Westerlo - Cercle Brugge: Small difference between teams in Pro League clash

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Het Kuipje (8182 seats)

Which side will run out as winners when Cercle Brugge travel to Westerlo? In this match guide you'll find all the relevant facts and numbers needed to get smart.

Insights:
  • Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Pro League
  • Westerlo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cercle Brugge have scored away.

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!

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Westerlo form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Westerlo have managed 8 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 17 games.

In their previous game, the manager Roeck led his Westerlo to a defeat away at Gent. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Het Kuipje. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points through three league rounds. Dierckx (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Dierckx served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

1-1 away at RFC Seraing before that.

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 Westerlo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 0 and lost 2.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (40 in 17 games), Westerlo's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

Cercle's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Standard Liege that finished 0-0. Midfield player Siquet was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.1/10. Siquet hit four key passes.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Zulte-Waregem with the score of 3-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cercle Brugge playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 3 Cercle Brugge wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Observe! Both sides have scored in 12 of this club's last 16 league fixtures.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cercle Brugge have scored 19 goals in 17 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cercle have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Cercle Brugge - Westerlo 0-1 was the scoreline in these teams' previous h2h game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Westerlo five wins, one draw and Cercle Brugge four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeA. Ueda
A. Ueda
18 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Denkey
A. Denkey
9 goals
WesterloM. De Cuyper
M. De Cuyper
8 goals

Westerlo missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Westerlo Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 4 17 35
14 8 1 Won W 1 5 13
9 4 0 Drew D 1 4 12
12 5 3 Lost L 2 8 10
62 40 7 Scored S 2 19 50
56 26 9 Conceded C 4 28 46
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 91%
86% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 80%
54% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 53% 49%
40% 59% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 31%
31% 47% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 14%
60% 65% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 59% 63%
29% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 20%
17% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 26%
 
4.8 5.4 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 5.5
6 5.8 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.3 4.6
1.7 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.4 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 4
 
11.9 13.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 11.8 13.6
4 5.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.2
44% 46% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 31% 34%
 
13.8 12.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 13.1 10.6
4.3 4.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 3.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cercle Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Westerlo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cercle Brugge have scored away.
  • Westerlo have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Pro League
  • Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (24) 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 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 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

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