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RAAL La Louvière 4–1 Cercle Brugge · Belgian Pro League

4–1Historical match

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

Match at a glance

RAAL La Louvière won 4–1.

Shots
1313
Shots on target
66
Expected goals
1.551.52
Possession
44%56%

Full time

What the match recorded

RAAL La Louvière beat Cercle Brugge 4–1. Recorded in this match (RAAL La Louvière – Cercle Brugge): shots 13–13, shots on target 6–6, expected goals 1.55–1.52, possession 44%–56%. 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.

Cercle Brugge's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Cercle Brugge's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2.2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.48 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 for2.2 goals/match1.48 goals/match1.38 goals/match

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

Recent scheduling adds useful context

weak

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for RAAL La Louvière.

5.86 days ▲Rest daysRAAL La Louvière · Cercle Brugge7.8 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricRAAL La LouvièreCercle BruggeBaseline
Rest days5.86 days7.8 days—
Matches last 14 days3 matches1 match—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots13 shots13 shotsRAAL La Louvière 13 shots, Cercle Brugge 13 shots
  • Shots on target6 shots6 shotsRAAL La Louvière 6 shots, Cercle Brugge 6 shots
  • Expected goals1.55 xG1.52 xGRAAL La Louvière 1.55 xG, Cercle Brugge 1.52 xG
  • Possession44%56%RAAL La Louvière 44%, Cercle Brugge 56%
  • Corners6 corners5 cornersRAAL La Louvière 6 corners, Cercle Brugge 5 corners
  • Fouls5 fouls11 foulsRAAL La Louvière 5 fouls, Cercle Brugge 11 fouls
  • Yellow cards1 card2 cardsRAAL La Louvière 1 card, Cercle Brugge 2 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2RAAL La Louvière
0Draws
1Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge — RAAL La Louvière · Belgian Pro League3–0
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: RAAL La Louvière favored in 6 of 11 directional metrics · Cercle Brugge in 5

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

RAAL La Louvière40 matchesCercle Brugge40 matches
0.93 goals/matchGoals scored40/40▲ 1.48 goals/match
1.38 goals/match ▲Goals allowed40/401.5 goals/match
1.09 xG/matchExpected goals38/38▲ 1.59 xG/match
11.1 shots/matchShots40/40▲ 14.3 shots/match
3.25 shots/matchShots on target40/40▲ 5.13 shots/match
39.8%Possession40/40● 47.5%
4.93 corners/matchCorners40/40● 5.2 corners/match
1.93 cards/matchCards29/282.18 cards/match
11.1 fouls/matchFouls40/4010.6 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples40 / 40home / 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, 9 May 2026, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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