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Updated Aug. 19, 2019, at 12:20 AM
8/19 |  Zulte Waregem | 43% | 24% |
 Charleroi | 33% |
8/23 |  Genk | 62% | 22% |
 Anderlecht | 16% |
8/24 | Charleroi | 20% | 22% |
 Club Brugge | 58% |
8/24 |  Sint-Truidense | 49% | 24% |
Zulte Waregem | 27% |
8/24 |  Cercle Brugge | 43% | 24% |
 W. Beveren | 33% |
8/24 |  Oostende | 42% | 28% |
 Mechelen | 30% |
8/25 |  Antwerp | 39% | 26% |
 Gent | 35% |
8/25 |  Standard Liège | 57% | 22% |
 Kortrijk | 21% |
8/25 |  Mouscron | 60% | 23% |
 Eupen | 17% |
8/30 | Mechelen | 40% | 29% |
Mouscron | 31% |
8/31 | Eupen | 35% | 26% |
Sint-Truidense | 39% |
8/31 | Kortrijk | 60% | 23% |
Oostende | 17% |
8/31 | W. Beveren | 36% | 25% |
Charleroi | 39% |
8/31 | Gent | 78% | 15% |
Cercle Brugge | 8% |
9/1 | Club Brugge | 52% | 24% |
Genk | 24% |
9/1 | Anderlecht | 39% | 26% |
Standard Liège | 35% |
9/1 | Zulte Waregem | 38% | 24% |
Antwerp | 38% |
9/13 | Charleroi | 25% | 24% |
Genk | 51% |
9/14 | Oostende | 25% | 25% |
Standard Liège | 50% |
9/14 | Sint-Truidense | 57% | 23% |
W. Beveren | 20% |
9/14 | Eupen | 37% | 24% |
Zulte Waregem | 39% |
9/14 | Cercle Brugge | 11% | 16% |
Club Brugge | 72% |
9/15 | Anderlecht | 48% | 26% |
Antwerp | 26% |
9/15 | Gent | 62% | 22% |
Mechelen | 16% |
9/15 | Mouscron | 44% | 27% |
Kortrijk | 30% |
9/20 | Club Brugge | 66% | 21% |
Anderlecht | 13% |
9/20 | Genk | 79% | 15% |
Oostende | 6% |
9/20 | Charleroi | 47% | 26% |
Sint-Truidense | 27% |
9/20 | Standard Liège | 78% | 15% |
Eupen | 8% |
9/20 | Zulte Waregem | 31% | 23% |
Gent | 45% |
9/20 | Antwerp | 68% | 19% |
Cercle Brugge | 13% |
9/20 | Kortrijk | 55% | 24% |
Mechelen | 21% |
9/20 | W. Beveren | 33% | 26% |
Mouscron | 40% |
9/27 | Gent | 54% | 23% |
Kortrijk | 23% |
9/27 | Anderlecht | 65% | 21% |
W. Beveren | 14% |
9/27 | Standard Liège | 62% | 21% |
Charleroi | 17% |
9/27 | Sint-Truidense | 25% | 24% |
Genk | 51% |
9/27 | Cercle Brugge | 44% | 24% |
Eupen | 32% |
9/27 | Mechelen | 19% | 23% |
Club Brugge | 58% |
9/27 | Oostende | 33% | 27% |
Antwerp | 39% |
9/27 | Mouscron | 53% | 24% |
Zulte Waregem | 23% |
10/4 | Club Brugge | 62% | 21% |
Gent | 16% |
10/4 | Genk | 66% | 21% |
Mouscron | 13% |
10/4 | Charleroi | 39% | 27% |
Anderlecht | 34% |
10/4 | Zulte Waregem | 60% | 20% |
Cercle Brugge | 20% |
10/4 | Antwerp | 37% | 25% |
Standard Liège | 37% |
10/4 | Kortrijk | 52% | 25% |
Sint-Truidense | 23% |
10/4 | Eupen | 37% | 26% |
Mechelen | 37% |
10/4 | W. Beveren | 44% | 26% |
Oostende | 30% |
10/18 | Gent | 70% | 18% |
W. Beveren | 12% |
10/18 | Anderlecht | 54% | 25% |
Sint-Truidense | 20% |
10/18 | Standard Liège | 39% | 25% |
Genk | 37% |
10/18 | Cercle Brugge | 31% | 25% |
Charleroi | 44% |
10/18 | Mechelen | 38% | 27% |
Antwerp | 35% |
10/18 | Kortrijk | 56% | 22% |
Zulte Waregem | 22% |
10/18 | Oostende | 51% | 25% |
Eupen | 23% |
10/18 | Mouscron | 23% | 25% |
Club Brugge | 51% |
10/25 | Club Brugge | 60% | 21% |
Standard Liège | 18% |
10/25 | Genk | 85% | 11% |
Cercle Brugge | 4% |
10/25 | Charleroi | 43% | 27% |
Mouscron | 29% |
10/25 | Sint-Truidense | 34% | 26% |
Gent | 40% |
10/25 | Zulte Waregem | 51% | 24% |
Oostende | 25% |
