Belgian Jupiler league 23/24 - discussion

[jakdanyel]

The first half of the regular season has ended. On the week the leader lost points, Club Brugge couldn't take advantage of it. Interestingly, they had a big difficulty against Cercle Brugge and even lost the match by 2-0. And the most profitable team of the week were definitely Anderlecht. Because they played an away match vs Beerschot and demolished them by a whopping 7-0 score. This was really huge and I think that they will continue to perform like this for some time even if the matches don't end by an absurd score all the time.

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[casperBGD]

Royale Union is still on top, 7 points above Brugge, not that much, especially when account for following group that will see top4 teams, which at the moment comprise from Antwerp and Anderlecht as well
Antwerp is playing tonight in Oostende, that should be a good value @1.85

Brugge plays Liege, Anderlecht with Mechelen and leader is host to Genk

[LTU_btc]

Today there was main game of round between Brugge and Royale Union. It ended 0:0 and obviously it's positive result for Union which let them to keep 9 points lead against Brugge. Despite that we haven't saw any goals today, it wasn't bad game to watch and in the end I think that draw is most fair result for this game.
Next round Union will have Brussels derby against Anderlecht, another team which is still in fight for title.

[ingiltere]

Union Saint-Gilloise is still leading, they didn't lose against Club Brugge and kept the distance. Nine points difference is more than three games, unbelievably perfect performance by them. I wonder if they finish this fairytale with a championship trophy, I hope so. This is the greatest underdog performance in top leagues of Europe since Leicester City championship. Deniz Undav and Dante Vanzeir carry the teams attacking side, they also defend well with less than a goal conceded a game, the best in whole league in this statistics. 

[Joca97]

Union Saint-Gilloise is still leading, they didn't lose against Club Brugge and kept the distance. Nine points difference is more than three games, unbelievably perfect performance by them. I wonder if they finish this fairytale with a championship trophy, I hope so. This is the greatest underdog performance in top leagues of Europe since Leicester City championship. Deniz Undav and Dante Vanzeir carry the teams attacking side, they also defend well with less than a goal conceded a game, the best in whole league in this statistics. 

Was expecting lots of goals in this match,but in the end both teams had a lot to lose if they lost the match. Union SG has won an important point and this is now 8 point difference and that is huge. I think we might witness this season the biggest surprise in football this year.

[Ratash]

Union Saint-Gilloise is still leading, they didn't lose against Club Brugge and kept the distance. Nine points difference is more than three games, unbelievably perfect performance by them. I wonder if they finish this fairytale with a championship trophy, I hope so. This is the greatest underdog performance in top leagues of Europe since Leicester City championship. Deniz Undav and Dante Vanzeir carry the teams attacking side, they also defend well with less than a goal conceded a game, the best in whole league in this statistics. 

It was not expected to see them in the top spots not to mention leading with nine points away plus both their defense and offense are the best in the league it was totaly deserved and i think they will win the league but unfortunatly i dont think they will cary this on next season.

[MAAManda]

Union Saint-Gilloise is still leading, they didn't lose against Club Brugge and kept the distance. Nine points difference is more than three games, unbelievably perfect performance by them. I wonder if they finish this fairytale with a championship trophy, I hope so. This is the greatest underdog performance in top leagues of Europe since Leicester City championship. Deniz Undav and Dante Vanzeir carry the teams attacking side, they also defend well with less than a goal conceded a game, the best in whole league in this statistics. 

There are 10 games left for this season in the Belgian top flight, Union Saint-Gilloise are 9 points away from Club Brugge which means Union Saint-Gilloise only need a win from their next 7 matches to become champions this season, it seems it is not impossible to win. Union Saint-Gilloise if they can beat Anderlecht and Antwerp in their next match.

[casperBGD]

~snip

There are 10 games left for this season in the Belgian top flight, Union Saint-Gilloise are 9 points away from Club Brugge which means Union Saint-Gilloise only need a win from their next 7 matches to become champions this season, it seems it is not impossible to win. Union Saint-Gilloise if they can beat Anderlecht and Antwerp in their next match.

Jupiler league has Championship group in the end, and they are halving points before last group, so it is far from the end for Union Saint-Gilloise
it will be interesting to see how they perform in final group, with probably Brugge, Anderlech and Antwerp, I would like to see them as champions, but it is a much longer road than what you just wrote, Brugge is not playing great, and that is main chance for Union, IMO

[casperBGD]

Jupiler league is nearing next season, probably first to start in July, due to World cup in Qatar and teams are gearing up for next season

Antwerp trashed Mechelen in friendly match 4:0, and they will probably be most relevant competition to Brugge in new season, with few incomers - Janssen coming from Monterrey, Valencia from Indepediente and Scott from Bayern second team

no notable in players, but few left league, such as Bayo to Bologna, from Charleroi and Theate to Empoli, from Oostende, and Gent is shopping from smaller clubs, Cuypers from Mechelen

[swogerino]

Jupiler league is nearing next season, probably first to start in July, due to World cup in Qatar and teams are gearing up for next season

Antwerp trashed Mechelen in friendly match 4:0, and they will probably be most relevant competition to Brugge in new season, with few incomers - Janssen coming from Monterrey, Valencia from Indepediente and Scott from Bayern second team

no notable in players, but few left league, such as Bayo to Bologna, from Charleroi and Theate to Empoli, from Oostende, and Gent is shopping from smaller clubs, Cuypers from Mechelen

I don't see any real contention in this league,it will be either Brugge or Anderlecht but most likely Brugge as they have the best team compared to many others and even if they don't play well enough as they are used to play in Champions League against much stronger teams like Real Madrid and other strong ones,they still can win their domestic league even when they play not at full power.

