Cercle Brugge KSV vs Royal Antwerp FC, Jupiler League 2026 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

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Royal Antwerp FC

Sun 21 Apr 2024 · 11:30 UTC Jan Breydel Stadion HT 45' · FT 45'

Francis Abu 76' Y

Hannes Van der Bruggen 78' Y

Kevin Denkey 82' Y

Jesper Daland 87' Y

Y 87' Michel-Ange Balikwisha

Overview

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Cercle Brugge KSV vs Royal Antwerp FC — Jupiler League at Jan Breydel Stadion.

Cercle Brugge KSV 11 games · 9 pts (2026/27)
Royal Antwerp FC 11 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Nathan Verboomen

5 games this season 🟨 4.4/game ⚽ 12.8 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	11	29
2	Club Brugge KV	11	28
3	KAA Gent	11	28
4	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	11	27
5	RSC Anderlecht	11	20
6	Lommel SK	11	16
7	KRC Genk	11	15
8	Royal Standard de Liège	11	15
9	KVC Westerlo	11	14
10	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	11	12
11	KV Mechelen	11	12
12	K. Sint-Truidense VV	11	11
13	Royal Antwerp FC	11	11
14	SV Zulte-Waregem	11	11
15	SK Beveren	11	10
16	Cercle Brugge KSV	11	9
17	UR La Louvière Centre	11	7
18	KV Kortrijk	11	4

Head-to-Head

Cercle Brugge KSV 19 games · Avg 2.3 goals Royal Antwerp FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-04-21 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–1 Royal Antwerp FC 2023-12-09 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–3 Royal Antwerp FC 2023-07-30 Royal Antwerp FC 1–0 Cercle Brugge KSV 2023-04-09 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV 2022-09-11 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–2 Royal Antwerp FC

Recent Form

Cercle Brugge KSV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Apr	Royal Antwerp FC	H	0–1	L
13 Apr	KRC Genk	A	1–1	D
07 Apr	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	A	3–2	W
01 Apr	Club Brugge KV	H	1–1	D
17 Mar	RWDM Molenbeek FC	H	4–0	W
09 Mar	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	A	0–0	D

Royal Antwerp FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Apr	Cercle Brugge KSV	A	1–0	W
14 Apr	Club Brugge KV	A	0–3	L
06 Apr	KRC Genk	H	0–1	L
30 Mar	RSC Anderlecht	A	0–1	L
17 Mar	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	H	1–1	D
09 Mar	KV Kortrijk	A	1–0	W

Season Stats

Cercle Brugge KSV		Royal Antwerp FC
#16	Position	#13
9	Points	11
11	Played	11
2 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 6
14	Scored	18
22	Conceded	24
-8	GD	-6
0.82	PPG	1.00
18%	Win %	27%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

9% Clean Sheets
Cercle Brugge KSV this season

18% Clean Sheets
Royal Antwerp FC this season

Cercle Brugge KSV are 16th (9 pts). Royal Antwerp FC are 13th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Cercle Brugge KSV

0-15

2/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

1/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/3

76+

4/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Royal Antwerp FC

0-15

1/2

16-30

4/1

31-45

2/2

46-60

3/7

61-75

2/5

76+

6/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Cercle Brugge KSV

Steve Ngoura	4 G	2 A
Krys-Anthony Kouassi	2 G
Erick	1 G	1 A
Christiaan Ravych	1 G
Lukas Mondele	1 G

