Westerlo take on the visitors Cercle Brugge in the round 1 match of Belgian Jupiler Pro League. The match will be played on Sunday, July 24th at Het Kuipje (Westerlo).
Westerlo had return to the Jupiler League. "De Kemphanen" in 2001 were able to take the only trophy in their history, the national cup. Then, after 10 years, it turned out to rise again to the European Cup zone. But over the past decade, the team has spent most of its time in the 2nd division of the country. In 2014, it was already possible to return to the Belgian elite league, but they could not gain a foothold there. Last season was successful for the team: having scored 56 points in 28 matches, Westerlo confidently, with a 7-point margin, won in their division.
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Cercle Bruges remains a fairly distinctive project. The Green-Blacks are one of the clubs controlled by Dmitry Rybolovlev. Already under him, it was possible to return to the Jupiler League in 2018, and in some ways it is symbolic that it was Irvin Cardona who scored the decisive goal in the play-offs, rented from the Monegasques, the main football asset of the Russian oligarch. But he is quite satisfied with the status of his offspring as the middle peasants of the Belgian top division. Last season, Dominik Thalhammer's wards closed the top ten in the final standings. Note that after that the project left Kilian Azar. He, however, clearly does not reach the level of talent to his brothers, Eden and Thorgan, and in fact did not play for Cercle Brugge, getting practice in the 2nd division of the country. At the same time, the squad was replenished by Ayase Ueda, a striker with experience playing for the Japanese national team. From time to time, footballers from the Land of the Rising Sun "shot" in Belgium.
Cercle Brugge has 3 wins and a draw in their last 4 matches between the clubs. True, the last time they played was in 2018, and few of the players are still in the opposing sides. Judging by the odds, this is a classic "3-way game". We recommend limiting ourselves to a neutral option with "over 2.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
