Club Brugge KV hosts Cercle Brugge KSV in round 3 of the Belgian Jupiler League. The match will be played on Friday, August 6th at Jan Breydel Stadion (Brugge)
In mid-July, Club Brugge KV lost 1-3 to Utrecht in a friendly match. After that, the team played four matches and didn’t suffer a single defeat. During this period, Club Brugge managed to win the Belgian Super Cup (3-2 against Genk), beat Lierse Kempenzonen (3-0) in the friendly game, started the championship with a draw against Eupen (2-2), and defeated Union Saint-Gilloise in the second round (1-0). The Blue-Blacks have scored first in their last three games in a row. Beyond that, both sides have scored in three of the last five matches. In addition, 19 goals have been scored in five matches involving Club Brugge. 15 of them happened in the second half.
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Cercle Brugge suffered one more defeat than Club Brugge in the last five matches. The Green-Blacks lost to Standard Liege (2-3) and Monaco (1-3) in friendly matches. Cercle Brugge has been unbeaten in official matches. In the first round, the team defeated Beerschot VA (0-1), and the second championship game ended in a draw against Heverlee Leuven (1-1). The Green-Blacks have failed to score more than one goal in four of their last five matches. But at the same time, the team scored in each of them. Bookmakers give the coefficient of 1.76 that Cercle Brugge will upset the opponent’s goalkeeper in the upcoming game.
15 of 19 goals in Club Brugge's last five games were scored after the break. It’s a powerful argument in favor of more than one goal scored in the second half. Beyond that, Club Brugge have not lost any of their last five head-to-head matches against the Green-Blacks. And the team scored after the break in four of them. Cercle Brugge have conceded in four of their last five matches and have scored in each of them. The visitors are quite capable of contributing to the total number of goals scored. But based on the statistics of head-to-head matches, they most likely will not achieve success in the upcoming game.
Prediction for the match: Club Brugge KV to win with +0.5 handicap and Over 2.5 goals scored
