In a weekend match on Saturday Dec 11th, in week 18, Sint-Truiden and Cercle Brugge will play a match in St.-Trond in a clash of these two mismatched Pro League teams. 11th placed Sint-Truiden is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Union Saint-Gilloise. Deniz Undav scored the first goal for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 32nd minute, then in the 63rd minute, Yuma Suzuki sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Christian Bruls. Sint-Truiden is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while cercle Brugge is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Kortrijk. Rabbi Matondo struck first for Cercle Brugge in the 28th minute on a feed from Olivier Deman, then Rabbi Matondo added another in the 74th minute on a feed from Dino Hotić In the end, Kortrijk couldn’t muster any offence and Cercle Brugge ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Jan Breydelstadion, Sint-Truiden won by a score of 1 to 0. Daichi Hayashi struck first for Sint-Truiden in the 9th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Cercle Brugge was frustrated by Sint-Truiden’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sint-Truiden ended the match with the shutout victory.
Cercle Brugge’s most prolific scorer has been Rabbi Matondo. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Sint-Truiden hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Robert Bauer and Lucas Bijker, and they each have 1 goal.