In this week 31 match on Mar 12th, Cercle Brugge hosts Kortrijk at Jan Breydelstadion in a clash of these two evenly matched Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Cercle Brugge recorded a 2-2 draw against Genk. Rabbi Matondo scored the first goal for Cercle Brugge in the 36th minute, then Senna Miangue added another in the 51st minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Cercle Brugge should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 11th placed Kortrijk, recorded a 2-3 loss against Union Saint-Gilloise. Faïz Selemani struck first for Kortrijk in the 8th minute, then in the 13th minute, Jean Thierry Lazare Amani sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Marco Lund Nielsen But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 87th minute on a goal by Deniz Undav. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 4th of December, Kortrijk hosted Cercle Brugge in their last match together. Cercle Brugge won by a score of 2 to 0. Rabbi Matondo scored the first goal for Cercle Brugge in the 28th minute, then Rabbi Matondo added another in the 74th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kortrijk couldn’t manage to score, and Cercle Brugge took the shutout win.
Faïz Selemani has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Kortrijk. Both Kevin Denkey and Rabbi Matondo have been the hottest scorers for Cercle Brugge in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each.