Belgian Pro League Knockout phase Fri, Aug 7 · 19:45 Jan Breydelstadion, Brugge
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Our take

Club Brugge KV were clear favourites.

Club Brugge KV were the stronger side on L90 Strength (74 vs 15). Recent goals, xG and shots on target add to that edge for Club Brugge KV. Club Brugge KV had 138.1 days of rest, Kortrijk ? and had to travel 42 km.

Away travel42 kmRest days138.1 · ?Matches / 14d0 · 0
Club Brugge KV86%
Draw9%
Kortrijk5%
Expected goals 3.29 – 0.69
Club Brugge KV82%
Draw12%
Kortrijk6%
Expected goals 2.81 – 0.64
Club Brugge KV86%
Draw9%
Kortrijk5%
Expected goals 3.29 – 0.69
Club Brugge KV81%
Draw12%
Kortrijk7%
Expected goals 2.93 – 0.77
Club Brugge KV86%
Draw10%
Kortrijk5%
Expected goals 3.20 – 0.68
Over 2.5 76% Both score 48% Likeliest score 3–0
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Brugge)

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RefereeLothar D'hondt
  • Cards per match 4.1
  • Penalties per match 0.34
  • Matches 50

Team strength

Club Brugge KVKortrijk
74 L90 StrengthIn forecast 15
75 Current StrengthIn forecast 12
86 AttackIn forecast 10
58 DefenceIn forecast 16
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Club Brugge KV

Attack—
Defense risk—

Kortrijk

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Club Brugge KVKortrijk
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
3.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
0.90 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.30
2.37 xGVia Att/Def —
1.18 xG allowedVia Att/Def —
+0.83 Goals minus xGContext —
100% Scored inContext 60%
40% Clean sheetsContext 40%
19.30 ShotsContext 9.30
7.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.10
37% On target shareContext 33%
13.90 Shots in the boxContext 5.50
70% Box shareContext 60%
17% ConversionContext 11%
1.33 OffsidesContext 2.00
14.20 Shots allowedContext 15.10
3.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.70
5.00 BlocksContext 4.70
3.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.50
79% Save rateContext 75%
54% PossessionIn forecast 41%
473 PassesContext 363
397 Accurate passesContext 261
84% Pass accuracyContext 72%
7.22 Team ratingContext 6.93
10.00 FoulsContext 10.30
8.90 Fouls sufferedContext 10.60
1.40 Yellow cardsContext 1.60
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Club Brugge KV
Rest138.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Kortrijk
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel42 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Club Brugge KV Kortrijk
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match138.1Belgian Pro League 2025-2026, 22 Mar—
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km42 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one87.9

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Club Brugge KV Confirmed XI
4-3-3
1Y. Sommer(G)
65J. Seys 44B. Mechele 3H. Lee 64K. Sabbe
20H. Vanaken 8F. Potts 10H. Vetlesen
67M. Diakhon 7N. Tresoldi 9Carlos Forbs
Kortrijk Confirmed XI
3-1-4-2
31M. Ilić(G)
5J. Ndjeungoue 22G. Ruyssen 36R. Kohon
19B. Dejaegere
3M. Anderson 71Ken Masui 35B. Lambert 11S. Campbell
10G. Koyalipou 68T. Ambrose

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Club Brugge KV Absences are shown before kick-off
Kortrijk Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Club Brugge KV+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Kortrijk+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Club Brugge KV · Home No home games yet this season.
Kortrijk · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 2 of 2 meetings

0 Club Brugge KV wins1 draws1 Kortrijk wins
Goals per game1.50 – 2.00 Over 2.550% Both scored50% Clean sheets0% · 50%
  • 30 Jan 2024Club Brugge KV3–3Kortrijk
  • 21 Oct 2023Kortrijk1–0Club Brugge KV

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Lothar D'hondt 50 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.88
Red cards0.26
Cards 5+36%
Fouls24.3
Penalties0.34
Home wins42%
Club Brugge KV8 with this referee
Record6-1-1 Cards · opp.1.6 · 2.3 Pens for · against2 · 1
  • W17 May 26H · Union St. Gilloise5–01
  • W11 Apr 26A · St. Truiden2–12
  • W15 Feb 26A · Cercle Brugge2–13
  • L30 Nov 25H · Antwerp0–10
  • W21 Sep 25H · St. Truiden2–01
Kortrijk

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Club Brugge KV
No complete event data.
Kortrijk
No complete event data.
Club Brugge KV10 games · scored 32 · conceded 9
6 1 0-15
4 2 16-30
5 31-45
8 2 46-60
1 61-75
8 4 76-90
Kortrijk10 games · scored 10 · conceded 13
1 1 0-15
3 16-30
2 3 31-45
2 1 46-60
3 1 61-75
2 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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