Of course I would like to see teams like Antwerp to be contenders and to win the league but every time I have bet on teams other than Brugge and Anderlecht in this league the majority of the times I have lost my bets.

[LTU_btc]

I don't see any real contention in this league,it will be either Brugge or Anderlecht but most likely Brugge as they have the best team compared to many others and even if they don't play well enough as they are used to play in Champions League against much stronger teams like Real Madrid and other strong ones,they still can win their domestic league even when they play not at full power.

Of course I would like to see teams like Antwerp to be contenders and to win the league but every time I have bet on teams other than Brugge and Anderlecht in this league the majority of the times I have lost my bets.

I wouldn't say that there is no contention in this league. It's not like German or French leagues where they have one dominant team. Yeah, Brugge is slightly ahead others, but not that much. And we don't need to look for examples very far. Like last season when Union who got promoted from 2nd division where leading whole regular season and won it. Later they weren't able to keep 1st place in playoffs, but their example shows that even small team can fight for title in this league. There isn't just Brugge and Anderlecht. Genk, Antwerp and Gent is also contenders.

[casperBGD]

~snip

There isn't just Brugge and Anderlecht. Genk, Antwerp and Gent is also contenders.

yeah, Antwerp is spending a lot lately to fight with Brugge, Anderlecht had few tough seasons, but last season proved that they are back in title business, and expect more from them as well
it seems that we could get try-way fight for the title next season between these three, but as you mentioned Union, there is several teams that could build on a good start, and stay in the race until the end, to join Championship group (system is that Championship group could change everything, because teams are mostly leveled-up in points before final CG phase)

[LTU_btc]

it seems that we could get try-way fight for the title next season between these three, but as you mentioned Union, there is several teams that could build on a good start, and stay in the race until the end, to join Championship group (system is that Championship group could change everything, because teams are mostly leveled-up in points before final CG phase)

And personally I don't like their competition system at all. Why they can't have same system like all other leagues? You can lead whole seaso, but just few bad games in CG phase can ruin your whole season work.
BTW, there is less than 2 weeks remaining until new season, clubs already have played plenty of friendly games.

[casperBGD]

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And personally I don't like their competition system at all. Why they can't have same system like all other leagues? You can lead whole seaso, but just few bad games in CG phase can ruin your whole season work.
BTW, there is less than 2 weeks remaining until new season, clubs already have played plenty of friendly games.

agree, Union led whole season, but could not keep up in CG phase and ended up without title, because slashed points before CG phase
it is basically not fair to teams that play good in regular season, because you will end up with few point difference, even when you had solid advantage in regular season

yeah, teams are getting ready, and season starts in less than two weeks, will be interesting, hopefully Antwerp will have a shot for the title this season

[LTU_btc]

Today we have Belgium season opener - Super Cup between Brugge and Gent. So early, in middle of July, but most leagues will start earlier because of World Cup.
Brugge is favorites, odds for their win is attractive @1.95, but such games is difficult to predict because teams aren't in optimal condition yet.

[babygun]

Today we have Belgium season opener - Super Cup between Brugge and Gent. So early, in middle of July, but most leagues will start earlier because of World Cup.
Brugge is favorites, odds for their win is attractive @1.95, but such games is difficult to predict because teams aren't in optimal condition yet.

The odd was indeed quite attractive and Brugge won his first prize of the season. Chances they become the champion again is quite high again as they didn't loose any top players and they did some good incoming transfers.

[casperBGD]

Today we have Belgium season opener - Super Cup between Brugge and Gent. So early, in middle of July, but most leagues will start earlier because of World Cup.
Brugge is favorites, odds for their win is attractive @1.95, but such games is difficult to predict because teams aren't in optimal condition yet.

Brugge won this one and season starts tonight with a match between Standard and Genk
will be interesting to see this season Brugge, they obviously let de Kaetelare leaving for AC Milan, which should be finalized these days, and could influence their attack

looking at Antwerp this season

[Agbe]

23 July, 2022
Sporting Charleroi 3 - 1 Eupen

The march was interesting. Jerome Deom got the first yellow card in 1 minute time as the march start. Anass Zaroury scored the 1st goal by 18 minutes time. Loic Bessile scored the 2nd goal by 51 minutes time, while Kanan N'Dri scored the 1st goal for Eupen at 76 minutes. Herve Koffi got his yellow card in 90+3 minuts time of the 2nd half. Ali Gholizadeh scored the 3rd goal for Sporting Charleroi at 90+4 minutes, that was immediately after Koffi got his yellow card. And the final whistle was blown by the referee. But from the stats, Eupen possessed ball more than Sporting Charleroi.

shots on and off targets
On
Sporting Charleroi 5 - 7 Eupen

Off
Sporting Charleroi 3 - 1 Eupen

Ball possession
Sporting Charleroi 44 - 56 Eupen

Corner Kicks
Sporting Charleroi 2 - 1 Eupen

Offsides
Sporting Charleroi 1 - 0 Eupen

Fouls
Sporting Charleroi 10 - 12 Eupen

Yellow Cards
Sporting Charleroi 2 - 1 Eupen

[casperBGD]

second round starts tonight, with a game between last year second team in the league, Royal Union and current leader Charleroi

while home win is widely expected, Charleroi is good starter team, and they are usually close to top in first part of the season, so I would probably take double chance on them
Royal had great last season, but it is low level club, and I do not expect much from them this season

[casperBGD]

bump

not much discussion about Jupiler league, and Antwerp is making a show there, with all wins this season so far
they did not put much effort into Europa Conference league, being out from Basaksehir, but have winning strike in Jupiler and playing great football, maybe this will be a season to de-throne Brugge

Brugge is on the other hand great in CL, but losing points here and there in the league, probably waiting for Championship group near the end