Club Brugge travel to Zulte-Waregem with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Elindus Arena (12500 seats)

Zulte-Waregem have not been spoiled with points this league season. Can the gang get some sugar when Club Brugge stop by Elindus Arena?

Insights:
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most points from losing position (14) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Pro League

This has all the signs of an action-packed game with lots of action and excitement as both sides are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. Zulte-Waregem have only managed 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Elindus Arena.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Zulte-Waregem, who played 1-1 against Westerlo. That match was also played at this venue (Elindus Arena). Vossen was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Westerlo after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Dismas, defender, was given a rating of 7.5/10 in that game, top of the team. Dismas hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Anderlecht.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Mechelen are coming to town in four days.

The Zulte-Waregem fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. As for conceded goals, Zulte-Waregem's unpleasant statistic is 29 goals surrendered. When Zulte-Waregem hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Kortrijk, RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, Mechelen and KV Oostende), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Club Brugge form and stats

4-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Club Brugge in their Pro League matches away. With three draws in a row for Club Brugge the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

There were no winners in Brugge's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Sporting Charleroi (placed 12th). A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Sporting Charleroi. Club Brugge were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Olsen scoring the equalizer. As mentioned above, Brugge drew the match against Sporting Charleroi. Manager Parker brought on Olsen to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Lang, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.55. Lang scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sint-Truiden.

Take note! Both teams have scored in 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.

Club Brugge have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 14 goals have been scored. 14 goals have been conceded by Club Brugge in these games.

Head 2 Head

Club Brugge have pulled off a sequence of 9 consecutive games without defeat (7-2-0) when playing Zulte-Waregem.

The dueling parties have met earlier this season: Club Brugge - Zulte-Waregem 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeF. Jutlgà Blanc
F. Jutlgà Blanc
8 goals
Club BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
7 goals
Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
6 goals

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Zulte-Waregem Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 10 22
5 3 0 Won W 1 4 10
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 7
12 6 3 Lost L 1 4 5
29 18 2 Scored S 3 14 40
46 29 10 Conceded C 2 14 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 95%
55% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 64%
41% 55% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 36%
23% 36% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
59% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 59%
9% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 27%
32% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 14%
 
4.9 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 5.6
4.9 4.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.7 3.3
2.7 2.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.7 11.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.2 15.2
4 4.2 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3 3.9
33% 39% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 47% 47%
 
14.3 13 14.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11.6 10.5
4.6 4.5 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Zulte-Waregem's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (29) at home in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most points from losing position (14) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem 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 Genk 21 18 1 2 52 19 11 10 1 0 29 9 10 8 0 2 23 10 33 55
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 22 15 4 3 45 24 11 8 2 1 19 8 11 7 2 2 26 16 21 49
3 Antwerp 22 14 3 5 42 23 11 9 1 1 26 9 11 5 2 4 16 14 19 45
4 Gent 22 11 5 6 37 21 11 6 3 2 18 10 11 5 2 4 19 11 16 38
5 Club Brugge 22 10 7 5 40 28 12 6 5 1 26 14 10 4 2 4 14 14 12 37
6 Standard Liege 22 10 4 8 34 28 11 6 2 3 22 11 11 4 2 5 12 17 6 34
7 Westerlo 22 9 4 9 42 39 11 5 2 4 26 17 11 4 2 5 16 22 3 31
8 Sint-Truiden 22 8 7 7 23 24 11 3 3 5 10 14 11 5 4 2 13 10 -1 31
9 OH Leuven 22 8 6 8 36 33 10 4 2 4 16 15 12 4 4 4 20 18 3 30
10 Cercle Brugge 22 8 6 8 29 30 10 4 4 2 16 10 12 4 2 6 13 20 -1 30
11 Anderlecht 22 8 3 11 31 32 11 4 1 6 18 17 11 4 2 5 13 15 -1 27
12 Sporting Charleroi 21 8 3 10 28 34 10 4 1 5 14 16 11 4 2 5 14 18 -6 27
13 Mechelen 21 7 4 10 30 38 12 6 3 3 23 19 9 1 1 7 7 19 -8 25
14 Kortrijk 22 6 3 13 24 42 11 3 2 6 9 20 11 3 1 7 15 22 -18 21
15 AS Eupen 21 6 2 13 27 43 10 3 0 7 11 18 11 3 2 6 16 25 -16 20
16 Zulte-Waregem 22 5 5 12 29 46 11 3 2 6 18 29 11 2 3 6 11 17 -17 20
17 KV Oostende 22 5 2 15 23 49 11 4 0 7 13 22 11 1 2 8 10 27 -26 17
18 RFC Seraing 22 4 3 15 21 40 11 0 2 9 4 17 11 4 1 6 17 23 -19 15

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.