After the visit of KRC Genk earlier this week, a new opponent already awaits with STVV. Find out everything you need to know about tonight's match here!
The match
For the second time in 4 days, Club Brugge hosts a Limburg team. After KRC Genk on Thursday, now the K. Sint-Truidense VV is coming over.
It is the last home match in a long time, as this is followed by 4 consecutive away matches for Club (FK Bodø/Glimt, Standard Liege, KV Kortrijk and FC Lugano). Only on October 29 does Club return to Jan Breydel for the topper against Antwerp.
Both teams have already played each other 90 times in First Division. The 45 previous home games yielded 39 wins and 6 draws.Club is already 15 mutual league duels unbeaten (12W 3D). The last defeat dates back to the first game at Staaien in 2015 after their most recent promotion (2-1).
Blue-Black won their 6 most recent home matches in the league against the Canaries, the last 5 of which came with a clean sheet.
Club also won at home against STVV last season (3-0). Hans Vanaken, Roman Yaremchuk and Andreas Skov Olsen signed for the goals. In Sint-Truiden, the confrontation ended undecided. Club took the lead via an owngoal after a sharp cross from TJ Buchanan, but still had to accept an equalizer from Gianni Bruno (1-1).
This match also normally has the 2 best goal scorers on the field. Andreas Skov Olsen is Club's top shooter with 5 goals while for the Canaries Aboubakary Koita does just a little better with 6 goals.
Maxim De Cuyper added another assist on Thursday and is now co-assist king of the Jupiler Pro League (along with Lazare Amani of Union) with 4.
Against the vice-champions, for the 4th match in at least 4 of their own youth products played (Brandon Mechele, Jorne Spileers, Maxim De Cuyper, Kyriani Sabbe). It has been since 2005 that this happened again for at least four matches in a row.
Club, along with OHL, is the only team that could score in every league match.
Milestones
- Ferran Jutglà can play his 50th official match for Club Brugge!
- For Maxim De Cuyper, it could be the 20th match at Blauw-Zwart.
- Brandon Mechele can play his 290th league match Sunday.
- Raphael Onyedika can play his 40th match in the Jupiler Pro League for Club.
