Are you making the trip to Beerschot’s Like? Prepare for this fixture with our Club Facts!
The match
Club’s Sunday evening fixture against Beerschot will be the last game of matchday 14 in the Jupiler Pro League. A game between last year’s champions of the Challenger Pro League and the Jupiler Pro League. For both teams it’s also the last match before the international break.
Club has good memories of previous away fixtures against Beerschot, winning three and drawing once in the last four encounters. In the league Club only lost once in the previous nine matches against Beerschot (7W 1D). The last time Beerschot defeated Club was in 2020, just after their last promotion (0-1, Holzhauser), while Club dominated the last league encounters in 2021-22 with a maximum of six points (3-1 and 1-3).
Last year the two teams faced each other in the Croky Cup, where Club cruised past Beerschot 0-6. Andreas Skov Olsen was the man of the match with two goals and two assists. After his goal last week against Leuven, Skov Olsen is again Club’s top marksman with five goals.
The opponent
Beerschot returned to the Jupiler Pro League after having spent two years in second division. Since matchday 5 the team of coach Dirk Kuyt is bottom of the league with six points and already trailing by eight points. However, recently Kuyt led his team to a 2-1 stunt victory over Anderlecht and a 0-0 draw against Gent.
Last summer Beerschot signed a number of new players including Nick Shinton, who played for Club since 2016 and has now been between the sticks in Beerschot’s last six games. They also welcomed defenders Brian Plat, Loïc Mbe Soh and Colin Dagba. Thibaud Verlinden, son of Club Brugge legend Dany Verlinden, is the assist king with three key passes. Attackers Marwan Al-Sahafi and Simion Michez top Beerschot’s topscorer’s list with two goals each.
Milestones
- Hans Vanaken can play his 350th league match for Club. Last week he equaled Gustaf Nilsson’s four assists which brings his total to 132 goals and 93 assists in 468 official games. He was involved in a goal in his last three league games and can equal his record of goal involvements in four consecutive games.
- Simon Mignolet can play his 190th game in the Jupiler Pro Lague.
- Michal Skoras might play his 40th league match for Blauw-Zwart.
- Ardon Jashari can play his 10th match for Club.
- Maxim De Cuyper hopes to be playing his 90th league fixture (39 for Westerlo, 50 for Club)
The man in black
Bram Van Driessche will lead the match on Sunday. For the 39-year-old, this will be the 30th time he has whistled an official match of Blauw-Zwart. Club Brugge managed to win eight times in the previous thirteen away games with Van Driessche as referee (8W, 3D, 3L). At his side are Yves De Neve and Wouter Cochet as assistant referees, and Laurent Willems as fourth official. Quentin Pirard provides assistance as video assistant referee, along with Vito Di Vincenzo and Carlos-Manuel Serra Guerreiro Alho.
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