Waasland-Beveren hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 17th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Cercle Brugge holds 11th place with 15 pts.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
0 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Waasland-Beveren, who have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Pro League, have to build on here at Freethielstadion in the Pro League.
The home team returns to Freethielstadion after being equal after 90 minutes with AS Eupen (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Pro League game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Gent that was lost 1-4.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Waasland-Beveren, as the Pro League home game vs KV Oostende is only three days away.
The Waasland-Beveren fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Waasland-Beveren having conceded 14 goals here at Freethielstadion so far.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
There's been little loot from Cercle Brugge's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Pro League. Cercle Brugge only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Cercle in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Zulte-Waregem, 1-3. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sporting Charleroi wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cercle are hosting Royal Excel Mouscron in the Pro League only four days away.
The visiting Cercle Brugge have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. Cercle Brugge struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Waasland-Beveren victories, three draws and five Cercle Brugge wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Heymans 6 goals |  I. Ugbo 5 goals |  D. Hotič 3 goals |
Waasland-Beveren missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Waasland-Beveren | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 27 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 27% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 18% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | 57 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 22 | 62 |
| 34 | 25 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 30 |
| 41% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 57% |
- All of Waasland-Beveren's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cercle Brugge have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-13) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Waasland-Beveren have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Waasland-Beveren have scored in all their matches so far.
- Waasland-Beveren have yet to win a game at home.
- Waasland-Beveren haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 23 |
| 2 | Sporting Charleroi | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Genk | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Antwerp | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Cercle Brugge | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Gent | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -11 | 11 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -13 | 5 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 3 |