Club Brugge KV welcome the visitors Royal Antwerp F.C. in the Belgian Jupiler League – Round 20. The match will be held on Sunday, December 23rd, at the Jan Breydel Stadion (Brugge).
Club Brugge KV’s blistering start where they’ve picked up 25 points with no loss was followed by just 10 points attained in the next 10 rounds. Their tally and a draw in the last round would be enough, however, to advance to the 1st line in the standings. They are just 7 points behind the leading Genk. Having another term ahead is enough to cover this breakaway.
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Royal Antwerp F.C. were 2nd themselves yet by the last fixture. They are currently 2nd as well, having the same tally of 35 points, as Brugge do, but they are lagging the opponent by other parameters. Antwerp can be called a breakthrough of the season, but their fairy-tale is probably about to come to an end. They drawed against Gent, then they lost to Sint-Truidense. After their one but last round win over Cercle Brugge, they were expected to start getting points, but they featured another loss at home to the 13th Waasland-Beveren.
Such high odds on Brugge’s win seem to result from 2 things – their unimpressive latest results and the fact that Sunday opponents are neighboring in the table. The latter is even for better. Though the hosts have been jerking around within the last 10 rounds, they’ve been doing this very professionally (given their experience, they can afford it) – they are still 2nd in the table, they lost only once in 9 fixtures and drawed in just 1 match as well. Antwerp have not competed much in the elite league, so the opponents registered only 5 head-to-heads in the last 18 years. All 5 were won by the hosts. Brugge are very confident at home in this season. Antwerp are starting to recede predictably; their last 4 matches’ record proves this. In case of tomorrow win, Brugge will sit 2nd alone, and they are highly likely to get this win at home.
Prediction for the match: Club Brugge KV to win home.
