Anderlecht welcome the visitors Club Brugge KV in the Belgian Jupiler League Championship Group – Round 2. The match will be held on Thursday, April, 4th, at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium (Anderlecht).
In the 1st group stage round, Anderlecht conceded, 3:0. The loss was registered away, to the leaders Genk. That said, Anderlecht are labeled one of the 2 Belgian football greats, their manager was invited from the Netherlands, and their squad are among the strongest in the league by performance and costs. There is a talk that there is some internal mess – the players broke into groups and have their own demands on the management.
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Club Brugge KV as if waited in ambush along the season so that they make a hit in the right place at the right time. They’ve got the place, now they need the time. In the first round, the team won Gent, 3:0. Now they keep lagging behind Genk by 4 points and cannot let them go further. Brugge will hold 2 head-to-heads against Genk, so, they need not to increase this gap at least.
Though Anderlecht do not demonstrate even a half of their potential this campaign, they should not be discarded in clashes with crucial opponents like Brugge. The home match factor also favors the welcoming side – at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht’s last loss to Brugge was registered 20 years back. Still, the guests presently look better than the hosts, and the situation obliges them to take points even from such opponents; moreover, they’ve been looking to win Anderlecht away yet for 20 years. Thus, there is no point in defining winners in the match concerned. Instead, we should be predicting goals. The encounter sees a meeting of 2 lethal league’s attacks. Even in their present form, Anderlecht scored 49 goals. Brugge did 64. 3 sides’ clashes turned overscoring. 18 Anderlecht’s Eredivisie fixtures produced over 2.5 goals. Brugge were overscoring 22 times. Either side boast skillful strikers: Brugge’s Wesley made 10 goals, Schrijvers – 11, and Vanaken – 12; Anderlecht’s Kums and Gerkens netted 5 goals each, Dimata did 12, and Santini – 14. The meetings between the opponents have always been crucial, no matter their form and placement – the sides normally compete tough and almost always effectively. The Thursday head-to-head will probably be no different and see 3 goals at halves for sure.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals.
