Match Report
The table read 4th (Club Brugge, 4 pts) against 2nd (Newcastle United, 9 pts), 5 points apart. Club Brugge ranked just 33rd in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Club Brugge ran at 1 scored and 1.83 conceded, Newcastle United at 1.17 and 0.83.
Club Brugge entered with five losses in a row. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Club Brugge against 8/15 for Newcastle United.
Jan Breydelstadion in Brugge, capacity 29,062, hosted the game. The referee was L. Banti, with 30 matches in our database and 0.9 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, it was 2-2 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-2 the final score.