Cercle Brugge KSV vs K. Sint-Truidense VV, Jupiler League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2023-24

Cercle Brugge KSV

4 – 1

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K. Sint-Truidense VV

Sun 4 Feb 2024 · 18:15 UTC Jan Breydel Stadion HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 68' Kahveh Zahiroleslam

Leonardo Lopes 78' Y

Y 90' Robert-Jan Vanwesemael

Thibo Somers 90' Y

Overview

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Cercle Brugge KSV vs K. Sint-Truidense VV — Jupiler League at Jan Breydel Stadion.

Cercle Brugge KSV 30 games · 31 pts (2026/27)
K. Sint-Truidense VV 30 games · 57 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Kevin Van Damme

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	30	66
2	Club Brugge KV	30	63
3	K. Sint-Truidense VV	30	57
4	KAA Gent	30	45
5	KV Mechelen	30	45
6	RSC Anderlecht	30	44
7	KRC Genk	30	42
8	Royal Standard de Liege	30	40
9	KVC Westerlo	30	39
10	Royal Antwerp FC	30	35
11	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	30	34
12	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	30	34
13	SV Zulte-Waregem	30	32
14	UR La Louviere Centre	30	31
15	Cercle Brugge KSV	30	31
16	FC Verbroedering Dender EH	30	19

Head-to-Head

Cercle Brugge KSV 15 games · Avg 2.3 goals K. Sint-Truidense VV

Last 5 meetings

2024-02-04 Cercle Brugge KSV 4–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV 2023-08-27 K. Sint-Truidense VV 0–2 Cercle Brugge KSV 2023-04-15 Cercle Brugge KSV 3–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV 2022-11-12 K. Sint-Truidense VV 0–1 Cercle Brugge KSV 2021-08-28 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV

Recent Form

Cercle Brugge KSV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Feb	K. Sint-Truidense VV	H	4–1	W
30 Jan	KVC Westerlo	A	2–4	L
26 Jan	Royal Standard de Liege	H	1–1	D
20 Jan	KRC Genk	A	1–1	D
27 Dec	RSC Anderlecht	A	0–2	L
20 Dec	KV Kortrijk	H	3–0	W

K. Sint-Truidense VV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Feb	Cercle Brugge KSV	A	1–4	L
01 Feb	KAA Gent	H	4–1	W
28 Jan	KRC Genk	H	1–1	D
21 Jan	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	A	1–2	L
27 Dec	Royal Standard de Liege	A	1–1	D
23 Dec	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Cercle Brugge KSV		K. Sint-Truidense VV
#15	Position	#3
31	Points	57
30	Played	30
7 / 10 / 13	W / D / L	18 / 3 / 9
39	Scored	47
47	Conceded	35
-8	GD	+12
1.03	PPG	1.90
23%	Win %	60%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Cercle Brugge KSV are 15th (31 pts). K. Sint-Truidense VV are 3rd (57 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Jan Breydel Stadion. Cercle Brugge KSV are looking to make home advantage count against K. Sint-Truidense VV.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Miron Muslic will be considering his options from the bench.
10' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Kevin Denkey makes it 1-0.
15' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jesper Daland is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Cercle Brugge KSV.
20' K. Sint-Truidense VV seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
25' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
30' Felix Lemarechal is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for K. Sint-Truidense VV so far.
35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matte Smets made 263 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
40' It looks surprising Cercle Brugge KSV does not make any changes. Alan Minda has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
42' The deadlock is broken! Alan Minda gets on the scoresheet on 42 minutes.
46' The Cercle Brugge KSV bench stirs into life. Edgaras Utkus is withdrawn and Boris Popovic gets his opportunity.
51' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
54' The deadlock is broken! Kevin Denkey gets on the scoresheet on 54 minutes.
58' Aboubakary Koita is ready to make an impact after coming on for Mathias Delorge at the 58 minute mark.
63' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Cercle Brugge KSV side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
67' Brilliant from the ! Kazeem Olaigbe makes it 4-0 with a superb finish on 67.
68' The referee calls foul for Kahveh Zahiroleslam. He receives a card.
69' Cercle Brugge KSV ring the changes. Alan Minda has done his job and it is now time for Abdoul Kader Ouattara to step up.
70' A change in the K. Sint-Truidense VV ranks — Jarne Steuckers exits the field as Robert-Jan Vanwesemael enters on 70.
75' The whistle greets Kahveh Zahiroleslam as he departs to be replaced by Fatih Kaya.
77' Another substitution for Cercle Brugge KSV to replace Hannes Van der Bruggen by Jonas Lietaert on 77 minute.
78' It’s a booking for Cercle Brugge KSV player. Leonardo Lopes gets a card.
83' Cercle Brugge KSV are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against K. Sint-Truidense VV's shape.
88' It looks like no one’s ball. K. Sint-Truidense VV is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Robert-Jan Vanwesemael.
Another three points for Cercle Brugge KSV.

