Anderlecht - Club: the Club Facts

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Club's 50th official game of the season is the last away match at Anderlecht. Read all the Club Facts below!

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The match

It is the 176th clash between Club and Sporting in First Division history. The 87 previous times Club Brugge have been guests in the capital, Club were able to win 11 times (last time 1-2 on 19/01/2020), draw 27 (last time 2-2 on 24/02/2019) and lose 49 times (last time 2-1 on 11/04/2021).

In 10 previous away matches in Play-Off 1, there were 1 win (2-3 on 04/04/2019), 4 draws (last time 1-1 on 14/04/2013) and 5 defeats (last time 1-0 on 15/04/2018) against purple-white. Club Brugge did lose to purple-white only once in the last 9 duels (6W, 2D). Club suffered that defeat during the last away match at Anderlecht in the regular league.

Club was 795 playing minutes ahead in games on the road this Jupiler Pro League season, while Anderlecht is the team shortest behind in home games this JPL campaign (105 minutes). Blauw-Zwart has a 5-point lead over first pursuer KRC Genk. If KRC Genk cannot win against Antwerp FC or if Club gets at least a point in Anderlecht, Club can celebrate its 17th national title.

Club managed to play champion against Anderlecht several times before:

08/04/1973 | RSC Anderlecht - Club Brugge KV 1 - 1. 3 matchdays before the end, a point on Anderlecht was enough so that Standard could no longer catch up with Club.
26/04/1998 | RSC Anderlecht - Club Brugge KV 0 - 1. First pursuer KRC Genk had dropped points earlier in the day, so Club were champions before the start of the match at Anderlecht.
15/05/2005 | Club Brugge KV - RSC Anderlecht 2 - 2. One matchday before the end, a point against first pursuer Anderlecht is enough for the championship.
15/05/2016 | Club Brugge KV - RSC Anderlecht 4 - 0. 11 years after the previous title, Club becomes champion again against Anderlecht.

Both Hans Vanaken and Noa Lang have to avoid a yellow card in order not to miss the final match against KRC Genk. At the Limburgers, Hrošovský is in suspension danger.

The opponent

Anderlecht took 3 points from its first 4 matches. Kompany's team played draw at Club Brugge (2-2) and KRC Genk (1-1) and at home against Antwerp (2-2). Last Sunday, however, they lost in the closing stages at home against KRC Genk (1-2). RSCA is currently 4th on 11 points from Club Brugge. Purple and white thus appear to be fighting with Antwerp for a ticket to the UEFA Europa League. As cup winner Genk looks set to finish in the top 2 that at least entitle them to UCL soccer, the third in the standings will take over the UEL ticket from the cup winner. The last in the Champions' Playoffs, will have to settle for a ticket to the preliminaries of the new UEFA Europa Conference League.

Anderlecht won only 1 of its last 17 games in Play-Off 1 (D6, L10). Top shooter at purple and white remains Lukas Nmecha (16 goals). The German striker already hit 2 goals in the playoffs. Assist king is Adrien Trebel (6 assists).

Milestones

Charles De Ketelaere and David Okereke can play their 70th match for Club Brugge. Both can also finish their 50th league match for FCB. For Éder Balanta, it could be the 60th official match and the 40th league match for Blauw-Zwart. Ignace Van der Brempt and Tahith Chong can both play their 10th league match for Club.

The referee

Lawrence Visser was designated ref for the classic. The 31-year-old ref is whistling a Blauw-Zwart match for the 26th time and Sporting's 25th. 13 away matches of Club under his leadership ended in 3 wins, 8 draws and 2 defeats. 14 home matches of purple-white with Lawrence as match director ended in 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Earlier this season, Lawrence already whistled the regular-season match between the two teams (2-1 for RSCA). He also whistled for Club Brugge the home matches against Sporting Charleroi (0-1), Cercle Brugge (2-1) and KRC Genk (3-2) and the Champions' Playoffs match at the KRC Genk field (3-0). For Kompany's team, he also whistled the away matches against Waasland-Beveren (2-4) and Sporting Charleroi (1-0) and the home matches against STVV (3-1) and KV Kortrijk (0-2).

3 times previously Visser whistled a duel between the two clubs: