The Belgian Jupiler Pro League returns for Matchweek 11 from 6 November to 8 November 2026, featuring nine fixtures across the weekend schedule. At the top of the table, Club Brugge KV hold a narrow one-point advantage over Union St. Gilloise, while Charleroi pursue the leading pack and several sides near the bottom seek stability. Forecasts for the opening three fixtures are published below; the remaining match calls will appear on each fixture's page the day before kickoff.
The match of the round: KVC Westerlo vs Charleroi
Charleroi travel to face KVC Westerlo sitting fourth in the standings with 24 points from their first ten fixtures. Under Mario Kohnen, the away side have recorded eight league wins, including a 5-2 victory against RAAL La Louvière last weekend. They face selection constraints in defense and attack, with Cheick Keita suspended and both Adama Bojang and Antoine Bernier out injured, but top scorer Aurélien Scheidler remains available after scoring four goals this season.
KVC Westerlo have produced high-scoring fixtures on their home turf, averaging six combined goals per match. Their recent home outings include a 5-1 win over Antwerp and a 4-4 draw against SK Beveren, led by Norman Bassette who has scored seven goals across all competitions. However, a 4-1 loss away to Anderlecht in their last fixture highlighted defensive vulnerabilities, and Doğucan Haspolat remains sidelined with an injury.
Our forecasting model offers a cautious call favoring a Charleroi win, accompanied by a low-confidence projection that the match will produce a winner either way rather than a draw. With Westerlo involved in frequent high-scoring affairs, the model holds medium confidence in both teams to score and more than 2.5 total goals, expecting Charleroi to strike first.
Match-by-match
Standard Liege host SK Beveren on Friday looking to end a difficult sequence after collecting one point from their last three games, including a 1-1 draw with Kortrijk and defeats to Genk and Charleroi. Manager Vincent Euvrard must configure his side without injured midfielder Casper Nielsen, as well as defenders Josué Homawoo and Marlon Fossey, leaving Dennis Eckert Ayensa to lead the attack. SK Beveren sit 13th with ten points, missing Jearl Margaritha, Kurt Abrahams, and Léandre Kuavita through injury. Our model leans toward a Standard Liege win with medium confidence, projecting over 2.5 goals and both sides on the scoresheet. In a speculative low-confidence call, the projection points to a 2-1 scoreline for the home team.
OH Leuven enter Saturday on a five-match unbeaten run after a 2-1 win at St. Truiden, though manager T. Simons must cope without the suspended Birger Verstraete and injured duo Manuel Osifo and Thibaud Verlinden. KV Mechelen arrive with three consecutive victories, having defeated Kortrijk 3-1, Genk 1-0, and St. Truiden 4-3, despite missing Adeshina Ayodele, Bouke Boersma, and Dikeni Salifou. The model issues a cautious, low-confidence call for an OH Leuven home win, while maintaining medium confidence that both teams to score will materialize.
Antwerp sit 12th in the standings with ten points after falling 2-1 away to Cercle Brugge, though they won 3-0 against Charleroi in their most recent home appearance. Lommel United occupy seventh position on 15 points and enter without a defeat in three matches, following a 2-0 win over Gent and a 2-2 draw at OH Leuven, though Dries Wouters, Jhon Banguera, and Ralf Seuntjens remain on their injury list.
Sixteenth-placed RAAL La Louvière host 17th-placed Cercle Brugge in a meeting between two sides separated by a single point near the bottom. The hosts suffered a 5-2 defeat at Charleroi last week and are without Bryan Soumaré and Mouhamed Belkheir, while Cercle Brugge collected their second win of the campaign by defeating Antwerp 2-1, though Joel Ndala is absent through injury.
League leaders Club Brugge KV have amassed 27 points and 26 goals in ten games, entering Sunday following a 2-1 victory at PSV Eindhoven and domestic wins against Zulte Waregem and St. Truiden. Striker Nicolò Tresoldi leads the division with 13 goals in all competitions, with defender Joel Ordóñez their only confirmed absentee. Fifth-placed Anderlecht won 2-0 against Red Bull Salzburg in European action and beat Westerlo 4-1 in their last league game, but must travel without injured trio Ilay Camara, Lucas Hey, and Thelo Aasgaard.
Third-placed Gent aim to keep pace with the top two after a scoreless draw at KuPS and a 2-0 defeat to Lommel United, relying on Josué Vergara in attack while Mouhamed Ngom remains sidelined. Kortrijk sit bottom of the table in 18th place with four points and a goal difference of minus 18, having lost 3-1 to KV Mechelen last time out while missing Basile Vroninks, Jamie Roche, and Nayel Mehssatou.
Second-placed Union St. Gilloise host sixth-placed Genk boasting the league's most potent attack with 29 goals scored and a plus-22 goal difference. The hosts beat Celta Vigo 2-1 on Thursday and have won their last three competitive matches despite absences for Kevin Mac Allister, Mateo Biondic, and Ondřej Kričfaluši. Genk, led by six-goal forward Rafiu Durosinmi, look to respond to a 1-0 defeat at KV Mechelen while managing without Adrián Palacios, Christian Akpan, and Ken Nkuba.
Fifteenth-placed St. Truiden drew 1-1 with Brann in midweek following consecutive league losses to OH Leuven and Club Brugge KV, with top scorer Samed Baždar seeking his sixth goal of the season. They face a Zulte Waregem side in 11th place who have dropped three consecutive league matches, conceding nine goals across defeats to Club Brugge KV, RAAL La Louvière, and Gent, with Dirk Asare and Wilguens Paugain ruled out through injury.
Matchweek 11 could reshuffle both ends of the table. A slip from Club Brugge KV against Anderlecht would open the door for Union St. Gilloise to claim first place should they overcome Genk, while Gent remain within touching distance. At the other end, the contest between RAAL La Louvière and Cercle Brugge, combined with Kortrijk facing a stern test at Gent, could alter the relegation places before the winter schedule approaches.
