Kortrijk - Club: The Club Facts

After the international break, it's time again for league soccer! Today Blauw-Zwart travels to the Guldensporenstadion for the duel with KV Kortrijk. Check all Club Facts for the match below.

The match

It will be a busy period for FCB with 7 matches in 23 days. In addition, Club is also on a run of 6 away games out of 7 duels since the beginning of October. Earlier it went to Bodø/Glimt and Standard and are now followed by away duels against Kortrijk, Lugano, Beerschot and Union.

Club Brugge and Kortrijk face each other for the ^69th time on Saturday. The previous 34 away matches ended in 16 wins, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In the most recent game at the Kerels' field, Club lost 1-0 after an Abelhakar Kadri goal. The home match against KVK FCB won 2-1.

Andreas Skov Olsen is our top shooter with 7 goals. Only Kévin Denkey of Cercle Brugge scored one more. The man with the most decisive passes at FCB is Maxim De Cuyper.

Club managed to score each of the past 17 league games. Club's longest running streak dates from March 2002 to October 2003, when it scored 49 games in a row in the first division.

On Saturday, the duel between the teams with the best and worst attack is scheduled. Club could already score 23 times while Kortrijk shook the nets eight times.

The opponent

KVK is the red lantern with 5 out of 30 and has been in last place in the rankings for 6 out of 10 playing days. The Guys could only win once since their win against Club in 2022-2023. Since then, it played 5 draws and suffered 12 defeats.

For Saturday's opponent, it is already the fourth time the team has changed coaches in the middle of the season. Edward Still started the season as head coach, but Glen De Boeck takes over.

KVK has won only one game on its own field this season. It won against Cercle Brugge and dropped points at home against STVV, Eupen, Standard and Anderlecht.

Milestones

• Simon Mignolet may be between the posts at Club for the 210th time.
• Tajon Buchanan may play his 60th game for Blauw-Zwart.
• It may be the 30th game at Club for Jorne Spileers.
• Maxim De Cuyper may play his 10th match in the Jupiler Pro League for Club Brugge.
  

The referee

The referee on duty will be Kevin Van Damme and will be assisted by Lennart Jans and Nicolas Maszowez (linesmen) and Massimiliano Ledda (fourth official). Wim De Smet will assume the role of VAR and he will be flanked by Ruben Wyns and Christophe Snoeck.

It will be Van Damme's ninth official match as a referee for both Club and Kortrijk. He has never before refereed a game between the two teams.