Club Brugge vs Antwerp Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Club Brugge

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Club Brugge will be looking for an improved result here following a 3-2 First Division A - Play-Offs loss in their previous game against Antwerp.

In that match, Club Brugge managed 46% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Club Brugge, goals were scored by Clinton Mata (2') and Hans Vanaken (23'). Royal Antwerp had 19 shots at goal with 7 on target. Vincent Janssen (36'), Gyrano Kerk (86') and Arthur Vermeeren (97') scored for Antwerp.

Matches featuring Club Brugge have tended to be exciting affairs of late with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past six games alone, the sum total of 21 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 13 of these being chalked up by Club Brugge. Such a trend isn’t assured to be continued into this match, however.

Antwerp

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Over the course of their previous 6 clashes, Antwerp have bagged a tally of 11 goals. Antwerp have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. In that time, they’ve seen 3 goals scored by their opponents.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 27/02/2022 shows us that Club Brugge have won 3 of these games and Antwerp 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

An aggregate of 19 goals were produced between them in this period, with 12 of them for Blauw-Zwart and 7 for The Great Old. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 3 on 14/05/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Antwerp 3-2 Club Brugge.

In that match, Antwerp managed 54% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Goals were scored by Vincent Janssen (36'), Gyrano Kerk (86') and Arthur Vermeeren (97').

For their opponents, Club Brugge got 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Clinton Mata (2') and Hans Vanaken (23') scored.

The match was refereed by Nathan Verboomen.

ℹ️ Team News: Club Brugge

Andreas Skov Olsen (Knock), Tajon Buchanan (Shinbone injury), Ferran Jutglà (Pubalgia) and Lynnt Audoor (Knock) won’t be playing for Club Brugge manager Rik De Mil.

ℹ️ Team News: Antwerp

Antwerp boss Mark van Bommel has multiple availability issues to deal with. Anthony Valencia (Muscle Injury), Pieter Gerkens (Knock) and Björn Engels (Achilles tendon problems) will miss out on this game.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Antwerp and Club Brugge are both capable of scoring here.

A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. That’s why we have predicted a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of the match.

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

Peter Guest, 00:48 17/05/2023