On the 27th of February, Antwerp will travel to Brugge to battle Club Brugge in a meeting of these two Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Club Brugge is fresh off their 3-1 win against AS Eupen. Hans Vanaken struck first for Club Brugge in the 8th minute on a feed from Andreas Skov Olsen, then Charles De Ketelaere added another in the 57th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Club Brugge should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 3rd placed Antwerp is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Mechelen. Hugo Cuypers scored the first goal for Mechelen in the 24th minute, then Nikola Storm added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Sandy Walsh. Antwerp should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sunday Oct 24th, Antwerp and Club Brugge battled to a 1-1 draw. Björn Engels scored the first goal for Antwerp in the 35th minute, but Hans Vanaken got the equalizer for Club Brugge in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Club Brugge.
Antwerp is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Alhassan Yusuf and Pieter Gerkens each only have 1 goal in their last five. Both Mats Rits and Charles De Ketelaere have been the hottest scorers for Club Brugge in the last five each having scored 2 goals.