Belgian Pro League Knockout phase Sat, Jul 26 · 15:00 DENDER Football Complex, Denderleeuw
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Our take

Dender were slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Dender had ? days of rest, Cercle Brugge ? and had to travel 70 km.

Away travel70 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Dender44%
Draw27%
Cercle Brugge29%
Expected goals 1.50 – 1.18
Dender44%
Draw27%
Cercle Brugge29%
Expected goals 1.51 – 1.18
Dender44%
Draw27%
Cercle Brugge29%
Expected goals 1.50 – 1.18
Dender37%
Draw27%
Cercle Brugge36%
Expected goals 1.34 – 1.32
Dender44%
Draw27%
Cercle Brugge29%
Expected goals 1.51 – 1.18
Over 2.5 50% Both score 54% Likeliest score 1–1
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 (Denderleeuw)

No weather data yet

RefereeMichiel Allaerts
  • Cards per match 4.5
  • Penalties per match 0.00
  • Matches 4

Team strength

DenderCercle Brugge
27 L90 StrengthIn forecast 27
15 Current StrengthIn forecast 21
15 AttackIn forecast 24
15 DefenceIn forecast 28
— 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

Dender

Attack—
Defense risk—

Cercle Brugge

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

DenderCercle Brugge
— 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
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.30
— Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.50
— xGVia Att/Def 1.50
— xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.49
— Goals minus xGContext +0.80
— Scored inContext 80%
— Clean sheetsContext 30%
— ShotsContext 14.13
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.38
— On target shareContext 45%
— Shots in the boxContext 10.50
— Box shareContext 74%
— ConversionContext 14%
— OffsidesContext 2.40
— Shots allowedContext 12.50
— On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.38
— BlocksContext 3.71
— Goalkeeper savesContext 2.63
— Save rateContext 60%
— PossessionIn forecast 45%
— PassesContext 310
— Accurate passesContext 205
— Pass accuracyContext 66%
— Team ratingContext 7.09
— FoulsContext 12.75
— Fouls sufferedContext 12.63
— Yellow cardsContext 1.50
— Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 0 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

Dender
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Cercle Brugge
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel70 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
Dender Cercle Brugge
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km70 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one7.18

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

Dender Confirmed XI
3-1-4-2
34M. Verrips(G)
3J. Pupe 21K. Cools 5L. Marijnissen
24M. Viltard
88F. Ferraro 18N. Rôdes 17N. Mbamba 20D. Hrnčár
16R. Květ 11A. Scheidler
Cercle Brugge Confirmed XI
4-4-2
21M. Delanghe(G)
20Flávio Nazinho 3E. Utkus 66C. Ravych 15G. Magnée
18P. Gerkens 28H. Van der Bruggen 19Makaya Ibrahima Diaby 6L. Agyekum
11A. Minda 9S. Ngoura

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
Dender Absences are shown before kick-off
Cercle Brugge Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Dender+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Cercle Brugge+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Dender · Home No home games yet this season.
Cercle Brugge · 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

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Michiel Allaerts 4 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.50league 6.00
Red cards0.00league 0.00
Cards 5+25%league 100%
Fouls22.8league 25.0
Penalties0.00league 0.00
Home wins75%league 0%
Dender

No previous matches with this referee.

Cercle Brugge1 with this referee
Record1-0-0 Cards · opp.4.0 · 3.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • W25 Nov 23H · AS Eupen2–04

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

Dender
No complete event data.
Cercle Brugge
No complete event data.
Dender
No complete event data.
Cercle Brugge10 games · scored 23 · conceded 15
5 2 0-15
3 2 16-30
3 31-45
4 1 46-60
3 4 61-75
5 6 76-90

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

Scenario lab Beta

Numbers are home · draw · away chances. Pick a scenario to update the forecast at the top of the page.