Royal Antwerp FC

Michael Frey	4 G
Snayder Porozo	4 G
Anthony Valencia	3 G
Rein Van Helden	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Jan Breydel Stadion. Cercle Brugge KSV are looking to make home advantage count against Royal Antwerp FC.
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' Cercle Brugge KSV are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
12' Edgaras Utkus makes way for Francis Abu at the 12 minute mark. A tactical switch from Cercle Brugge KSV.
17' It looks surprising Royal Antwerp FC does not make any changes. Chidera Ejuke has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
22' Edgaras Utkus needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
27' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
32' It is a cagey affair so far. Cercle Brugge KSV in their trying to find a way past Royal Antwerp FC's compact .
37' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Cercle Brugge KSV and Royal Antwerp FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
42' With 0 assists to his name this season, Warleson is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Royal Antwerp FC.
47' Alan Minda is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Royal Antwerp FC so far.
52' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
57' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Royal Antwerp FC that had 314 games and scored 452 goals.
60' Jurgen Ekkelenkamp has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jacob Ondrejka on 60 minute.
65' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Cercle Brugge KSV and Royal Antwerp FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
66' Goal! Chidera Ejuke scores his 26 goal in 381 matches.
71' A change in the Cercle Brugge KSV ranks — Felipe Augusto exits the field as Felix Lemarechal enters on 71.
76' Poor challenge from Francis Abu. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
78' Hannes Van der Bruggen picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
82' It’s gonna be a card for Kevin Denkey.
83' Another substitution for Royal Antwerp FC to replace Eliot Matazo by Alhassan Yusuf on 83 minute.
84' Fresh legs for Cercle Brugge KSV! Nils De Wilde comes on to replace Hannes Van der Bruggen.
87' Jesper Daland catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 87.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Cercle Brugge KSV Lineups

Starting XI

22
Leonardo Lopes
28
Hannes Van der Bruggen ↓ Nils De Wilde 84'
9
Kevin Denkey
34
Thibo Somers
1
Warleson
41
Hugo Siquet ↓ Abdoul Kader Ouattara 83'
10
Felipe Augusto ↓ Felix Lemarechal 71'
4
Jesper Daland
66
Christiaan Ravych
3
Edgaras Utkus ↓ Francis Abu 12'
11
Alan Minda ↓ Kazeem Olaigbe 71'

Bench

Royal Antwerp FC Lineups

Starting XI

5
Owen Wijndal
23
Toby Alderweireld
18
Vincent Janssen
34
Jelle Bataille
19
Chidera Ejuke
91
Senne Lammens
6
Eliot Matazo ↓ Alhassan Yusuf 83'
10
Michel-Ange Balikwisha
27
Mandela Keita
33
Zeno Van Den Bosch
17
Jacob Ondrejka ↓ Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 60'

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kevin Denkey	3
Lior Refaelov	3
Didier Lamkel Ze	3
William Acheampong	2
Gyrano Kerk	2
Toby Alderweireld	2
Babatunde Akinsola	2
Dino Hotic	2

Head to Head

Cercle Brugge KSV Form

2024-04-21 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–1 Royal Antwerp FC L 2024-04-13 KRC Genk 1–1 Cercle Brugge KSV D 2024-04-07 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–3 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2024-04-01 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–1 Club Brugge KV D 2024-03-17 Cercle Brugge KSV 4–0 RWDM Molenbeek FC W 2024-03-09 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 0–0 Cercle Brugge KSV D

Royal Antwerp FC Form

2024-04-21 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–1 Royal Antwerp FC W 2024-04-14 Club Brugge KV 3–0 Royal Antwerp FC L 2024-04-06 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 KRC Genk L 2024-03-30 RSC Anderlecht 1–0 Royal Antwerp FC L 2024-03-17 Royal Antwerp FC 1–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise D 2024-03-09 KV Kortrijk 0–1 Royal Antwerp FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.46 Cercle Brugge KSV xG

Expected Goals

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

1.54 Royal Antwerp FC xG

I would bet for: Cercle Brugge KSV or Royal Antwerp FC 73% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cercle Brugge KSV34% Draw27% Royal Antwerp FC39%

Actual: Royal Antwerp FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Cercle Brugge KSV or Draw

61%

Draw or Royal Antwerp FC

66%

Cercle Brugge KSV or Royal Antwerp FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Cercle Brugge KSV27% Draw44% Royal Antwerp FC29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

7.9%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

6.7%

1 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.1%

0 – 2

5.8%

2 – 0

5.2%

1 – 3

4.3%

3 – 1

3.8%

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Cercle Brugge KSV

Handicap	Cercle Brugge KSV covers	Push	Royal Antwerp FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	18%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	19%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Cercle Brugge KSV keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Royal Antwerp FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

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