Cercle Brugge vs Antwerp Prediction

How both sides have been playing

Cercle Brugge's longer run of results reads four wins, six draws and ten losses across their last 20 matches in all competitions, with 32 scored and 42 conceded. That lines up with a tricky recent spell: a 5-2 loss at Union St. Gilloise, a home defeat to Anderlecht, a loss away at Charleroi, and only a point against OH Leuven before that.

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Cercle Brugge: 20 completed matches; Antwerp: 20 completed matches.

Cercle Brugge

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

42

Difference

-10

Antwerp

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

29

Difference

-3

Antwerp's sample over the same period shows seven wins, four draws and nine losses, with 26 scored and 29 conceded. Their most recent league outing was a comfortable 3-0 win over Charleroi, though that followed back-to-back away defeats at Westerlo and Union St. Gilloise.

Comparative Team Statistics: Cercle Brugge vs Antwerp

What history tells us

The last three meetings between these two have gone Antwerp's way, or at least not favoured Cercle Brugge: a 4-0 Antwerp win back in January, followed by draws of 1-1 and 0-0. Zoom out further and the fixture has swung repeatedly over the years, with spells where either side has won the majority of matches.

Recent meetings lean towards Antwerp, though that's a small sample taken from a long and uneven rivalry.

Where they sit in the table

Antwerp currently sit 13th with seven points from eight games, while Cercle Brugge are down in 18th with three points from the same number of matches. Antwerp have two wins and a draw to Cercle Brugge's three draws and no wins so far this season.

The four-point gap is tighter than the position difference suggests, hinting at a closer match than the table alone implies.

Key men and discipline

Antwerp's attack has had goals shared around, with M. Frey on four in seven appearances and A. Valencia weighing in with three from just three matches. That gives them some firepower up top even during a mixed run of results.

Cercle Brugge:

Penalty cards:

V. Konaté x 2

Antwerp:

Best scorers:

M. Frey - 4

A. Valencia - 3

Penalty cards:

B. Deuff x 1 x 1

At the other end, Cercle Brugge's V. Konaté has picked up two yellow cards in seven games, while Antwerp's B. Deuff has a yellow and a red in just two outings, something worth watching if he's involved again.

Goals look likely at both ends

Both sides have conceded freely this season, Cercle Brugge letting in 42 goals and Antwerp 29 across their last 20 matches in all competitions. That kind of leakiness at the back on both sides points to a game where goals at either end wouldn't be a surprise.