Club Brugge vs Lokeren Predictions

Club Brugge enter this fixture top of the division with 16 points from their opening 6 games and after their 2 week break they should be well rested and ready to go here. Brugge have won 5 of their 6 games this season with the only blemish being a 1-1 draw away at Antwerp, despite going 1-0 up midway in the second half. They lead the division by 2 points and have scored 17 goals whilst conceding just 6.

Lokeren on the otherhand are languishing in 14th place with just 4 points from 6 games so far this season. They have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4, scoring just 5 goals and conceding 13 so far this term. Their only win so far did come in their last outing at home to a Waasland-Beveren side who are struggling as much as Lokeren.

Club Brugge have been in fantastic scoring form, they have won 5-2, 0-1, 3-0, 2-1 and 2-5 so far this season. They defeated Anderlecht 2-1 at the Jan Breydelstadion, which really signals their intent this campaign. Jelle Vossen has got off to a good start with 3 goals from his 3 starts whilst new signing Arnaut Groeneveld has also hit the found running, with 3 goals in 6 starts since signing from NEC.

Lokeren have been struggling to keep the ball out of their net, prior to their 1-0 victory last time out they had conceded 13 times in 5 games. They lost 4-0 at home to Genk, 3-2 away at Lokeren, 3-0 at home to Standard Liege and 2-1 away to Gent. If Lokeren are going to survive this season then they will need to find some form and get their forwards firing as De Sutter, Saroka, Terki and Hupperts have got 1 goal between them from 18 appearances between them.

Club Brugge have won all 3 home games this season (5-2 vs Eupen, 3-0 vs Kortrijk, 2-1 vs Anderlecht) and with Over 2.5 odds being ridiculously short we need to look elsewhere for our main bet here. Strangely, Lokeren have found the net in just 1 of their 3 home games but have scored in all 3 of their away games. Both Teams to Score is priced at near evens and we think this is a much better bet to back than Over 2.5 at well under 1/2 odds. We have no doubt that we think Club Brugge will win this game and anything other than that would be a huge shock. They scored 3 vs a similar standard side in Kortijk and they won 3-1 at home in their last meeting, therefore we are backing Club Brugge to win 3-1 on the correct score market.