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Belgian Pro League · 2025Jan Breydel Stadion

Cercle Brugge 3–0 RAAL La Louvière · Belgian Pro League

3–0Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Cercle Brugge won 3–0.

Shots
2010
Shots on target
64
Expected goals
2.730.51
Possession
64%36%

Full time

What the match recorded

Cercle Brugge beat RAAL La Louvière 3–0. Recorded in this match (Cercle Brugge – RAAL La Louvière): shots 20–10, shots on target 6–4, expected goals 2.73–0.51, possession 64%–36%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

RAAL La Louvière's recent record differs from the season

moderate

RAAL La Louvière's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.89 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for1.6 goals/match0.89 goals/match1.3 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Cercle Brugge have recorded the higher season possession share.

47.4% ●PossessionCercle Brugge · RAAL La Louvière38.6%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 8.8 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricCercle BruggeRAAL La LouvièreBaseline
Possession47.4%38.6%49.7%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots20 shots10 shotsCercle Brugge 20 shots, RAAL La Louvière 10 shots
  • Shots on target6 shots4 shotsCercle Brugge 6 shots, RAAL La Louvière 4 shots
  • Expected goals2.73 xG0.51 xGCercle Brugge 2.73 xG, RAAL La Louvière 0.51 xG
  • Possession64%36%Cercle Brugge 64%, RAAL La Louvière 36%
  • Corners9 corners5 cornersCercle Brugge 9 corners, RAAL La Louvière 5 corners
  • Fouls6 fouls8 foulsCercle Brugge 6 fouls, RAAL La Louvière 8 fouls
  • Yellow cards1 card1 cardCercle Brugge 1 card, RAAL La Louvière 1 card

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Cercle Brugge
0Draws
2RAAL La Louvière
Cercle Brugge — RAAL La Louvière · Belgian Pro League1–3
RAAL La Louvière — Cercle Brugge · Belgian Pro League2–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Cercle Brugge favored in 5 of 11 directional metrics · RAAL La Louvière in 6

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Cercle Brugge34 matchesRAAL La Louvière35 matches
1.29 goals/match ▲Goals scored34/350.89 goals/match
1.44 goals/matchGoals allowed34/35▲ 1.26 goals/match
1.52 xG/match ▲Expected goals32/331.04 xG/match
14.3 shots/match ▲Shots34/3511 shots/match
4.65 shots/match ▲Shots on target34/353.17 shots/match
47.4% ●Possession34/3538.6%
5.03 corners/match ●Corners34/354.8 corners/match
2.18 cards/matchCards28/281.96 cards/match
10.7 fouls/matchFouls34/3511 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples34 / 35home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 11 Apr 2026, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Belgian Pro League

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsCercle BruggeRAAL La Louvière
CompetitionBelgian Pro LeagueBelgian Pro League 2025/26
Head-to-headCercle Brugge — RAAL La Louvière
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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