In a weekend match on Sun Nov 13th, in week 17, Club Brugge will host Antwerp in a meeting of these two evenly matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 4th placed Club Brugge, recorded a 0-2 loss against Gent. Hugo Cuypers struck first for Gent in the 9th minute, then Michael Ngadeu added another in the 29th minute In the end, Club Brugge couldn’t muster any offence and Gent ran away with the shutout win. Club Brugge should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while antwerp sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Anderlecht. Antwerp had 15 on net, and Anderlecht had 4, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Antwerp is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Club Brugge won the head to head battle with 3 wins and 1 draw.
Antwerp hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Michael Frey and Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, and they each have 1 goal. Hans Vanaken has been the most prolific scorer on Club Brugge in the last five matches with 2 goals.