In this week 23 match on the 29th of January, Cercle Brugge will host Gent at Jan Breydelstadion in a clash of these two mismatched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Cercle Brugge sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against KV Oostende. Ayase Ueda struck first for Cercle Brugge in the 24th minute on a feed from Hugo Siquet, then Thierry Ambrose tied it up for KV Oostende in the 66th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Cercle Brugge should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 4th placed Gent is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Sint-Truiden. Salah scored the first goal for Gent in the 34th minute, then Hugo Cuypers added another in the 44th minute on a feed from Hong Hyeon-seok In the end, Sint-Truiden was frustrated by Gent’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Gent ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Gent should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On the 2nd of October, Gent hosted Cercle Brugge at the Ghelamco-arena in their last match together. Cercle Brugge took the match by a score of 4 to 3. Kevin Denkey struck first for Cercle Brugge in the 24th minute on a feed from Charles Vanhoutte, then Hugo Cuypers tied it up for Gent in the 49th minute on a feed from Matisse Samoise , but luckily for Cercle Brugge it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win.
Gent is glad to have Hugo Cuypers in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Kevin Denkey and Charles Vanhoutte are the top scorers for Cercle Brugge in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.