📊 Form Guide

Cercle Brugge

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Cercle Brugge head into this match coming off the back of a 2-2 First Division A - Play-Offs draw vs KV Kortrijk.

In that game, Cercle Brugge had 60% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Cercle Brugge, the goalscorers were Lawrence Agyekum (54') and Thibo Somers (80'). For their opponents, Kortrijk got 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Bram Lagae (14') and Abdelkahar Kadri (90') scored for KV Kortrijk.

Ferdinand Feldhofer's Cercle Brugge have netted 5 times in their last 6 outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that they have conceded in those fixtures is 11.

Beerschot

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After tasting defeat last time out to Sint-Truidense VV in First Division A - Play-Offs competition, Beerschot will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Beerschot managed 33% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 0 on target. Sint-Truiden got 28 shots at goal with 11 on target. Loïc Lapoussin (54') scored for Sint-Truidense VV.

The forward players for Beerschot have been starved of goals over their previous 6 clashes, netting the disappointing return of only 4. In those matches, Beerschot have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 8.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 04/04/2021 shows us that Cercle Brugge have won 5 of these games and Beerschot 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.

A combined total of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 14 for Groen en Zwart and 6 belonging to Beerschot. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was First Division A match day 16 on 01/12/2024 when it finished Beerschot 3-2 Cercle Brugge.

That time, Beerschot had 58% possession and 21 shots at goal with 8 on target. The goalscorers were Ewan Henderson (53'), Loïc Mbe Soh (80') and Antoine Colassin (87').

Cercle Brugge had 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Kévin Denkey (36', 47') was the scorer.

The referee was Kevin Van Damme.

ℹ️ Team News: Cercle Brugge

Senna Miangue (Knee surgery), Alan Minda (Muscle injury), Dalangunypole Gomis (Hamstring injury) and Abdoul Kader Ouattara (Broken leg) will be missing for Cercle Brugge manager Jimmy De Wulf.

ℹ️ Team News: Beerschot

Beerschot boss Dirk Kuijt has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ryan Sanusi (surgery) and Omar Fayed (Muscle injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that Cercle Brugge have it within them to dominate possession and create several successful chances.

Conversely, Beerschot will be up against it to get a goal of their own although we do reckon that they could well end up scoring.

We’re tipping a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Cercle Brugge at the conclusion of the game.

Renata Leite, 13:00 05/04/2025