Club Brugge KV hosts Antwerp in round 4 of the Belgian Jupiler League championship group. The match will be played on Sunday, May 16th at Jan Breydel Stadion (Brugge)
Club Brugge KV leads the championship group standings (40 points). The Black-Blues have chalked up two draws and one defeat in the playoffs. As we see, the men of Philippe Clement couldn’t gain a single victory in the championship group. They lost points in the matches against Anderlecht (2-2) and Genk (0-3), and on May 13 they tied against Antwerp away (0-0). Despite the double advantage in shots on goal (6-3), Club Brugge KV was unable to upset the hosts’ goalkeeper Jean Boutes. Despite the poor results, the fate of the champion’s title is still in the hands of Clement’s team. With three rounds to go to the end of the championship, Club Brugge is five points ahead of Genk, which is in second place. The victory in any of the remaining matches will guarantee the defense of the champion’s title.
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Antwerp is in 4th place in the championship group (32 points). The men of Franky Vercauteren have two draws and one defeat in the final part of the championship. Antwerp also has not known the taste of victories in the playoff round. Vercauteren’s club started its performance with a defeat to Genk (2-3) and then tied against Anderlecht (2-2) and Club Brugge (0-0). Antwerp has practically no chances for the champion’s title, as it will be very difficult to win back the 8-point gap from Brugge. However, Antwerp is only three points behind the 2nd place, which gives the right to qualify for the Champions League.
The match, which took place on May 13, ended without goals scored, and the teams are unlikely to move away from this trend in Brugge. The game will be important for both clubs. The victory will guarantee the home team early win in the championship, and the success of the visitors will allow them to seriously wedge themselves into the struggle for a place in the Champions League qualification. For this reason, the teams will not take risks and will try to play defensively again. Head-to-head matches of Club Brugge KV and Antwerp are not distinguished by the highest production. In five out of six last matches in the championship and the Cup, the opponents scored no more than two goals for two.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