Lineups

Cercle Brugge KSV Lineups

Starting XI

22
Leonardo Lopes
28
Hannes Van der Bruggen ↓ Jonas Lietaert 77'
9
Kevin Denkey
34
Thibo Somers
1
Warleson
20
Flavio Nazinho ↓ Jordan Semedo 69'
4
Jesper Daland
6
Felix Lemarechal
19
Kazeem Olaigbe ↓ Felipe Augusto 70'
3
Edgaras Utkus ↓ Boris Popovic 46'
11
Alan Minda ↓ Abdoul Kader Ouattara 69'

Bench

Coach Miron Muslic

K. Sint-Truidense VV Lineups

Starting XI

27
Frederic Ananou
31
Bruno Godeau
12
Jo Coppens
13
Ryotaro Ito
8
Joel Fujita
77
Eric Bocat ↓ Ryoya Ogawa 70'
17
Mathias Delorge ↓ Aboubakary Koita 58'
16
Matte Smets
18
Jarne Steuckers ↓ Robert-Jan Vanwesemael 70'
20
Rein Van Helden
15
Kahveh Zahiroleslam ↓ Fatih Kaya 75'

Bench

Coach Thorsten Fink

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kevin Denkey	5
Ayase Ueda	4
Yohan Boli	2
Daichi Hayashi	2
Kevin Hoggas	2
Kazeem Olaigbe	2
Andres Ferrari	1
Jorge Teixeira	1

Head to Head

Cercle Brugge KSV Form

2024-02-04 Cercle Brugge KSV 4–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV W 2024-01-30 KVC Westerlo 4–2 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2024-01-26 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–1 Royal Standard de Liege D 2024-01-20 KRC Genk 1–1 Cercle Brugge KSV D 2023-12-27 RSC Anderlecht 2–0 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2023-12-20 Cercle Brugge KSV 3–0 KV Kortrijk W

K. Sint-Truidense VV Form

2024-02-04 Cercle Brugge KSV 4–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV L 2024-02-01 K. Sint-Truidense VV 4–1 KAA Gent W 2024-01-28 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–1 KRC Genk D 2024-01-21 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV L 2023-12-27 Royal Standard de Liege 1–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV D 2023-12-23 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–0 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.94 Cercle Brugge KSV xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.31 K. Sint-Truidense VV xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cercle Brugge KSV53% Draw23% K. Sint-Truidense VV24%

Actual: Cercle Brugge KSV win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.25

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Cercle Brugge KSV or Draw

77%

Draw or K. Sint-Truidense VV

47%

Cercle Brugge KSV or K. Sint-Truidense VV

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Cercle Brugge KSV38% Draw42% K. Sint-Truidense VV20%

Actual: Cercle Brugge KSV win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–1 not predicted

4 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

10.7%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

7.3%

1 – 0

6.9%

1 – 2

6.2%

2 – 2

3 – 1

5.9%

0 – 0

5.4%

3 – 0

4.6%

0 – 1

4.4%

3 – 2

3.9%

0 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Cercle Brugge KSV

Handicap	Cercle Brugge KSV covers	Push	K. Sint-Truidense VV covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	21%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Cercle Brugge KSV keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

K. Sint-Truidense VV keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.