Club Brugge U21 meet Gent U21 as obvious favourites: Read our preview

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Competition: Belgium Reserve Pro League
Competition: Mon 11.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)

Most experts are most impressed by Club Brugge U21 at this point, with their 3rd place in the Reserve Pro League table and anticipating the visit of Gent U21 (who are in 5th).

Insights:
  • Club Brugge U21 have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Reserve Pro League
  • Gent U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Club Brugge U21 form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here as Club Brugge U21 have scored 23 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Reserve Pro League are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.

The home team returns after drawing with Antwerp U21 (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. George has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Skilful!

Ahead of that match, Club Brugge U21 won a home game hosting Cercle Brugge U21 (1-0).

The Club Brugge U21 manager has got the team scoring with 23 from 10 home games in the league. From these home matches, Club Brugge U21 have conceded only 5 goals.

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Gent U21 form and stats

Gent U21 have an excellent away record in the Reserve Pro League so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.

Gent U21 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Anderlecht U21 proved too strong as Gent slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans. Gent U21 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Sporting Charleroi U21.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Gent U21 manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Zulte-Waregem U21.

9 goals have been conceded by Gent U21 in these games.

Head 2 Head

Gent U21 - Brugge 2-1 was the scoreline in these participants' last H2H game, played this season. Club Brugge U21-Gent U21 H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Club Brugge U21 two wins, Gent U21 one win, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Club Brugge U21 missing players

Gent U21 missing players

Club Brugge U21 Gent U21
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 2 7 16
11 7 3 Won W 1 4 8
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
43 23 9 Scored S 5 14 29
12 5 1 Conceded C 4 9 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
84% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 88%
42% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 81%
21% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 44%
16% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 12%
32% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 62%
53% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 25%
16% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 19%
 
5.3 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.3 4.4
3.2 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.3 4.3
1.1 0.9 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.7 11.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7 8.9
5.1 5.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 5
50% 47% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 54% 37%
 
6.6 6.2 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 6.7 7.4
2.5 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 3.7 3.9
Key stats in Reserve Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge U21 have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gent U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 U21 17 15 2 0 56 15 9 8 1 0 33 7 8 7 1 0 23 8 41 47
2 Anderlecht U21 20 14 2 4 47 16 10 7 1 2 29 10 10 7 1 2 18 6 31 44
3 Club Brugge U21 19 11 3 5 43 12 10 7 2 1 23 5 9 4 1 4 20 7 31 36
4 Standard Liège U21 17 11 2 4 30 22 8 5 1 2 15 11 9 6 1 2 15 11 8 35
5 Gent U21 16 8 4 4 29 23 9 4 2 3 15 14 7 4 2 1 14 9 6 28
6 Sporting Charleroi U21 18 6 3 9 18 36 8 4 1 3 11 17 10 2 2 6 7 19 -18 21
7 Sint-Truiden U21 18 5 4 9 19 31 8 1 3 4 7 11 10 4 1 5 12 20 -12 19
8 Zulte-Waregem U21 18 5 3 10 26 41 8 3 2 3 12 17 10 2 1 7 14 24 -15 18
9 Cercle Brugge U21 20 4 5 11 24 34 10 4 0 6 15 14 10 0 5 5 9 20 -10 17
10 OH Leuven U21 19 5 2 12 22 35 10 3 1 6 11 16 9 2 1 6 11 19 -13 17
11 Antwerp U21 18 4 4 10 20 36 10 1 3 6 8 21 8 3 1 4 12 15 -16 16
12 Mechelen U21 20 3 4 13 14 47 10 1 2 7 5 21 10 2 2 6 9 26 -33 13

Read more about Reserve Pro League

The Belgian Reserve Pro League is the top league for reserve teams in Belgium, featuring the reserve teams of most of Belgium’s biggest football clubs. 16 teams participate, playing a regular season of 15 fixtures before splitting the league table into a championship and a relegation group for 14 more fixtures.