St. Truiden vs Cercle Brugge Prediction: Truiden hoping to halt their run of defeats

Daio Wasabi Stayen will host the Jupiler Pro League encounter between St. Truiden and Cercle Brugge. The home side won the last meeting of this game away from home. Can Cercle Brugge, being in a better form, get things right? 

St. Truiden are coming off a third straight defeat and will hope to right their wrongs. In their last game, this team took on Charleroi and suffered a 2-1 defeat. In that encounter, St. Truiden conceded in each half, with Daan Heymans and Yacine Titraoui putting their opponent in a strong lead. In the meantime, the best St. Truiden could get before the final whistle was a consolation goal, while Adriano Bertaccini struck in the 90th minute. However, prior encounters saw this team lose to Anderlecht and Gent, each encounter ending in an identical 2-0 score. 

Heading into this game, St. Truiden have 18 points after 19 league matches. In that run, they scored 23 goals while conceding 39. 

Cercle Brugge took on Leuven and secured a much-needed victory. In a game that ended 1-0, the last minute of Kazeem Olaigbe's strike was enough to see this team take maximum points. In the meantime, Cercle Brugge have been brilliant recently, with an unbeaten run of five games. This team defeated O. Ljubljana on that run while drawing Union Saint-Gilloise, Basaksehir, and Gent. 

Away from home, Cercle Brugge have recently lost twice, coming against Standard Liege and Beerschot VA. This team has only one win in that run. In their last five games away from home, Cercle Brugge scored seven goals while conceding six. 

St. Truiden are going through a tough patch, and I expect them to do better here. While Cercle Brugge have not had things easy lately, their unbeaten run of matches is a testament to how brilliant they have been. The two teams have much to give, and I expect them to do well in showing quality defensive play. However, with how the home side has struggled in recent times while the visitors are showing better play, I will back this game to end with goals. In fact, with Cercle Brugge having a better squad and a better team, a bet on them winning is a good option.