Week 33 brings us a match on Apr 3rd, where Cercle Brugge hosts Gent at Jan Breydelstadion in a meeting of these two Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 10th placed Cercle Brugge, recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Sporting Charleroi. Joris Kayembe Ditu struck first for Sporting Charleroi in the 6th minute on a feed from Daan Heymans, then Vakoun Issouf Bayo added another in the 9th minute on a feed from Joris Kayembe Ditu In the end, Cercle Brugge was frustrated by Sporting Charleroi’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sporting Charleroi ended the match with the shutout victory. Cercle Brugge is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Gent is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Anderlecht. Tarik Tissoudali struck first for Gent in the 81st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Anderlecht was frustrated by Gent’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Gent ended the match with the shutout victory. Gent looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10.
On the 26th of September, Gent hosted Cercle Brugge in their last match together. Gent won by a score of 2 to 1. Álex Millán struck first for Cercle Brugge in the 38th minute on a penalty kick, but Julien De Sart got the equalizer for Gent in the 63rd minute on a penalty kick Finally they completed the comback victory in the 73rd minute on a goal by Darko Lemajić to cap off a wild match.
Gent is glad to have Tarik Tissoudali in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Kevin Denkey has been the most prolific scorer on Cercle Brugge in the last 5 matches with 3 goals.