Cercle Brugge vs KAA Gent Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Cercle Brugge

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Cercle Brugge, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 First Division A triumph over Oostende.

In that game, Cercle Brugge managed 46% possession and 10 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Cercle Brugge, the goalscorers were Ayase Ueda (24') and Dino Hotić (91'). For their opponents, Oostende got 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Thierry Ambrose (66') scored for Oostende.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Cercle Brugge have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Cercle Brugge have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals on the way.

Leading up to this clash, Cercle Brugge:

• are unbeaten in the league by KAA Gent in their last 2 games.
• are without a home win in the past 2 matches in the league.

KAA Gent

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KAA Gent come into this meeting after a 0-3 First Division A win with the eclipse of Sint-Truidense VV in their previous match.

In that match, KAA Gent had 74% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For KAA Gent, the scorers were Ibrahim Salah (34') and Hugo Cuypers (44', 55'). Sint-Truiden got 5 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games involving KAA Gent has become evident recently. Checking on their last six games shows that it has occurred 5 times. During those clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 7 and KAA Gent have scored 5. That being said, it remains to be seen if that pattern might be sustained in this upcoming game.

Coming into this fixture, KAA Gent haven't won against Cercle Brugge when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 17/10/2020 shows that Cercle Brugge have won 2 of these and KAA Gent 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 in total at an average of 4 goals per meeting.

📋 Team News: Cercle Brugge

Radoslaw Majecki (Muscle Injury), Edgaras Utkus (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Senna Miangue (Muscle Injury) and David Sousa (Torn Meniscus) are not available for Cercle Brugge manager Miron Muslic.

📰 Team News: KAA Gent

KAA Gent boss Hein Vanhaezebrouck has to choose a team with limited availability. Matisse Samoise (Hamstring Injury), Tarik Tissoudali (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Bruno Godeau (Calf Injury), Núrio Fortuna (Hamstring Injury), Andrew Hjulsager (Muscle Injury) and Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Knee Surgery) won’t be making appearances.

✨ Prediction

We believe that Cercle Brugge will have to work hard as a team to hit the back of the net against this KAA Gent side who should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

Therefore, we predict a good tussle with a 0-1 victory for KAA Gent after 90 minutes.

There should be little in it.

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Victor Martins, 01:38 25/01/2023