Saturday , 14 November 2026

KAA Gent vs Cercle Brugge KSV, Jupiler League 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

Jupiler Pro League · 2021-22
KAA Gent
2 – 1
Full Time
Cercle Brugge KSV
Sun 26 Sep 2021 · 14:00 UTC Ghelamco Arena HT 45' · FT 45'
Christopher Operi 21' Y
Christopher Operi 22' Y
Michael Ngadeu 36' Y
Y 41' Edgaras Utkus
Y 42' Edgaras Utkus
Y 51' Charles Vanhoutte
Y 51' Leonardo Da Silva Lopes
Y 64' Alejandro Millan
Y 65' Alejandro Millan
Y 66' Franck Kanoute
Julien De Sart 71' Y
Y 90' Kevin Denkey

Overview

Match Preview

KAA Gent vs Cercle Brugge KSV — Jupiler League at Ghelamco Arena.

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

7
2
8
KAA Gent 17 games · Avg 3.6 goals Cercle Brugge KSV
Last 5 meetings
2021-09-26 KAA Gent 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV 2021-03-21 KAA Gent 1–0 Cercle Brugge KSV 2020-10-17 Cercle Brugge KSV 5–2 KAA Gent 2020-03-01 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–0 KAA Gent 2019-09-01 KAA Gent 3–2 Cercle Brugge KSV

Recent Form

KAA Gent
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Sep Cercle Brugge KSV H 2–1 W
23 Sep RSC Anderlecht A 1–1 D
19 Sep KV Kortrijk A 0–1 L
12 Sep Sporting du Pays de Charleroi H 2–3 L
29 Aug Club Brugge KV H 6–1 W
15 Aug KV Mechelen H 2–0 W
Cercle Brugge KSV
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Sep KAA Gent A 1–2 L
17 Sep KAS Eupen H 1–2 L
11 Sep SV Zulte-Waregem A 4–2 W
28 Aug K. Sint-Truidense VV H 0–1 L
21 Aug FC Seraing A 1–2 L
15 Aug RSC Anderlecht H 1–2 L

Season Stats

KAA Gent Cercle Brugge KSV
#3 Position #16
28 Points 9
11 Played 11
9 / 1 / 1 W / D / L 2 / 3 / 6
20 Scored 14
6 Conceded 22
+14 GD -8
2.55 PPG 0.82
82% Win % 18%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
55% Clean Sheets
KAA Gent this season
9% Clean Sheets
Cercle Brugge KSV this season

KAA Gent are 3rd (28 pts). Cercle Brugge KSV are 16th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

KAA Gent
0-15
3/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
5/2
46-60
2/1
61-75
1/–
76+
7/2
■ 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)

KAA Gent
Ibrahima Cisse 4 G
Momodou Lamin Sonko 3 G 1 A
Josue Vergara 3 G
Tiago Araujo 2 G 6 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' KICK OFF: KAA Gent gets underway.
  • 5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both KAA Gent and Cercle Brugge KSV are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 10' A quiet spell here at Ghelamco Arena. KAA Gent seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 15' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 21' Christopher Operi catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 21.
  • 22' Christopher Operi picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 27' Vakoun Issouf Bayo, a Ivory Coast , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 32' Christopher Operi has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 36' Poor challenge from Michael Ngadeu. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 38' A goal from the Spain international Alejandro Millan! He fires home on 38 to make it 0-1!
  • 41' A meaty challenge results in booking for Edgaras Utkus on 41.
  • 42' The referee shows Cercle Brugge KSV player a Yellow card on 42.
  • 46' Another change for KAA Gent made on 46 minute. Ilombe Mboyo leaves to be changed by Roman Bezus.
  • 51' It’s a booking for Cercle Brugge KSV player. Charles Vanhoutte gets a Yellow card.
  • 56' Bulgaria international Dimitar Velkovski has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 60' KAA Gent make a change. Sven Kums trudges off to be replaced by Elisha Owusu on 60 minutes.
  • 61' Yonas Malede is replacing Christopher Operi for the KAA Gent side.
  • 64' The referee has no hesitation. Alejandro Millan is booked for Cercle Brugge KSV — Yellow card on 64.
  • 64' Julien De Sart makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and KAA Gent are in front.
  • 65' Cercle Brugge KSV receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 65.
  • 66' Cercle Brugge KSV player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 71' The referee has no hesitation. Julien De Sart is booked for KAA Gent — Yellow card on 71.
  • 73' What composure from Darko Lemajic! The Serbia international strokes it home. 2-1.
  • 78' A tactical swap from Cercle Brugge KSV — Olivier Deman on, Charles Vanhoutte off on 78 minutes.
  • 79' Time for substitution for Cercle Brugge KSV. Franck Kanoute is replaced by Hannes Van der Bruggen.
  • 84' KAA Gent have won 466 goals from 310 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 86' Cercle Brugge KSV manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Dimitar Velkovski is hanging Alexander Corryn on the field on 86 minute.
  • 90' Kevin Denkey is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
  • It finishes all square. KAA Gent and Cercle Brugge KSV share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

KAA Gent Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck

Cercle Brugge KSV Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Yves Vanderhaeghe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Kevin Denkey 7
Dino Hotic 4
Laurent Depoitre 4
Hugo Cuypers 3
Jonathan David 3
Stef Peeters 2
Birger Verstraete 2
Alessio Castro-Montes 2

Head to Head

2021-09-26 KAA Gent 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV 2021-03-21 KAA Gent 1–0 Cercle Brugge KSV 2020-10-17 Cercle Brugge KSV 5–2 KAA Gent 2020-03-01 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–0 KAA Gent 2019-09-01 KAA Gent 3–2 Cercle Brugge KSV

KAA Gent Form

2021-09-26 KAA Gent 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2021-09-23 RSC Anderlecht 1–1 KAA Gent D 2021-09-19 KV Kortrijk 1–0 KAA Gent L 2021-09-12 KAA Gent 2–3 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi L 2021-08-29 KAA Gent 6–1 Club Brugge KV W 2021-08-15 KAA Gent 2–0 KV Mechelen W

Cercle Brugge KSV Form

2021-09-26 KAA Gent 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2021-09-17 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–2 KAS Eupen L 2021-09-11 SV Zulte-Waregem 2–4 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2021-08-28 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV L 2021-08-21 FC Seraing 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2021-08-15 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–2 RSC Anderlecht L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.4 KAA Gent xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.09 Cercle Brugge KSV xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + KAA Gent to win 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
KAA Gent63% Draw20% Cercle Brugge KSV17%
Actual: KAA Gent win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 3.49
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 67%
33%
± 3.5 46%
54%
± 4.5 27%
73%

Double Chance

KAA Gent or Draw
84%
Draw or Cercle Brugge KSV
37%
KAA Gent or Cercle Brugge KSV
80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
KAA Gent48% Draw38% Cercle Brugge KSV14%
Actual: Cercle Brugge KSV win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
8.8%
1 – 1
8.8%
3 – 1
7.3%
1 – 0
6.9%
3 – 0
6.8%
2 – 2
5%
4 – 1
4.5%
0 – 0
4.4%
1 – 2
4.2%
4 – 0
4.1%
3 – 2
4%

Asian Handicap — KAA Gent

Handicap KAA Gent covers Push Cercle Brugge KSV covers
-2.5 24% — 76%
-2 24% 19% 56%
-1.5 44% — 56%
-1 44% 21% 35%
-0.5 65% — 35%
+0.5 85% — 15%
+1 85% 9% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

KAA Gent keeps clean sheet
34% ✓
Cercle Brugge KSV keeps clean sheet
10% ✓

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