Cercle Brugge 2–1 FCV Dender
Expected and what happened
- Expected xG
- 2.1 – 1.1
- Actual xG
- 0.8 – 0.6
- Goals
- 2 – 1
Footybot made Cercle Brugge favourites at 61%.
Cercle Brugge won a close one on the chances: 0.8 xG to 0.6.
Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Oumar Diakité, 59.5 in 73′.
Well above their usual level: Oumar Diakité +14.4, Luc De Fougerolles +8.7.
Well below it: Nazinho −29.5, Emmanuel Kakou −22.0, Steve Ngoura −13.8.
Going in
Each side's last five results before this match.
Cercle Brugge
| 19 Apr 2026 | W 4–1 | at FCV Dender |
| 11 Apr 2026 | W 3–0 | v RAAL La Louvière |
| 4 Apr 2026 | D 2–2 | at SV Zulte Waregem |
| 22 Mar 2026 | W 3–2 | at RSC Anderlecht |
| 15 Mar 2026 | L 1–3 | v RAAL La Louvière |
FCV Dender
| 19 Apr 2026 | L 1–4 | v Cercle Brugge |
| 12 Apr 2026 | L 1–2 | v SV Zulte Waregem |
| 6 Apr 2026 | W 1–0 | at RAAL La Louvière |
| 22 Mar 2026 | L 1–3 | v KAA Gent |
| 14 Mar 2026 | L 0–2 | at Royale Union Saint-Gilloise |
Head to head
| 19 Apr 2026 | FCV Dender 1–4 Cercle Brugge |
| 1 Mar 2026 | Cercle Brugge 0–0 FCV Dender |
| 26 Jul 2025 | FCV Dender 0–0 Cercle Brugge |
Cercle Brugge
| Player | Min | Score | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oumar Diakité | 73 | 59.5 | +14.4 |
| Geoffrey Kondo | 90 | 54.3 | +7.5 |
| Edan Diop | 90 | 50.2 | +1.7 |
| Warleson | 90 | 49.0 | +0.5 |
| Valy Konaté | 90 | 47.9 | +5.0 |
| Pieter Gerkens | 45 | 43.7 | −0.9 |
| Heriberto Jurado | 9 | 40.0 | – |
| Makaya Ibrahima Diaby | 73 | 37.2 | −3.2 |
| Oluwaseun Adewumi | 17 | 35.3 | – |
| Hannes Van Der Bruggen | 45 | 34.3 | −7.5 |
| Dante Vanzeir | 28 | 32.3 | – |
| Steve Ngoura | 62 | 28.0 | −13.8 |
| Emmanuel Kakou | 90 | 27.8 | −22.0 |
| Ibrahim Diakité | 81 | 26.3 | −12.9 |
| Lawrence Agyekum | 17 | 14.5 | – |
| Nazinho | 90 | 12.7 | −29.5 |
FCV Dender
| Player | Min | Score | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nail Moutha-Sebtaoui | 18 | 59.7 | – |
| Luc Marijnissen | 90 | 49.6 | +7.3 |
| Krzysztof Koton | 17 | 48.5 | – |
| Luc De Fougerolles | 45 | 46.7 | +8.7 |
| Malcolm Viltard | 90 | 44.9 | −0.2 |
| Bryan Goncalves | 90 | 44.1 | +0.1 |
| Desmond Acquah | 62 | 44.0 | – |
| Guillaume Dietsch | 90 | 43.8 | −5.8 |
| Ragnar Oratmangoen | 73 | 40.7 | −7.7 |
| Bruny Nsimba | 28 | 40.2 | – |
| Bo De Kerf | 45 | 40.0 | +1.4 |
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 72 | 38.2 | −2.0 |
| David Toshevski | 62 | 37.2 | −4.1 |
| Nathan Rodes | 90 | 36.5 | −6.6 |
| Mohamed Berte | 28 | 36.3 | – |
| Junior Marsoni Sambu Mansoni | 90 | 29.9 | −11.4 |