Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs Cercle Brugge KSV, Jupiler League 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2022-23

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

2 – 1

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Cercle Brugge KSV

Sun 9 Oct 2022 · 19:00 UTC Stade Joseph Marien HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 32' Jean Marcelin

Overview

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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs Cercle Brugge KSV — Jupiler League at Stade Joseph Marien.

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 7 games · 19 pts (2026/27)
Cercle Brugge KSV 7 games · 3 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	7	19
2	KAA Gent	7	19
3	Club Brugge KV	7	18
4	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	7	18
5	RSC Anderlecht	7	13
6	SV Zulte-Waregem	7	11
7	Royal Standard de Liège	7	11
8	KVC Westerlo	7	10
9	KRC Genk	7	9
10	SK Beveren	7	9
11	K. Sint-Truidense VV	7	8
12	Lommel SK	7	8
13	Royal Antwerp FC	7	7
14	UR La Louvière Centre	7	4
15	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	7	4
16	Cercle Brugge KSV	7	3
17	KV Mechelen	7	3
18	KV Kortrijk	7	3

Head-to-Head

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 13 games · Avg 2.9 goals Cercle Brugge KSV

Last 5 meetings

2022-10-09 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV 2021-10-02 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2019-05-04 Cercle Brugge KSV 2–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2019-03-30 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3–1 Cercle Brugge KSV

Recent Form

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Oct	Cercle Brugge KSV	H	2–1	W
06 Oct	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	2–1	W
01 Oct	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	A	3–0	W
18 Sep	KAS Eupen	A	2–1	W
15 Sep	Malmo FF	H	3–2	W
11 Sep	KRC Genk	H	1–2	L

Cercle Brugge KSV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Oct	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	A	1–2	L
02 Oct	KAA Gent	A	4–3	W
17 Sep	KV Oostende	H	2–2	D
11 Sep	Royal Antwerp FC	H	0–2	L
02 Sep	Club Brugge KV	A	0–4	L
27 Aug	SV Zulte-Waregem	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise		Cercle Brugge KSV
#1	Position	#16
19	Points	3
7	Played	7
6 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 3 / 4
21	Scored	8
3	Conceded	14
+18	GD	-6
2.71	PPG	0.43
86%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

69% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

71% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season

0% Clean Sheets
Cercle Brugge KSV this season

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are 1st (19 pts). Cercle Brugge KSV are 16th (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/1

31-45

3/1

46-60

4/–

61-75

3/–

76+

6/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Cercle Brugge KSV

0-15

–/2

16-30

2/2

31-45

1/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/2

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Raul Florucz	4 G
Relebohile Mofokeng	3 G	1 A
Besfort Zeneli	2 G	4 A
Mateo Biondic	2 G	4 A
Guilherme Carvalho	1 G	1 A

Cercle Brugge KSV

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

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs Cercle Brugge KSV — let the football do the talking.
3' Dante Vanzeir adds to his 0 season tally! Royale Union Saint-Gilloise lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
8' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and Cercle Brugge KSV are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
13' Cercle Brugge KSV have won 329 goals from 362 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
18' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Royale Union Saint-Gilloise that had 237 games and scored 392 goals.
23' Over 23 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' Ross Sykes is ready to make an impact after coming on for Christian Burgess at the 25 minute mark.
30' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
32' Jean Marcelin was booked on 32.
37' Kevin Denkey is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Cercle Brugge KSV tonight.
42' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
46' Time for substitution for Cercle Brugge KSV. Louis Torres is replaced by Ayase Ueda.
51' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
56' Brilliant from the forward! Simon Adingra makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 56.
61' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
66' Cercle Brugge KSV manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Francis Abu is hanging Charles Vanhoutte on the field on 66 minute.
67' Bart Nieuwkoop has so much to prove this time. He replaces Loic Lapoussin on 67 minute.
72' Cercle Brugge KSV make a change. Jean Marcelin trudges off to be replaced by Yann Gboho on 72 minutes.
73' It is a substitution in Cercle Brugge KSV team. Jean Marcelin is replaced by Yann Gboho on 73 minute.
74' Yann Gboho has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 74 minutes.
75' Yann Gboho makes no mistake. The score reads 2-2 and Cercle Brugge KSV are in front.
80' The Royale Union Saint-Gilloise bench stirs into life. Victor Boniface is withdrawn and Gustaf Nilsson gets his opportunity.
85' Charles Vanhoutte is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Cercle Brugge KSV so far.
90' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Karel Geraerts will be considering his options from the bench.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups

Starting XI

16
Christian Burgess ↓ Ross Sykes 25'
10
Teddy Teuma
94
Loic Lapoussin ↓ Bart Nieuwkoop 67'
13
Dante Vanzeir
59
Ismael Kandouss
44
Siebe Van der Heyden
49
Anthony Moris
20
Senne Lynen
7
Victor Boniface ↓ Gustaf Nilsson 80'
8
Jean Thierry Lazare ↓ Cameron Puertas 67'
11
Simon Adingra

Bench

Coach Karel Geraerts

Cercle Brugge KSV Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Miron Muslic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gustaf Nilsson	4
Dante Vanzeir	3
Mohammed Amoura	3
Youssouf Niakate	3
Kevin Denkey	3
Jeremy Taravel	3
Yann Gboho	2
Thibo Somers	2

Head to Head

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form

2022-10-09 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2022-10-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–2 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2022-10-01 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2022-09-18 KAS Eupen 1–2 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2022-09-15 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3–2 Malmo FF W 2022-09-11 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–2 KRC Genk L

Cercle Brugge KSV Form

2022-10-09 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2022-10-02 KAA Gent 3–4 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2022-09-17 Cercle Brugge KSV 2–2 KV Oostende D 2022-09-11 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–2 Royal Antwerp FC L 2022-09-02 Club Brugge KV 4–0 Cercle Brugge KSV L 2022-08-27 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–1 SV Zulte-Waregem D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

3.68 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xG

Expected Goals

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

0.9 Cercle Brugge KSV xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to win 80%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise80% Draw12% Cercle Brugge KSV8%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 4.58

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	81%	19%
± 3.5	64%	36%
± 4.5	45%	55%

Double Chance

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Draw

92%

Draw or Cercle Brugge KSV

20%

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Cercle Brugge KSV

88%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise67% Draw26% Cercle Brugge KSV7%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

8.8%

4 – 0

7.9%

3 – 1

7.6%

2 – 0

7.5%

4 – 1

2 – 1

Actual

5 – 0

5.8%

5 – 1

5.2%

1 – 0

4.1%

1 – 1

4.1%

6 – 0

3.6%

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Handicap	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers	Push	Cercle Brugge KSV covers
-2.5	51%	—	49%
-2	51%	19%	30%
-1.5	70%	—	30%
-1	70%	15%	15%
-0.5	85%	—	15%
+0.5	95%	—	5%
+1	95%	4%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet

41% ✓

Cercle Brugge KSV keeps clean sheet

3% ✓

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