Union St. Gilloise vs Cercle Brugge match stats & report

2–3 Full time

Jupiler Pro League · Belgium · Championship Round - 2 · Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels · Ref J. Boterberg

Union St. Gilloise stats & fixtures · Cercle Brugge stats & fixtures

Union St. Gilloise lost to Cercle Brugge 2–3 in the Jupiler Pro League (Championship Round - 2) on 7 April 2024. Expected goals finished 2.47–1.49. Union St. Gilloise had 59% of the ball.

Union St. Gilloise vs Cercle Brugge match statistics

Union St. GilloiseCercle Brugge

59% Ball possession 41%
2.47 Expected goals (xG) 1.49
14 Total shots 8
9 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 2
1 Blocked shots 2
12 Shots inside the box 6
4 Corners 3
10 Fouls 20
1 Offsides 3
2 Yellow cards 5
466 Passes 335
63% Pass accuracy 58%
1 Goalkeeper saves 8

Goals and cards

5' Goal A. Minda (assist Leonardo Lopes) Cercle Brugge
6' Goal K. Denkey (assist F. Lemaréchal) Cercle Brugge
45+5' Penalty scored G. Nilsson Union St. Gilloise
47' Yellow card Leonardo Lopes Cercle Brugge
69' Yellow card E. Utkus Cercle Brugge
71' Goal Thibo Somers (assist A. Minda) Cercle Brugge
78' Yellow card A. Minda Cercle Brugge
79' Yellow card A. Moris Union St. Gilloise
90+1' Yellow card K. Olaigbe Cercle Brugge
90+2' Goal Dennis Eckert Ayensa (assist H. Teklab) Union St. Gilloise
90+3' Yellow card H. Teklab Union St. Gilloise
90+6' Yellow card J. Daland Cercle Brugge

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Union St. Gilloise

Confirmed 3-5-2 A. Blessin

49 A. Moris

28 K. Machida 24 C. Vanhoutte 26 R. Sykes

10 Loic Lapoussin 23 Cameron Puertas 27 N. Sadiki 8 Lazare Amani 21 A. Castro-Montes

47 M. Amoura 29 G. Nilsson

Bench E. Kabangu , H. Teklab , Dennis Eckert Ayensa , M. Rasmussen , K. Mac Allister , N. Huygevelde , C. Terho , H. Lindner , G. François

Cercle Brugge

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 M. Muslić

1 Warleson

66 Christiaan Ravych 4 J. Daland 3 E. Utkus 41 H. Siquet

28 Hannes Van Der Bruggen 22 Leonardo Lopes

11 A. Minda 6 F. Lemaréchal 34 Thibo Somers

9 K. Denkey

Bench Felipe Augusto , B. Popović , A. Francis , K. Olaigbe , N. De Wilde , J. Lietaert , M. Delanghe , M. Efekele , Abdoul Kader Ouattara

Form guide

Union St. Gilloise at home

6–4–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.5 per game
Conceded: 0.7 per game
Clean sheets: 5 / 10
Corners: 6.0 per game
Shots on target: 6.0 per game

38% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Cercle Brugge away

2–3–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 2.1 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 10
Corners: 6.5 per game
Shots on target: 5.5 per game

14% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Union St. Gilloise vs Cercle Brugge head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
3 Dec 23	Union St. Gilloise v Cercle Brugge	2–1
24 Sep 23	Cercle Brugge v Union St. Gilloise	0–2

Only 2 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Union St. Gilloise vs Cercle Brugge head-to-head record