has the fewest scored goals (5) 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 | Club Brugge | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 30 | 39 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | Gent | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Zulte-Waregem | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Genk | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 21 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 16 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -23 | 11 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -24 | 8 |