St.Truiden vs Club Bruges prediction 19/01/2023

• Date: 19/01/2023
• Competition: Jupiler Pro League
• KO: 19:45 GMT / 20:45 CET
• Venue: Stayen (Sint-Truiden (St.-Trond))

An out-of-sorts Club Brugge will be desperate to get back to winning ways in the FDA when they take on St. Truiden at Stayen. 

Now winless in their last five league matches, Bruges find themselves slipping well out of the title race, having not won in the FDA since the end of October.

Contrastingly, hosts St Truiden are enjoying a decent run of form with four wins and one draw in their last six matches, lifting them to within five points of the visitors. 

St.Truiden vs Club Bruges Betting Tips: BTTS and over 2.5 goals/St. Truiden or draw

A tough-looking fixture to predict, the home side are, as mentioned, in much better form coming into this FDA match. However, their record in this fixture is not great, with Brugge winning each of their last eight league meetings since a 2:2 draw at this venue back in October fo 2018. Still, St Truiden claimed a handsome 4:1 away victory when these sides met most recently in the Belgian Cup less than a month ago, ending that barren four-year losing run against their more illustrious opponents.

However, St.Truiden´s home form is not particularly great, with the hosts winning three but losing four of nine league matches this season. De Kanaries have actually done their better work on the road, with five wins and just two losses from eleven matches. 

While there is certainly a case for the home having enough form to claim the points here, history suggests we should expect goals in this fixture. Seven of their last nine meetings at this venue, including each of the last four, have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals scored. Brugge have actually won by the same 2:1 scoreline in three successive visits to this venue. However, whether they have enough form to repeat that trick remains to be seen.

Ultimately, while form favours the hosts, history leans with de Blauw-Zwart, but goals are usually a staple of this fixture, and with Brugge seeing BTTS in six of their seven most recent FDA matches, that outcome looks the safest betting play for this Belgian top-flight contest.