SV Zulte Waregem vs Club Brugge Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

SV Zulte Waregem

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SV Zulte Waregem will play in this match following a 1-1 First Division A tied result against KVC Westerlo.

In that game, SV Zulte Waregem had 60% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for SV Zulte Waregem was Jelle Vossen (72'). For their opponents, Westerlo had 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. Roman Neustädter (9') scored for KVC Westerlo.

Fewer than three goals per game were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where SV Zulte Waregem have been participants. Breaking down the goal distribution in this period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 6 while SV Zulte Waregem managed a tally of 8. With no two games being the same, it remains to be seen whether that pattern shall be maintained here in this game.

Leading up to this clash, SV Zulte Waregem:

• have not beaten Club Brugge in their previous 7 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Club Brugge

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In the game prior to this, Club Brugge drew 2-2 in the First Division A tie with Charleroi.

In that game, Club Brugge had 53% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Club Brugge, goals were scored by Brandon Mechele (16' Own goal), Noa Lang (45') and Andreas Skov Olsen (50'). Charleroi got 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Youssouph Badji (13') scored for Charleroi.

Club Brugge have had no problems opening up opposition defences leading up to this encounter, scoring 7 times in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Club Brugge have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same matches.

Pre-game facts show that Club Brugge:

• remain undefeated by SV Zulte Waregem when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league matches. A very good run of results for them.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings going back to 05/02/2020 reveals that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for SV Zulte Waregem. They have not managed to get any victories at all whereas Club Brugge have maintained the edge over them, beating them in 83 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

21 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 2 from Essevee and 19 being from Blauw-Zwart. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was First Division A match day 3 on 05/08/2022 when it ended Club Brugge 1-1 SV Zulte Waregem.

In that match, Club Brugge had 58% possession and 23 shots on goal with 7 on target. The scorer was Andreas Skov Olsen (47').

SV Zulte Waregem had 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Oleksandr Drambaev (69') was the scorer.

The referee was Nathan Verboomen.

📰 Team News: SV Zulte Waregem

Modou Tambedou (Ankle Injury), Lukas Willen (Abdominal muscles injury), Wout De Buyser (Foot Injury) and Zinho Gano (Muscle partial avulsion) will be missing for SV Zulte Waregem gaffer Mbaye Leye.

📰 Team News: Club Brugge

With a completely healthy squad to choose from, the Club Brugge boss Scott Parker does not have any fitness worries at all coming into this clash. Tajon Buchanan is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that SV Zulte Waregem will surely be able to put one past this Club Brugge lineup, although one goal probably won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We are therefore anticipating a 1-2 victory for Club Brugge when the referee blows the final whistle. Should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 01:38 25/01/2023