Royal Antwerp FC vs Cercle Brugge KSV, Jupiler League 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2022-23

Royal Antwerp FC

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Cercle Brugge KSV

Sun 9 Apr 2023 · 14:00 UTC Bosuil Stadion HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 29' Hannes Van der Bruggen

Y 40' Jesper Daland

Y 41' Jesper Daland

Y 65' Christiaan Ravych

Gyrano Kerk 89' Y

Overview

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

Royal Antwerp FC 30 games · 35 pts (2026/27)
Cercle Brugge KSV 30 games · 31 pts (2026/27)

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

Royal Antwerp FC 18 games · Avg 2.3 goals Cercle Brugge KSV

Last 5 meetings

2023-04-09 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV 2022-09-11 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–2 Royal Antwerp FC 2022-04-09 Royal Antwerp FC 1–1 Cercle Brugge KSV 2021-10-31 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–1 Royal Antwerp FC 2021-01-20 Royal Antwerp FC 1–0 Cercle Brugge KSV

Recent Form

Royal Antwerp FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Apr	Cercle Brugge KSV	H	2–1	W
31 Mar	SV Zulte-Waregem	A	2–0	W
19 Mar	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	H	0–1	L
11 Mar	FC Seraing	A	2–0	W
05 Mar	KV Mechelen	H	5–0	W
26 Feb	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	A	1–1	D

Cercle Brugge KSV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Apr	Royal Antwerp FC	A	1–2	L
01 Apr	KV Kortrijk	H	2–0	W
17 Mar	KRC Genk	H	1–1	D
12 Mar	RSC Anderlecht	A	0–2	L
04 Mar	FC Seraing	H	3–1	W
25 Feb	KAS Eupen	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Royal Antwerp FC		Cercle Brugge KSV
#10	Position	#15
35	Points	31
30	Played	30
9 / 8 / 13	W / D / L	7 / 10 / 13
31	Scored	39
32	Conceded	47
-1	GD	-8
1.17	PPG	1.03
30%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Royal Antwerp FC are 10th (35 pts). Cercle Brugge KSV are 15th (31 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Royal Antwerp FC welcome Cercle Brugge KSV for this crunch clash at Bosuil Stadion.
5' Royal Antwerp FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
15' It looks surprising Cercle Brugge KSV does not make any changes. Jean Butez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Royal Antwerp FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
25' Royal Antwerp FC have won 434 goals from 303 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
29' Cercle Brugge KSV receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 29.
34' 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.
39' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
40' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jesper Daland.
41' The referee shows Cercle Brugge KSV player a Yellow card on 41.
42' Dino Hotic does the damage! The net is bulging and Cercle Brugge KSV surge ahead!
43' Dino Hotic makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and Cercle Brugge KSV are in front.
46' Royal Antwerp FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gyrano Kerk is hanging Michel-Ange Balikwisha on the field on 46 minute.
51' The travelling Cercle Brugge KSV supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
56' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
61' Kobe Corbanie has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
63' A change in the Cercle Brugge KSV ranks — Yann Gboho exits the field as Kevin Denkey enters on 63.
65' The referee calls foul for Christiaan Ravych. He receives a Yellow card.
70' A tactical swap from Royal Antwerp FC — Alhassan Yusuf on, Mandela Keita off on 70 minutes.
72' Boris Popovic makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and Royal Antwerp FC are in front.
74' Cercle Brugge KSV ring the changes. Dino Hotic has done his job and it is now time for Charles Vanhoutte to step up.
78' A tactical swap from Royal Antwerp FC — Gaston Avilla on, Ritchie De Laet off on 78 minutes.
83' A goal from the Belgium international Toby Alderweireld! He fires home on 83 to make it 2-2!
86' Fresh legs for Royal Antwerp FC! Kobe Corbanie comes on to replace Calvin Stengs.
89' Royal Antwerp FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
Cercle Brugge KSV will have plenty to reflect on. Royal Antwerp FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Royal Antwerp FC Lineups

Starting XI

14
Calvin Stengs ↓ Kobe Corbanie 86'
23
Toby Alderweireld
18
Vincent Janssen ↓ Christopher Scott 70'
1
Jean Butez
34
Jelle Bataille
2
Ritchie De Laet ↓ Gaston Avilla 78'
10
Michel-Ange Balikwisha ↓ Gyrano Kerk 46'
27
Mandela Keita ↓ Alhassan Yusuf 70'
51
William Pacho
11
Arbnor Muja
48
Arthur Vermeeren

Bench

7
Gyrano Kerk ↑ 46'
26
Ortwin De Wolf
8
Alhassan Yusuf ↑ 70'
32
Christopher Scott ↑ 70'
22
Gaston Avilla ↑ 78'
33
Zeno Van Den Bosch
52
Kobe Corbanie ↑ 86'

Coach Mark van Bommel

Cercle Brugge KSV Lineups

Starting XI

11
Yann Gboho ↓ Kevin Denkey 63'
28
Hannes Van der Bruggen ↓ Leonardo Da Silva Lopes 46'
10
Dino Hotic ↓ Charles Vanhoutte 74'
1
Radoslaw Majecki
36
Ayase Ueda
17
Francis Abu
34
Thibo Somers
5
Boris Popovic
41
Hugo Siquet
4
Jesper Daland
66
Christiaan Ravych

Bench

Coach Miron Muslic

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
Dino Hotic	2
Guy Mbenza	2

Head to Head

Royal Antwerp FC Form

2023-04-09 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2023-03-31 SV Zulte-Waregem 0–2 Royal Antwerp FC W 2023-03-19 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi L 2023-03-11 FC Seraing 0–2 Royal Antwerp FC W 2023-03-05 Royal Antwerp FC 5–0 KV Mechelen W 2023-02-26 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–1 Royal Antwerp FC D

Cercle Brugge KSV Form

2023-04-09 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2023-04-01 Cercle Brugge KSV 2–0 KV Kortrijk W 2023-03-17 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–1 KRC Genk D 2023-03-12 RSC Anderlecht 2–0 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2023-03-04 Cercle Brugge KSV 3–1 FC Seraing W 2023-02-25 KAS Eupen 2–2 Cercle Brugge KSV D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.64 Royal Antwerp FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.86 Cercle Brugge KSV xG

I would bet for: Royal Antwerp FC to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Royal Antwerp FC57% Draw25% Cercle Brugge KSV18%

Actual: Royal Antwerp FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 2.5

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Royal Antwerp FC or Draw

82%

Draw or Cercle Brugge KSV

43%

Royal Antwerp FC or Cercle Brugge KSV

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Royal Antwerp FC38% Draw47% Cercle Brugge KSV15%

Actual: Cercle Brugge KSV win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

12.6%

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 0

10.8%

0 – 0

10.2%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

3 – 0

5.8%

3 – 1

5.1%

1 – 2

4.7%

2 – 2

0 – 2

2.9%

4 – 0

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Royal Antwerp FC

Handicap	Royal Antwerp FC covers	Push	Cercle Brugge KSV covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	17%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	24%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	12%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Royal Antwerp FC keeps clean sheet

43% ✓

Cercle Brugge KSV keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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