The penultimate match of 2023 is the one in & against RWDM! Prepare perfectly for this match with the Club Facts!
The Match
On Friday night, Club heads to Molenbeek for the last away match of the year. Club ends 2023 with two league matches against Brussels teams R.W.D.Molenbeek and R. Union St.-Gilloise.
In its history, Club played in First Division against 19 different Brussels clubs. In total they were 587 matches (253W 145D 190L).
Blauw-Zwart is playing R.W.D.M. for the second time. In the outward match in August, a big 7-1 victory was recorded. Soon three goals fell on 4 minutes. Philip Zinckernagel's goal was quickly nullified by Florent Sanchez. But Andreas Skov Olsen put Club back in the lead just as quickly. The Dane scored a second time after the break and further Igor Thiago, Antonio Nusa and Tajon Buchanan deepened the score. An owngoal tied the final score.
Last weekend, Igor Thiago was able to score twice against the Buffaloes. This now puts the Brazilian on par with Andreas Skov Olsen in the top shooter standings. Both players scored 7 times in the Jupiler Pro League and 16 times across all competitions.
Of all Club's Brazilians, only Wesley (38) scored more goals for Club than Igor Thiago (16). Third best scoring "divine canary" in Club's history is Felipe Gedoz (12).
Maxim De Cuyper remains the best declarer at Club (5 assists).
Raphael Onyedika and Hugo Vetlesen must avoid a yellow card to avoid missing last match of the year against Union.
Club already kept the zero in the league 5 times in a row. That is the longest streak in 23 years. For a longer series of clean sheets, we already have to go back to October-November 2000 when Club under coach Trond Sollied could keep zero for 6 games in a row: Eendracht Aalst - Club (0-1), Club - STVV (5-0), Westerlo - Club (0-2), Club - KSK Beveren (6-0), Sporting Charleroi - Club (0-4) and Club - Antwerp (2-0).
