The First Division A - Play-Offs tie on Sunday sees Antwerp go up against Club Brugge.
View all of the Antwerp v Club Brugge predictions, poll and stats below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Antwerp
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Antwerp will be wanting a better result here following the 5-1 First Division A - Play-Offs defeat last time out to Union Saint-Gilloise.
In that match, Antwerp managed 51% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Antwerp was Gyrano Kerk (37'). At the other end, Union Saint-Gilloise had 15 shots at goal with 9 on target. Anan Khalaili (4'), Promise David (14'), Franjo Ivanoviฤ (45', 87') and Koki Machida (71') scored for Union Saint-Gilloise.
Over their prior six fixtures, Andries Ulderink's Antwerp have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 5 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match of 0.83.
Club Brugge
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Club Brugge will go into the match following on from a 2-0 First Division A - Play-Offs win over RSC Anderlecht in their last fixture.
In that game, Club Brugge had 52% possession and 19 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For Club Brugge, the goalscorers were Christos Tzolis (34') and Romeo Vermant (70'). Anderlecht got 4 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.
Demonstrating their involvement in productive matches, weโve seen goals 21 times in the prior 6 games in which Club Brugge have sent out their troops, yielding an average of 3.5 goals each clash. Their opponents have got 10 of those goals.
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Head to head
A review of their prior head to head meetings dating back to 29/10/2023 shows that Antwerp have won 2 of these games and Club Brugge 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 0.
An aggregate of 16 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for The Great Old and 10 being from Blauw-Zwart. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 2.67.
The last league game featuring these sides was First Division A match day 24 on 02/02/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Antwerp 2-1 Club Brugge.
In that game, Antwerp had 45% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The goals were scored by Mahamadou Doumbia (86') and Tjaronn Chery (90').
Club Brugge got 19 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. Hans Vanaken (23') was the scorer.
The referee was Erik Lambrechts.
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Team News: Antwerp
Bjรถrn Engels (Achilles heel problems), Toby Alderweireld (Hamstring muscle injury), Anthony Valencia (Cruciate ligament tear) and Kobe Corbanie (Ankle injury) arenโt available for Antwerp manager Andries Ulderink.
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Team News: Club Brugge
Out of a mainly healthy squad, thereโs only the one fitness problem for the Club Brugge boss Nicky Hayen to be concerned about. Joaquin Seys (Partial muscle tear) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
In our view, Antwerp might need a bit of good fortune to hit the back of the net against this Club Brugge outfit who should score at least once to put them ahead.
Our tip is therefore for a 0-1 win for Club Brugge at the end of the 90.
Letโs see how it plays out.
Lucas Pereira,
03:00 03/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Antwerp
Formed: 1880
Stadium: Bosuilstadion (16,144)
Captain: Toby Alderweireld
Chairman: Paul Gheysens
Manager: Andries Ulderink
Competitions: First Division A position 5
โญ Star Player: Tjaronn Chery
Customarily deployed in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Tjaronn Chery was born in Enschede, Netherlands. After having made a senior debut playing for FC Twente in the 2008 - 2009 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has struck 11 league goals in the Pro League 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 29 appearances.