- Team form: Brugge are coming off a 4-game losing streak, but should have too much quality for the visitors on Friday.
- Away record: Kortrijk have looked good at times in recent games, but their away record remains poor.
- Home form: Brugge have won 4 and lost 1 of their last 5 home games in all competitions, scoring 18 goals at an average of 3.60.
Home side have been underwhelming
Club Brugge KV are 1.25 favorites to beat KV Kortrijk at the Jan Breydel Stadion on Friday in a game where the draw can be taken at 5.75 and the visitors at 9.25. Ivan Leko's side have been wobbling a bit since he took over as manager on 13 August 2025, and their last two results have only served to reinforce the notion that they may not be quite right for this match.
A 2-1 defeat to Stade Rennes FC on their recent away trip in a friendly was followed by a 2-1 loss to Union St.-Gilloise in the Belgian Super Cup last weekend, results which will surely affect confidence in the home camp. In all competitions, Brugge have now won five, drawn one and lost four of their last ten games, but they have won four and lost one of their five home matches in this same period, scoring 18 times at an average of 3.60 goals-per-game.
Kortrijk have been good but not great
Recent form
KV Kortrijk have been in better form overall with three wins and two defeats from their last five in all competitions, but Michiel Jonckheere's side have won one, drawn one and lost three of their five away games in all competitions, conceding 2.20 goals-per-game on average. Kortrijk have been better recently, putting five past KSV Diksmuide Oostende in a 5-1 away win before seeing off Royal Knokke FC 4-1 at home, but their overall away form is yet to catch up with their improvement in recent weeks.
Key player
Jellert van Landschoot has been a spark, scoring two of their five goals in Kortrijk's last five in all competitions and looking like a real threat on the counterattack.
Hosts should have enough to edge it
Jonckheere's men have been in mixed form, but Brugge have won two and drawn two of the last five head-to-heads and are unbeaten in their last three home games against Kortrijk, beating them 4-2 here just three weeks ago.
- The most likely result is a Brugge win here, and it would be no surprise if they went over 2.5 goals at 1.48 or BTTS-No at 1.83 as the hosts should control the game for long periods.
- This looks like a matchup clash with Brugge's possession-led build-up and collective press sure to keep Kortrijk deep in their half for long spells.
- Kortrijk are a compact, pragmatic unit with damage control and fast breaks, so they will probably be defending their box for large parts of the match.
