Club Brugge vs Antwerp Prediction: Brugge will take advantage of home turf

In this Jupiler Pro League Championship Group matchup between Club Brugge and Antwerp, Club Brugge will serve as the home club. Antwerp are currently in first place in the standings after a thrilling comeback victory over Club Brugge in their most recent weekend encounter, while Club Brugge had lost each of their previous three matches coming into this showdown.

After suffering a defeat in their previous match in the First Division A Play-Offs at the hands of Antwerp, Club Brugge will be looking to get back on track here with the hope of regaining their footing. During that match, Club Brugge had 46% possession of the ball and 13 shots on goal, with only 4 of those shots being on target. Clinton Mata scored the first goal for Club Brugge in the second minute, and Hans Vanaken added another in the 23rd minute. The opposition, Royal Antwerp, had 19 shots on goal, with seven of them landing in the target area. Vincent Janssen scored a goal for Antwerp in the 36th minute, Gyrano Kerk scored in the 86th minute, and Arthur Vermeeren scored in the 97th minute. During the course of their most recent six matches, a combined total of 21 goals have been scored by both teams, which works out to an average of 3.5 goals per match, with Club Brugge being responsible for 13 of these goals.

Antwerp comes into this match having won five of their previous five matches against Sint-Truiden, Mechelen, Union Saint-Gilloise, Genk, and Club Brugge. In those matchups, Antwerp scored nine goals while conceding three. When playing away from home, Antwerp had a goal scoring average of 1.74 and a goals against average of 0.76. The away squad were given 53 yellow cards and one red card, and they committed a total of 382 fouls during the game. The average rating for Antwerp's team is 6.64 points per game. Antwerp have a very strong possession of the ball, as evidenced by their overall average of 56.53% throughout this season.

Club Brugge and Antwerp have met 21 times in previous seasons, with Club Brugge winning 10 games and Antwerp winning 4 games. There were seven games where the result was a tie. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Club Brugge scored 34 goals, while Antwerp only managed to score 21.

Even though Antwerp's recent performances have been at a good level, I can not see Club Brugge coming out on the losing end of this one. In the meantime, while I try to play it safe in this situation, I think it would be smart to wager on Club Brugge scoring twice. Given Antwerp's impressive offensive capabilities, the possibility that they will be able to score in this situation is worth considering.