On Saturday Nov 27th, Mechelen will travel to Brugge to battle Cercle Brugge in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 17th placed Cercle Brugge, recorded a 1-2 loss against Sporting Charleroi. Ryota Morioka scored the first goal for Sporting Charleroi in the 3rd minute, then Loic Bessile added another in the 8th minute on a feed from Stefan Knezevic. Cercle Brugge looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Mechelen recorded a 2-1 win against Club Brugge. Bas Dost scored the first goal for Club Brugge in the 51st minute, then in the 65th minute, Geoffry Hairemans sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Hugo Cuypers Finally they completed the comback in the 78th minute on a goal by Rob Schoofs to cap off a wild match. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Mechelen should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Both Kerim Mrabti and Hugo Cuypers have been the hottest scorers for Mechelen in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Both Thibo Somers and Jesper Daland have been the hottest scorers for Cercle Brugge in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.