Match Report
Westerlo went into the game 4th in the table on 33 points; Cercle Brugge sat 2nd on 41 — an 8-point gap. Westerlo had been under-performing their position — 25th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Westerlo were scoring 1.4 and conceding 1.7, Cercle Brugge 2.33 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 25 games: 12 Westerlo wins, 8 for Cercle Brugge, 5 draws, at 3.24 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 64% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 64%.
Het Kuipje staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,182. On the scoreboard, Cercle Brugge led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-2 the final score.
Goal scorers
Cercle Brugge: Emin Bayram (6' og), Oluwaseun Adewumi (39')
Key stats
Possession: Westerlo 69% · Cercle Brugge 31% · Total shots: 17-8 · On target: 6-2 · Corners: 7-4