Open game expected at Het Kuipje: Westerlo vs Cercle Brugge preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Het Kuipje (8182 seats)

Westerlo and Cercle Brugge match-goers have their most valued supporter outfits on for this first game week of a new Pro League campaign. GO!

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Westerlo form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Westerlo as they were promoted from First Division B last season. Happy days that were secured through 17 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from 28 games. The team scored 25 goals at home last season and conceded 15. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

This is expected to be a close game, with Westerlo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Westerlo as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Westerlo has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Westerlo, who have participated in eight training matches. Westerlo have won 5 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Let's have a look at how Cercle Brugge performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 26/26 goals scored/conceded.

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 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Cercle Brugge have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeats from three fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Westerlo-Cercle Brugge H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Westerlo three wins, Cercle Brugge six wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Westerlo missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Westerlo Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Westerlo Last season Cercle Brugge
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   17 34
17 8   Won W   6 12
5 5   Drew D   5 9
6 1   Lost L   6 13
52 25   Scored S   26 49
29 15   Conceded C   26 46
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
82% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 88%
54% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
21% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
14% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 12%
54% 50%   BTTS BTTS   71% 62%
36% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 24%
14% 14%   Failed to Score F T   6% 15%
 
7.1 8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5
3.9 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.6
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.3
4 2   Red cards R C   4 4
 
11.8 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 13.7
6 6.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.9
31% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 30%
 
7.8 7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 10.8
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.9

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 Westerlo 28 17 5 6 52 29 14 8 5 1 25 15 14 9 0 5 27 14 23 56
2 RWDM 28 14 7 7 41 33 14 7 3 4 24 17 14 7 4 3 17 16 8 49
3 Waasland-Beveren 28 12 5 11 47 40 14 7 1 6 22 21 14 5 4 5 25 19 7 41
4 Deinze 28 9 12 7 47 39 14 5 6 3 26 19 14 4 6 4 21 20 8 39
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 28 9 9 10 39 42 14 5 5 4 20 19 14 4 4 6 19 23 -3 36
6 Lommel United 28 9 8 11 39 40 14 5 4 5 21 17 14 4 4 6 18 23 -1 35
7 Royal Excel Mouscron 28 8 6 14 31 45 14 5 3 6 17 21 14 3 3 8 14 24 -14 30
8 Excelsior Virton 28 5 6 17 24 52 14 4 2 8 12 24 14 1 4 9 12 28 -28 21
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 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liège 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

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