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

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Jupiler Pro League · 2023-24

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Cercle Brugge KSV

Sun 27 Aug 2023 · 14:00 UTC Staaien HT 45' · FT 45'

Rein Van Helden 43' Y

Y 83' Olivier Deman

Overview

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K. Sint-Truidense VV vs Cercle Brugge KSV — Jupiler League at Staaien.

K. Sint-Truidense VV 11 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Cercle Brugge KSV 11 games · 9 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Bram Van Driessche

6 games this season 🟨 5.0/game ⚽ 18.0 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

K. Sint-Truidense VV 16 games · Avg 2.6 goals Cercle Brugge KSV

Last 5 meetings

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 2021-01-31 K. Sint-Truidense VV 3–0 Cercle Brugge KSV

Recent Form

K. Sint-Truidense VV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Aug	Cercle Brugge KSV	H	0–2	L
20 Aug	KAA Gent	A	2–2	D
13 Aug	RSC Anderlecht	H	0–1	L
06 Aug	KV Kortrijk	A	1–0	W
30 Jul	Royal Standard de Liège	H	1–0	W
23 Apr	Royal Antwerp FC	H	0–1	L

Cercle Brugge KSV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Aug	K. Sint-Truidense VV	A	2–0	W
19 Aug	Royal Standard de Liège	A	1–0	W
13 Aug	KRC Genk	H	0–1	L
05 Aug	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	H	2–0	W
30 Jul	Royal Antwerp FC	A	0–1	L
23 Apr	SV Zulte-Waregem	A	3–2	W

Season Stats

K. Sint-Truidense VV		Cercle Brugge KSV
#12	Position	#16
11	Points	9
11	Played	11
3 / 2 / 6	W / D / L	2 / 3 / 6
22	Scored	14
22	Conceded	22
+0	GD	-8
1.00	PPG	0.82
27%	Win %	18%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

9% Clean Sheets
K. Sint-Truidense VV this season

9% Clean Sheets
Cercle Brugge KSV this season

K. Sint-Truidense VV are 12th (11 pts). Cercle Brugge KSV are 16th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

K. Sint-Truidense VV

0-15

4/1

16-30

–/3

31-45

3/4

46-60

5/6

61-75

6/3

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

K. Sint-Truidense VV

Samed Bazdar	5 G
Ilias Sebaoui	4 G	3 A
Ryan Merlen	3 G	4 A
Nelson Ishiwatari	2 G	1 A

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

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Staaien. Ninety minutes of football awaits between K. Sint-Truidense VV and Cercle Brugge KSV.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
15' Eric Bocat is a natural defender and has been asked to do a very specific job for K. Sint-Truidense VV tonight.
20' K. Sint-Truidense VV are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Cercle Brugge KSV backline.
25' Cercle Brugge KSV has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
30' Cercle Brugge KSV is showing some good football. However, Cercle Brugge KSV are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
35' Cercle Brugge KSV are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
40' Cercle Brugge KSV fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
43' That looks like a foul for a card for Rein Van Helden.
48' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both K. Sint-Truidense VV and Cercle Brugge KSV are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
53' Belgium international Jarne Steuckers has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
58' 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.
63' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
64' Thibo Somers is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
67' Time for substitution for Cercle Brugge KSV. Hugo Siquet is replaced by Alan Minda.
69' A stunning finish from Kevin Denkey — that came from absolutely nowhere!
69' Another substitution for K. Sint-Truidense VV to replace Rein Van Helden by Ryotaro Ito on 69 minute.
74' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
79' Cercle Brugge KSV started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 79.
83' A meaty challenge results in booking for Olivier Deman on 83.
86' Another substitution for Cercle Brugge KSV to replace Yann Gboho by Emilio Kehrer on 86 minute.
89' Cercle Brugge KSV make a change. Olivier Deman trudges off to be replaced by Senna Miangue on 89 minutes.
0-2 the final result. K. Sint-Truidense VV will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

K. Sint-Truidense VV Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Thorsten Fink

Cercle Brugge KSV Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Miron Muslic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kevin Denkey	5
Ayase Ueda	4
Kazeem Olaigbe	2
Yohan Boli	2
Daichi Hayashi	2
Ryan Merlen	2
Kevin Hoggas	2
Vitinho	1

Head to Head

K. Sint-Truidense VV Form

2023-08-27 K. Sint-Truidense VV 0–2 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2023-08-20 KAA Gent 2–2 K. Sint-Truidense VV D 2023-08-13 K. Sint-Truidense VV 0–1 RSC Anderlecht L 2023-08-06 KV Kortrijk 0–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV W 2023-07-30 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–0 Royal Standard de Liège W 2023-04-23 K. Sint-Truidense VV 0–1 Royal Antwerp FC L

Cercle Brugge KSV Form

2023-08-27 K. Sint-Truidense VV 0–2 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2023-08-19 Royal Standard de Liège 0–1 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2023-08-13 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–1 KRC Genk L 2023-08-05 Cercle Brugge KSV 2–0 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi W 2023-07-30 Royal Antwerp FC 1–0 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2023-04-23 SV Zulte-Waregem 2–3 Cercle Brugge KSV W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.76 K. Sint-Truidense VV xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 Cercle Brugge KSV xG

I would bet for: K. Sint-Truidense VV or Cercle Brugge KSV 74% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

K. Sint-Truidense VV41% Draw26% Cercle Brugge KSV33%

Actual: Cercle Brugge KSV win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.19

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

K. Sint-Truidense VV or Draw

67%

Draw or Cercle Brugge KSV

59%

K. Sint-Truidense VV or Cercle Brugge KSV

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

K. Sint-Truidense VV33% Draw43% Cercle Brugge KSV24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 2

7.1%

1 – 0

6.5%

2 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

6.2%

0 – 0

5.7%

0 – 1

5.1%

3 – 1

5.1%

0 – 2

Actual

3 – 2

3.7%

3 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — K. Sint-Truidense VV

Handicap	K. Sint-Truidense VV covers	Push	Cercle Brugge KSV covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	20%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

K. Sint-Truidense VV keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Cercle Brugge KSV keeps clean sheet

18% ✗

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