10/25 | Antwerp | 47% | 25% |
Kortrijk | 28% |
10/25 | Eupen | 27% | 25% |
Anderlecht | 48% |
10/25 | W. Beveren | 39% | 26% |
Mechelen | 35% |
10/29 | Genk | 64% | 21% |
Antwerp | 15% |
10/29 | Anderlecht | 42% | 26% |
Gent | 32% |
10/29 | Standard Liège | 76% | 15% |
W. Beveren | 9% |
10/29 | Cercle Brugge | 29% | 26% |
Mouscron | 45% |
10/29 | Zulte Waregem | 18% | 20% |
Club Brugge | 62% |
10/29 | Mechelen | 44% | 27% |
Sint-Truidense | 29% |
10/29 | Kortrijk | 65% | 20% |
Eupen | 15% |
10/29 | Oostende | 38% | 27% |
Charleroi | 34% |
11/1 | Club Brugge | 69% | 19% |
Kortrijk | 12% |
11/1 | Gent | 44% | 24% |
Standard Liège | 31% |
11/1 | Anderlecht | 69% | 19% |
Cercle Brugge | 12% |
11/1 | Sint-Truidense | 53% | 26% |
Oostende | 21% |
11/1 | Mechelen | 43% | 27% |
Charleroi | 30% |
11/1 | Eupen | 16% | 20% |
Genk | 64% |
11/1 | W. Beveren | 39% | 23% |
Zulte Waregem | 37% |
11/1 | Mouscron | 43% | 28% |
Antwerp | 29% |
11/8 | Genk | 57% | 23% |
Gent | 20% |
11/8 | Charleroi | 59% | 22% |
Eupen | 18% |
11/8 | Standard Liège | 64% | 21% |
Mechelen | 15% |
11/8 | Cercle Brugge | 32% | 25% |
Sint-Truidense | 43% |
11/8 | Zulte Waregem | 36% | 25% |
Anderlecht | 40% |
11/8 | Antwerp | 26% | 24% |
Club Brugge | 50% |
11/8 | Kortrijk | 63% | 20% |
W. Beveren | 16% |
11/8 | Oostende | 36% | 29% |
Mouscron | 35% |
11/22 | Club Brugge | 83% | 13% |
Oostende | 4% |
11/22 | Gent | 53% | 24% |
Antwerp | 23% |
11/22 | Anderlecht | 49% | 25% |
Kortrijk | 26% |
11/22 | Sint-Truidense | 46% | 26% |
Charleroi | 28% |
11/22 | Mechelen | 47% | 24% |
Zulte Waregem | 29% |
11/22 | Eupen | 21% | 22% |
Standard Liège | 57% |
11/22 | W. Beveren | 52% | 23% |
Cercle Brugge | 25% |
11/22 | Mouscron | 28% | 26% |
Genk | 46% |
11/29 | Club Brugge | 71% | 19% |
Mouscron | 10% |
11/29 | Genk | 69% | 19% |
Sint-Truidense | 11% |
11/29 | Charleroi | 57% | 22% |
W. Beveren | 20% |
11/29 | Standard Liège | 80% | 13% |
Cercle Brugge | 7% |
11/29 | Zulte Waregem | 57% | 22% |
Eupen | 22% |
11/29 | Antwerp | 55% | 25% |
Mechelen | 20% |
11/29 | Kortrijk | 40% | 25% |
Gent | 35% |
11/29 | Oostende | 31% | 28% |
Anderlecht | 41% |
12/6 | Gent | 63% | 20% |
Zulte Waregem | 17% |
12/6 | Anderlecht | 54% | 25% |
Charleroi | 21% |
12/6 | Sint-Truidense | 21% | 23% |
Club Brugge | 56% |
12/6 | Cercle Brugge | 14% | 18% |
Genk | 68% |
12/6 | Mechelen | 38% | 26% |
Kortrijk | 36% |
12/6 | Eupen | 41% | 27% |
Oostende | 32% |
12/6 | W. Beveren | 31% | 25% |
Antwerp | 45% |
12/6 | Mouscron | 35% | 26% |
Standard Liège | 39% |
12/13 | Club Brugge | 80% | 15% |
Mechelen | 6% |
12/13 | Genk | 82% | 12% |
W. Beveren | 6% |
12/13 | Charleroi | 62% | 21% |
Cercle Brugge | 17% |
12/13 | Standard Liège | 54% | 24% |
Anderlecht | 22% |
12/13 | Zulte Waregem | 44% | 25% |
Sint-Truidense | 31% |
12/13 | Antwerp | 65% | 21% |
Eupen | 14% |
12/13 | Kortrijk | 49% | 26% |
Mouscron | 25% |
12/13 | Oostende | 27% | 26% |
Gent | 47% |
12/20 | Gent | 31% | 25% |
Club Brugge | 44% |
12/20 | Anderlecht | 32% | 26% |
Genk | 42% |
12/20 | Sint-Truidense | 40% | 27% |
Antwerp | 33% |
12/20 | Cercle Brugge | 34% | 23% |
Zulte Waregem | 42% |
12/20 | Mechelen | 50% | 27% |
