KV Kortrijk vs Club Brugge Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

KV Kortrijk

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KV Kortrijk will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 3-1 First Division A loss in their previous game against KVC Westerlo.

In that match, KV Kortrijk had 53% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For KV Kortrijk, the goalscorers were Tsuyoshi Watanabe (45' Own goal) and Massimo Bruno (63'). At the other end, Westerlo had 9 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Kyan Vaesen (60', 73') scored for KVC Westerlo.

It’s been seldom in recent games where KV Kortrijk have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, KV Kortrijk have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals along the way. That pattern won’t necessarily follow through here, of course.

Their past results show that KV Kortrijk:

• have left without a victory over Club Brugge in their previous 12 matches in the league.
• are without a home win in the past 3 matches in the league.

Club Brugge

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Club Brugge will go into the game following on from a 2-0 First Division A win with the eclipse of Standard Liège in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Club Brugge had 43% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For Club Brugge, the scorers were Ferrán Jutglà (61') and Bjorn Meijer (86'). At the other end, Standard Liège got 17 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

Throughout their 6 latest matches, Rik De Mil's Club Brugge have turned their attacks into goals a total of 7 times therefore earning them a goals per game average of 1.17.

Their previous form shows that Club Brugge:

• haven't been defeated by KV Kortrijk when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league games. A very good run of results for them.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results going back to 26/01/2020 reveals that these encounters have ended in disappointment for KV Kortrijk. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all whereas Club Brugge have just been too good for them, winning in 83% of those games played.

A sum of 14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from De Kerels and 10 belonging to Blauw-Zwart. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was First Division A match day 5 on 21/08/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Club Brugge 2-1 KV Kortrijk.

In that game, Club Brugge had 62% possession and 29 attempts at goal with 12 of them on target. The goalscorers were Ferrán Jutglà (4') and Bjorn Meijer (45').

At the other end, KV Kortrijk got 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Pape Habib Guèye (33') was the scorer.

The referee was Jan Boterberg.

🗞️ Team News: KV Kortrijk

Faïz Selemani (Ankle Injury), David Henen (Muscle Injury), Oleksiy Sych (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury) and Jonah Osabutey (Abdominal muscles injury) are unavailable for KV Kortrijk manager Bernd Storck. Kevin Vandendriessche will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We are thinking that De Kerels should opt for a 3-4-1-2 formation this time, handing starts to Tom Vandenberghe, Martin Wasinski, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Nayel Mehssatou, Kristof D'Haene, Martin Regali, Dion De Neve, Massimo Bruno, Faiz Selemanie, João Silva and Felipe Avenatti.

🗞️ Team News: Club Brugge

We are inclined to think that Blauw-Zwart could decide to make use of a 3-5-2 system, choosing Simon Mignolet, Clinton Mata, Jorne Spileers, Abakar Sylla, Tajon Buchanan, Casper Nielsen, Mats Rits, Hans Vanaken, Bjorn Meijer, Ferran Jutglà and Noa Lang.

💡 Prediction

We believe that KV Kortrijk should get enough chances to breach the defence of this Club Brugge outfit, but one goal may not be enough.

Therefore, we’re predicting a close game with a 1-2 winning score for Club Brugge after 90 minutes. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 02:27 14/03/2023