Cercle Brugge KSV vs Kilmarnock Prediction & Betting Tips (1 August)

Often stuck in the shadow of its neighbor Club Bruges, Cercles Bruges found some light last year by taking 4th final place in the rankings in Belgium, which allows it to be able to consider a place in the Europa League this year. However, the road will still be long for this team which failed to win against Kilmarnock in the first leg last Thursday 0-0. On the other hand, the first day of the championship turned into a nightmare for this team which lost heavily at Westerloo 3-0. In preparation, the Belgians were able to offer themselves a victory against Larnaca 3-2, a draw against Monaco 1-1 but they suffered a defeat against Feyenoord 1-0.

On the other side of the meadow, Kilmarnock finished just off the podium in the Scottish championship but still quite far from the national leaders that are Rangers and Celtic Glasgow who seem out of reach in the title race. This summer, the visitors won quite clearly ahead of TNS 0-5 and Barrow, English 4th division club 5-0. They also performed quite well in resisting Cercle Bruges for what was their first official match of the season 0-0.

Author of an exceptional season last year with 27 goals, the former Nîmes Denkey is still present in the squad. Ecuadorian international Alan Minda (8 goals, 6 assists in Jupiler last year) has also not found a new base and he will be fully operational. The Belgian U21 international Olaigbe (4 pawns) and the interesting Somers (7 goals, 5 goals in the championship last year) are also operational. On the other hand, defenders Diakité and Nunes, midfielders De Wilde and Langenbick as well as striker Efekele will still be stuck in the infirmary for this match. The two top scorers of this Kilmarnock team are also still available.

These are Vassell and Watkins who crashed 9 times last season. Daniel Armstrong (6 goals, 10 assists in the league last season) and the Scottish U21 international, Watson (5 goals, 2 assists this year past) should also be on the trip to Belgium. On the other hand, midfielder Magennis will still have to forfeit.