Oostende | 23% |
12/20 | Eupen | 29% | 24% |
Kortrijk | 47% |
12/20 | W. Beveren | 23% | 22% |
Standard Liège | 55% |
12/20 | Mouscron | 49% | 27% |
Charleroi | 25% |
12/26 | Club Brugge | 81% | 13% |
Zulte Waregem | 6% |
12/26 | Genk | 83% | 12% |
Eupen | 5% |
12/26 | Charleroi | 54% | 25% |
Oostende | 21% |
12/26 | Standard Liège | 49% | 24% |
Gent | 27% |
12/26 | Antwerp | 44% | 27% |
Anderlecht | 29% |
12/26 | Kortrijk | 68% | 19% |
Cercle Brugge | 13% |
12/26 | W. Beveren | 37% | 26% |
Sint-Truidense | 38% |
12/26 | Mouscron | 52% | 27% |
Mechelen | 21% |
1/17 | Gent | 56% | 25% |
Mouscron | 20% |
1/17 | Anderlecht | 27% | 25% |
Club Brugge | 47% |
1/17 | Sint-Truidense | 40% | 26% |
Kortrijk | 34% |
1/17 | Cercle Brugge | 27% | 24% |
Antwerp | 50% |
1/17 | Zulte Waregem | 22% | 21% |
Genk | 56% |
1/17 | Mechelen | 29% | 25% |
Standard Liège | 46% |
1/17 | Eupen | 34% | 26% |
Charleroi | 41% |
1/17 | Oostende | 49% | 25% |
W. Beveren | 26% |
1/24 | Gent | 36% | 25% |
Genk | 39% |
1/24 | Charleroi | 49% | 26% |
Mechelen | 25% |
1/24 | Standard Liège | 69% | 20% |
Oostende | 12% |
1/24 | Cercle Brugge | 25% | 24% |
Anderlecht | 51% |
1/24 | Antwerp | 56% | 22% |
Zulte Waregem | 22% |
1/24 | Kortrijk | 25% | 24% |
Club Brugge | 51% |
1/24 | W. Beveren | 49% | 24% |
Eupen | 27% |
1/24 | Mouscron | 49% | 27% |
Sint-Truidense | 24% |
1/31 | Club Brugge | 69% | 19% |
Antwerp | 12% |
1/31 | Genk | 69% | 19% |
Charleroi | 12% |
1/31 | Anderlecht | 51% | 27% |
Mouscron | 22% |
1/31 | Zulte Waregem | 55% | 22% |
W. Beveren | 24% |
1/31 | Mechelen | 31% | 26% |
Gent | 43% |
1/31 | Kortrijk | 37% | 24% |
Standard Liège | 38% |
1/31 | Eupen | 49% | 24% |
Cercle Brugge | 27% |
1/31 | Oostende | 39% | 28% |
Sint-Truidense | 33% |
2/7 | Gent | 51% | 25% |
Anderlecht | 24% |
2/7 | Charleroi | 50% | 23% |
Zulte Waregem | 26% |
2/7 | Standard Liège | 33% | 25% |
Club Brugge | 42% |
2/7 | Sint-Truidense | 59% | 23% |
Eupen | 18% |
2/7 | Cercle Brugge | 34% | 26% |
Mechelen | 40% |
2/7 | Antwerp | 30% | 25% |
Genk | 45% |
2/7 | W. Beveren | 31% | 24% |
Kortrijk | 45% |
2/7 | Mouscron | 56% | 26% |
Oostende | 18% |
2/14 | Club Brugge | 86% | 10% |
W. Beveren | 4% |
2/14 | Genk | 55% | 23% |
Standard Liège | 22% |
2/14 | Sint-Truidense | 61% | 22% |
Cercle Brugge | 17% |
2/14 | Zulte Waregem | 40% | 26% |
Mouscron | 34% |
2/14 | Mechelen | 36% | 28% |
Anderlecht | 37% |
2/14 | Antwerp | 52% | 25% |
Charleroi | 23% |
2/14 | Eupen | 23% | 23% |
Gent | 54% |
2/14 | Oostende | 33% | 26% |
Kortrijk | 40% |
2/21 | Club Brugge | 78% | 15% |
Charleroi | 7% |
2/21 | Gent | 59% | 23% |
Sint-Truidense | 18% |
2/21 | Anderlecht | 67% | 21% |
Eupen | 13% |
2/21 | Standard Liège | 56% | 23% |
Antwerp | 21% |
2/21 | Mechelen | 54% | 24% |
W. Beveren | 22% |
2/21 | Kortrijk | 30% | 24% |
Genk | 46% |
2/21 | Oostende | 42% | 25% |
Zulte Waregem | 33% |
2/21 | Mouscron | 64% | 21% |
Cercle Brugge | 14% |
2/28 | Genk | 41% | 25% |
Club Brugge | 34% |
2/28 | Charleroi | 32% | 25% |
Standard Liège | 43% |
2/28 | Sint-Truidense | 49% | 27% |
Mechelen | 25% |
2/28 | Cercle Brugge | 21% | 22% |
Gent | 57% |
2/28 | Zulte Waregem | 38% | 24% |
