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KAA Gent vs Cercle Brugge Live Stream, Predictions
KAA Gent take on Cercle Brugge in Saturday’s forthcoming First Division A - Play-Offs meeting.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for KAA Gent v Cercle Brugge are shown below - plus the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
KAA Gent
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KAA Gent will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-4 First Division A - Play-Offs victory vs Cercle Brugge.
In that match, KAA Gent managed 69% possession and 16 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For KAA Gent, goals were scored by Hugo Cuypers (41') and Gift Orban (51', 64', 67'). Cercle Brugge had 7 shots at goal with 2 on target.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where KAA Gent have shown defensive steel. The facts show that KAA Gent have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 9 goals during that time. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.
Cercle Brugge
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Demonstrating their appetite for eventful matches, goals have been seen as many as 24 times in the previous six matches in which Cercle Brugge have taken to the field, giving a mean average of 4 goals each clash. Opposition teams have hit 12 of these goals.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 26/09/2021 shows that KAA Gent have won 3 of these and Cercle Brugge 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.
A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 25 overall which averages out at 4.17 goals per meeting.
The previous league fixture between the two was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 3 on 13/05/2023 when it ended Cercle Brugge 0-4 KAA Gent.
That time, Cercle Brugge had 31% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
KAA Gent got 16 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Hugo Cuypers (41') and Gift Orban (51', 64', 67') scored.
The referee was Jonathan Lardot.
🗞️ Team News: KAA Gent
Sulayman Marreh (Overstretching), Laurent Depoitre (Achilles tendon rupture), Núrio Fortuna (Knock) and Darko Lemajic (Adductors avulsion) won’t be playing for KAA Gent gaffer Hein Vanhaezebrouck.
🗞️ Team News: Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge boss Miron Muslic has some current player fitness concerns. David Sousa (Torn Meniscus), Senna Miangue (Muscle Injury) and Edgaras Utkus (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) can’t be considered.
🧠 Prediction
We’re thinking that KAA Gent have it within them to get a couple of goals in this one when they meet Cercle Brugge, who may well find it hard to score themselves.
Therefore, we are anticipating a 2-0 margin for KAA Gent at the end of this one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 00:38 16/05/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
KAA Gent
Formed: 1864
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena (20,000)
Captain: Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
Chairman: Ivan De Witte
Manager: Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Competitions: First Division A position 5, First Division A - Play-Offs (Play-Off II), Super Cup (Final), Europa League Qualifiers (Play-Offs)
⭐ Star Player: Hugo Cuypers

Generally deployed in the Striker position, Hugo Cuypers was born in Belgium. After making a first senior appearance for AC Ajaccio in the 2019 - 2020 season, the dangerous Forward has scored 20 league goals in this Pro League 2022 - 2023 campaign so far in 33 appearances.
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34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 75 | DWLWD |
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34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 75 | WWDWW |
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34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 72 | LWWWW |
4 |
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34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 59 | LWWDW |
5 |
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34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 56 | WWDDL |
6 |
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34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 55 | DWWWL |
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34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 51 | WLDDD |
8 |
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34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 50 | DWLWW |
9 |
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34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 48 | WWWLD |
10 |
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34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 48 | LLWWW |
11 |
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34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 46 | WWDLL |
12 |
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34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 42 | WLWLL |
13 |
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34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | -14 | 40 | LLLDW |
14 |
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34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -24 | 31 | WLDLL |
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34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -35 | 28 | LLDLL |
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34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -39 | 27 | LLLLW |
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34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -28 | 27 | DLLWL |
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34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | -40 | 20 | LLLLD |
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KVC Westerlo |
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KVC Westerlo |
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Standard Liège |
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Oostende |
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Union Saint-Gilloise |
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Eupen |
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RSC Anderlecht |
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Oud-Heverlee Leuven |
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Genk |
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Antwerp |
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Eupen |
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Oostende |
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Hugo Cuypers | 20 |
Gift Orban | 9 |
Laurent Depoitre | 5 |
Hyeon-Seok Hong | 5 |
Ibrahim Salah | 3 |
Ayase Ueda | 18 |
Kévin Denkey | 9 |
Dino Hotić | 5 |
Thibo Somers | 5 |
Yann Gboho | 2 |
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Standard Liège |
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