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Cercle Brugge vs KV Mechelen Live Stream, Predictions
KV Mechelen will be visiting Jan Breydelstadion on Saturday for the First Division A game with hosts Cercle Brugge.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Cercle Brugge v KV Mechelen match are shown here - as well as up-to-date odds.
📏 Form Guide
Cercle Brugge
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Cercle Brugge will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-2 First Division A triumph vs Eupen.
In that game, Cercle Brugge managed 53% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The scorer for Cercle Brugge was Kévin Denkey (64', 67'). Eupen had 12 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.
Cercle Brugge have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets lately, but they’ve also managed to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Cercle Brugge have conceded in 5 of them as well as managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches.
Leading up to this clash, Cercle Brugge:
- have not lost a league tie with KV Mechelen in their last 5 matches.
- have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches at home.
KV Mechelen
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KV Mechelen go into this match after a 3-0 First Division A win to defeat KV Kortrijk in their last match.
In that game, KV Mechelen managed 53% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For KV Mechelen, goals were scored by Bill Antonio (31') and Bilal Bafdili (93'). On the other side, Kortrijk got 10 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Tom Vandenberghe (79' Own goal) was the scorer for KV Kortrijk.
In their last half-dozen clashes, KV Mechelen have amassed a total of 11 goals. KV Mechelen have also scored on each one of those occasions. In that time, they have seen 4 goals go against them. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, though.
Analysis of their past results shows that KV Mechelen:
- have not beaten Cercle Brugge in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
- are undefeated in their previous 3 away league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 27/11/2021 tells us that Cercle Brugge have won 2 of these games and KV Mechelen 1, with the number of drawn games being 3.
A combined total of 15 goals were scored between them in these games, with 9 from Groen en Zwart and 6 for Mechelen. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The previous league contest between these clubs was First Division A match day 12 on 28/10/2023 and the score finished KV Mechelen 0-2 Cercle Brugge.
In that game, KV Mechelen managed 56% possession and 11 shots on goal with 7 of them on target.
On the other side, Cercle Brugge got 22 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Kévin Denkey (54') and Kazeem Olaigbe (73') scored.
The match was refereed by Erik Lambrechts.
📰 Team News: Cercle Brugge
Christiaan Ravych (Hamstring injury), Thibo Somers (concussion) and Nils De Wilde (Groin injury) won’t be available for Cercle Brugge gaffer Miron Muslic. Suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Kévin Denkey and Hannes Van Der Bruggen.
It’s our opinion that Groen en Zwart look set to use the 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Warleson, Edgaras Utkus, Jesper Daland, Boris Popovic, Senna Miangue, L. da Silva, Abu Francis, Alan Minda, Felix Lemarechal, Felipe Augusto and A. Kader Ouattara.
🗞️ Team News: KV Mechelen
KV Mechelen boss Besnik Hasi has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Norman Bassette (Meniscus injury), Lion Lauberbach (Hamstring injury), Rafik Belghali (Knee medial ligament tear) and Toon Raemaekers (Cruciate ligament injury) are not ready for selection.
We’re of the thinking that KV Mechelen appear most likely to elect for a 3-4-3 lineup, giving starts to Gaëtan Coucke, Munashe Garananga, David Bates, Elias Cobbaut, Bill Antonio, B. Bolingoli-Mbombo, Rob Schoofs, Daam Foulon, Geoffry Hairemans, Islam Slimani and Kerim Mrabti.
✨ Prediction
It looks to us that Cercle Brugge look likely to get a couple of goals in this one when they face KV Mechelen, who may well struggle to get a goal of their own.
We can therefore see a 2-0 win for Cercle Brugge after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 14:04 02/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Cercle Brugge
Formed: 1899
Stadium: Jan Breydelstadion (29,062)
Captain: Thibo Somers
Chairman: Thomas Tousseyn
Manager: Miron Muslic
Competitions: First Division A position 5
⭐ Star Player: Thibo Somers
Typically taking up the Right Wing position, Thibo Somers was born in Belgium. Having played his first senior match for Cercle Brugge in the 2019 - 2020 season, the accomplished Forward has struck 4 league goals in this Pro League 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in a total of 24 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 65 | WWDWW |
2 |
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27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 57 | DWWWW |
3 |
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27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 45 | DLWDL |
4 |
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27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 45 | WWWLD |
5 |
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27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 43 | LWWDW |
6 |
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27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 43 | LLDWW |
7 |
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27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 43 | LLLWD |
8 |
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27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 39 | DWDWW |
9 |
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27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | -8 | 37 | WLWLW |
10 |
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28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 29 | LDWLL |
11 |
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28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -17 | 28 | LLDLW |
12 |
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27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | -13 | 28 | LDWLL |
13 |
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27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 26 | WWLDD |
14 |
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27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -28 | 23 | LDLLD |
15 |
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27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -30 | 21 | LLLLL |
16 |
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27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -36 | 18 | DWLLL |
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RWD Molenbeek |
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KVC Westerlo |
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Antwerp |
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Genk |
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Sint-Truidense VV |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 55 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.2 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 55 |
Time first goal conceded | 36 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.2 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Kévin Denkey | 23 |
Alan Minda | 7 |
Thibo Somers | 5 |
Kazeem Olaigbe | 3 |
Leo Lopes | 2 |
Kerim Mrabti | 7 |
Rob Schoofs | 6 |
Geoffry Hairemans | 5 |
Patrick Pflücke | 4 |
Bill Antonio | 3 |
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