The opening round of the 2024-25 Jupiler Pro League Play-Offs was full of goals and drama, two things you always associate with Belgian top-flight football!
Genk maintained their position as the leaders of the pack, although chasers Club Brugge and Union Saint-Gilloise were able to pick up crucial wins of their own.
Matchday 2 of the play-off rounds starts tomorrow and below are some handy tips for your bet.
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Christos Tzolis to score for Club Brugge vs Royal Antwerp @ 3.10
Tzolis has been a star performer for reigning champions Club Brugge all season and continued his fine form on Matchday 1 of the Championship Round. The Greek winger opened the scoring in the 2-0 home victory over rivals Anderlecht, his 14th goal of the campaign across all competitions. It is no surprise that Tzolis is attracting the attention of Europe’s elite and with eyes on him again this weekend, we are backing him to strike when Club Brugge visit Antwerp.
Genk to beat Anderlecht @ 2.49
Genk’s quest to win the title got off to the best possible start last weekend. The leaders defeated Gent 4-0 in a match where they had eight shots on target and dominated proceedings from the off. Anderlecht continued to look rusty in their defeat against Club Brugge and the onus will be on new manager Besnik Hasi to inspire a response from his players on home soil. But Genk have been the best team in Belgium this season by a distance and while you can never rule out Anderlecht, we expect their revival to be put on hold for another weekend.
Union Saint-Gilloise to beat Gent @ 1.74
USG enjoyed a fantastic start to the Championship Round, equal to that of Genk! The team recently dumped out of the Europa League by Ajax beat Antwerp 5-1 on home soil, a superb display which showed perhaps their attacking quality can be equal to that possessed by the teams above them. So with confidence flowing through the veins and goals easy to come by, USG are huge favourites to make it back-to-back wins in the play-offs. We would be rather shocked if that does not happen!
Cercle Brugge vs Beerschot: Over 2.5 goals in the match @ 1.94
Cercle Brugge had a crucial 2-1 victory at Kortrijk within their grasp last week, only to concede a 90th minute goal against a team who had been playing with 10 men for close to an hour. The equaliser surely must have damaged morale somewhat, but the side from Bruges can bounce back at home this weekend against the team rooted to the bottom. Beerschot lost 1-0 to STVV last time out and we expect them to be beaten comfortably by Cercle Brugge. Given both sides’ seeming inability to defend, expect goals!
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