Sunday afternoon, Blauw-Zwart heads to the KAA Gent Arena for the 155th edition of the Slag om Vlaanderen. Read everything you need to know about Sunday's match here!
The match
Next Sunday there will be the Battle of Flanders in the KAA Gent Arena. It will be the eleventh match in 39 days for both clubs. Both Club and Gent can look back on that period with satisfaction. Both teams qualified for the group phase of the Conference League, after a long road through 3 preliminary rounds.
It is the 155th confrontation between both teams in First Division. Last season, both clubs won their home game against each other 2-0. Hugo Cuypers and Michael Ngadeu tied the final score within the half hour at the Ghelamco Arena. Club waited until the last 18 minutes to open the score through Bjorn Meijer. Hans Vanaken doubled the score from the spot.
With 4 goals, Andreas Skov Olsen is the top scorer of Club Brugge and in the Jupiler Pro League, together with Dennis Eckert Ayensa (Union) and Vincent Janssen (Antwerp). In the past 2 league matches, the Dane scored 2 goals each time. He can become the first Club player since Marc Degryse (he then scored 4 in a row in May 1985) to score at least 2 times in 3 consecutive league matches.
With 3 assists, no one does better in the Pro League than Hans Vanaken. The Limburger can play his 400th match for Club Brugge Sunday. If he also contributes with a goal or assist, it will be Club's 200th goal in which he is involved.
Club started this season on the move with 2 wins and 2 clean sheets. It has been since 1904 that it was able to win its first 3 away matches while keeping the nets dry!
