Match Report
36 points for Cercle Brugge (16th), 31 for Waasland-Beveren (18th): a 5-point gap. The last five rounds placed Cercle Brugge 11th in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.52 goals per team per game, Cercle Brugge ran at 1.18 scored and 1.5 conceded, Waasland-Beveren at 1.29 and 2.06.
Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Cercle Brugge, 4/15 for Waasland-Beveren.
The head-to-head ledger counts 14 games: 7 Cercle Brugge wins, 3 for Waasland-Beveren, 4 draws, at 2.14 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 29% of the meetings.
The match was played at Jan Breydelstadion in Brugge (capacity 29,062). On the scoreboard, Cercle Brugge led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.