Kortrijk | 38% |
2/28 | Antwerp | 59% | 24% |
Oostende | 17% |
2/28 | Eupen | 31% | 27% |
Mouscron | 42% |
2/28 | W. Beveren | 29% | 25% |
Anderlecht | 46% |
3/6 | Club Brugge | 89% | 9% |
Cercle Brugge | 3% |
3/6 | Gent | 59% | 23% |
Charleroi | 18% |
3/6 | Anderlecht | 58% | 22% |
Zulte Waregem | 20% |
3/6 | Standard Liège | 62% | 22% |
Sint-Truidense | 16% |
3/6 | Mechelen | 56% | 24% |
Eupen | 20% |
3/6 | Kortrijk | 46% | 25% |
Antwerp | 29% |
3/6 | Oostende | 20% | 23% |
Genk | 57% |
3/6 | Mouscron | 60% | 23% |
W. Beveren | 17% |
3/13 | Genk | 74% | 17% |
Mechelen | 9% |
3/13 | Charleroi | 41% | 25% |
Kortrijk | 33% |
3/13 | Sint-Truidense | 38% | 28% |
Anderlecht | 34% |
3/13 | Cercle Brugge | 39% | 26% |
Oostende | 35% |
3/13 | Zulte Waregem | 29% | 22% |
Standard Liège | 49% |
3/13 | Antwerp | 49% | 27% |
Mouscron | 24% |
3/13 | Eupen | 13% | 18% |
Club Brugge | 69% |
3/13 | W. Beveren | 25% | 23% |
Gent | 52% |
| 8/18 | Gent2 | 66% | 21% |
Oostende0 | 13% |
| 8/18 | Antwerp2 | 50% | 25% |
Sint-Truidense0 | 24% |
| 8/18 | Standard Liège4 | 55% | 25% |
Mouscron1 | 20% |
| 8/17 | W. Beveren0 | 20% | 21% |
Genk4 | 59% |
| 8/17 | Mechelen3 | 54% | 24% |
Cercle Brugge1 | 22% |
| 8/17 | Kortrijk4 | 40% | 28% |
Anderlecht2 | 33% |
| 8/16 | Club Brugge0 | 88% | 9% |
Eupen0 | 3% |
| 8/11 | Mouscron2 | 37% | 28% |
Gent1 | 36% |
| 8/11 | Charleroi2 | 40% | 26% |
Antwerp1 | 33% |
| 8/11 | Sint-Truidense2 | 31% | 26% |
Standard Liège1 | 43% |
| 8/10 | Genk0 | 80% | 13% |
Zulte Waregem2 | 7% |
| 8/10 | Eupen1 | 43% | 24% |
W. Beveren1 | 33% |
| 8/10 | Cercle Brugge1 | 33% | 25% |
Kortrijk3 | 42% |
| 8/10 | Oostende0 | 16% | 20% |
Club Brugge2 | 64% |
| 8/9 | Anderlecht0 | 62% | 23% |
Mechelen0 | 15% |
| 8/4 | Antwerp4 | 57% | 23% |
W. Beveren1 | 20% |
| 8/4 | Mouscron0 | 40% | 28% |
Anderlecht0 | 31% |
| 8/4 | Gent6 | 68% | 20% |
Eupen1 | 13% |
| 8/3 | Mechelen3 | 17% | 22% |
Genk1 | 60% |
| 8/3 | Oostende3 | 52% | 25% |
Cercle Brugge1 | 23% |
| 8/3 | Kortrijk1 | 50% | 25% |
Charleroi1 | 25% |
| 8/3 | Standard Liège4 | 63% | 20% |
Zulte Waregem0 | 17% |
| 8/2 | Club Brugge6 | 69% | 19% |
Sint-Truidense0 | 12% |
| 7/28 | Eupen1 | 37% | 27% |
Antwerp4 | 37% |
| 7/28 | Charleroi1 | 35% | 26% |
Gent1 | 39% |
| 7/28 | Anderlecht1 | 66% | 22% |
Oostende2 | 12% |
| 7/27 | W. Beveren1 | 19% | 21% |
Club Brugge3 | 60% |
| 7/27 | Zulte Waregem0 | 55% | 23% |
Mechelen2 | 22% |
| 7/27 | Sint-Truidense0 | 47% | 27% |
Mouscron1 | 26% |
| 7/27 | Cercle Brugge0 | 26% | 23% |
Standard Liège2 | 51% |
| 7/26 | Genk2 | 70% | 19% |
Kortrijk1 | 11% |
| Team rating | avg. simulated season | end-of-season probabilities | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| team | spi | off. | def. | goal diff. | proj. pts.pts. | Every position | relegatedrel. | qualify for UCLmake UCL | win First Division Awin league | |||||||
Club Brugge10 pts | 68.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | +41 | 64 | <1% | 60% | 37% | ||||||||
Genk6 pts | 63.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | +26 | 57 | <1% | 45% | 24% | ||||||||
Standard Liège9 pts | 56.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | +23 | 54 | <1% | 27% | 12% | ||||||||
