Match Report
Lierse (2nd, 22 pts) visited Cercle Brugge (1st, 27 pts) with 5 points between them. On recent form Lierse sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Against a league average of 1.19 goals per team per game, Cercle Brugge ran at 1.86 scored and 0.93 conceded, Lierse at 1.14 and 1.5.
Recent form was uneven: 12/15 points for Cercle Brugge, 6/15 for Lierse.
The sides have met 18 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Cercle Brugge, 7 draws and 8 for Lierse, at 2.56 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 22% of the meetings went to the host.
The venue was Jan Breydelstadion in Brugge, with room for 29,062 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Cercle Brugge led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-1.