Club Brugge vs Zulte-Waragem Predictions

Club Brugge enter this fixture 2nd in the league with 31 points from their opening 15 games. They currently find themselves 4 points off the leaders after their 2-1 away defeat against Sporting Charleroi away from home last time out.

Zulte-Waragem head into this against against Club Brugge on the up, 2 wins and a draw in their last 4 league games have seen them climb from the foot of the table and they now find themselves sitting in 13th place. Their 2-0 win against Lokeren last time out showed they are up for the fight this season.

Club Brugge are the best home side in the division so far this season, they have won 6 and drawn 1 of their 7 home outings so far this campaign with the only blot on their record coming against Waasland Beveren, a game they dominated throughout but couldn’t put the lower quality opposition to bed. Apart from that game they are having no problem in finding the net, they have scored 21 goals in their 7 home games, averaging 3 a game whilst their defence has also been impressive conceding just 5 home goals all season. If they are to challenge for the league this season their home form will be imperative as they are struggling away from home.

Zulte-Waragem are a team on the up, after a dreadful start to the campaign left them struggling at the foot of the table they have fought back with 2 wins against Lokeren and Standard Liege and a draw against Mouscron in their last 4 games to climb off the bottom. Unfortunately however that improvement does not stretch to their away form, Zulte-Waragem are currently the divisions worst away side picking up just 1 point from their 7 away games and playing the leagues best home side, they could be on to a hiding to nothing here.

Zulte-Waragem have found the net on 7 occasions this season away from home but have found the net in 6 of their 7 away games, only failing against league leaders Genk. They have however conceded 21 goals away from home, averaging 3 goals against a game. They simply aren’t going to keep Club Brugge out with defensive stats like that. The bookmakers have been really generous on the odds here, Club Brugge have won 4/7 at home by 2 goals or more whilst Zulte-Waragem have also lost 4/7 away from home by 2 or more. For that reason we are backing Club Brugge -1.5 Handicap here as our main tip. Zulte-Waragem have been finding the net recently and we think they could nick a goal, all be it a consolation and we like the look of the 3-1 home result on the correct score market.