Gent7 pts | 53.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | +17 | 50 | <1% | 19% | 8% | ||||||||
Antwerp9 pts | 46.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | +9 | 46 | <1% | 10% | 4% | ||||||||
Kortrijk7 pts | 47.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | +6 | 45 | <1% | 9% | 4% | ||||||||
Anderlecht2 pts | 48.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | +2 | 41 | 2% | 8% | 4% | ||||||||
Mouscron7 pts | 43.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | +0 | 43 | <1% | 7% | 3% | ||||||||
Charleroi5 pts | 41.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | -3 | 40 | 3% | 4% | 2% | ||||||||
Mechelen10 pts | 38.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | -1 | 41 | <1% | 3% | 1% | ||||||||
Sint-Truidense3 pts | 40.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | -11 | 37 | 3% | 3% | 1% | ||||||||
Zulte Waregem3 pts | 38.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | -11 | 36 | 4% | 3% | <1% | ||||||||
Oostende6 pts | 34.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | -13 | 34 | 4% | 1% | <1% | ||||||||
W. Beveren1 pt | 31.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | -25 | 28 | 20% | <1% | <1% | ||||||||
Eupen2 pts | 29.9 | 1.1 | 1.8 | -26 | 27 | 25% | <1% | <1% | ||||||||
Cercle Brugge0 pts | 27.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | -33 | 22 | 37% | <1% | <1% | ||||||||
The top two teams from each group qualify for the knockout phase. The third-place team from each group qualifies for the UEFA Europa League knockout phase. The third-place finisher from each group in the UEFA Champions League — eight teams total — will join the UEFA Europa League in the round of 32.The top seven teams from each conference — 14 teams total — make the MLS playoffs. The top team from each conference receives a first-round bye.The top ten teams from each conference — 20 teams total — make the USL playoffs.The top eight teams at the end of the regular season make the Liga MX playoffs.The top four teams at the end of the regular season make the NWSL playoffs.The top six teams make the A-League playoffs, with two teams receiving a first-round bye.Three teams are promoted, and four teams are relegated. Depending on the league standings, playoffs for the final promotion and relegation spots may be necessary.Four teams — based on overall performance during the last four seasons — are relegated.The bottom team is automatically relegated, and the second-to-last team will enter a playoff against a team from the lower division to determine if it is relegated.The bottom two teams are automatically relegated, and the third-to-last team will enter a playoff against a team from the lower division to determine if it is relegated.The bottom team is automatically relegated, and the next two bottom teams will enter a playoff against teams from the lower division to determine if they are relegated.Three teams are relegated through a playoff.
Design and development by Jay Boice, Reuben Fischer-Baum and Julia Wolfe. Statistical models by Jay Boice and Nate Silver.
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