Match Report
13 points and 13 places separated them: Cercle Brugge 14th with 2, Gent 1st with 15. Per game in the league, Cercle Brugge were scoring 1 and conceding 2, Gent 2 and 0.4, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game.
Cercle Brugge had not won in 9 games. Gent had won five straight, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for Cercle Brugge, 15/15 for Gent.
The head-to-head ledger counts 35 games: 9 Cercle Brugge wins, 20 for Gent, 6 draws, at 3.23 goals per meeting. 63% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 57%.
The venue was Jan Breydelstadion, with room for 29,975 spectators. Y. Araki officiated: 77 games logged, averaging 1.3 yellow cards each. On the scoreboard, Gent led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-3.
Goal scorers
Gent: Emmanuel Kakou (21' og), Tibe De Vlieger (77'), El Hadji Seck (90')
Key stats
Possession: Cercle Brugge 50% · Gent 50% · Total shots: 9-9 · On target: 1-3 · Corners: 8-0