Match Report
10 points and 3 places separated them: Cercle Brugge 2nd with 41, Antwerp 5th with 31. Antwerp had been under-performing their position — 25th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Cercle Brugge were scoring 2.33 and conceding 1.83, Antwerp 1.2 and 1.6, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
17 meetings are on record — 2 won by Cercle Brugge, 12 by Antwerp, 3 drawn, at 2.18 goals per meeting. Only 41% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Jan Breydelstadion in Brugge staged the fixture, a ground that holds 29,975. Antwerp led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Antwerp: Christopher Scott (43'), Vincent Janssen (45'), Yuto Tsunashima (49'), Thibo Somers (59')
Key stats
Possession: Cercle Brugge 30% · Antwerp 70% · Total shots: 3-15 · On target: 0-9 · Corners: 2-5