Cercle Brugge 1-1 Genk: result and report

Pro League · Friday 17 March 2023

Result

Cercle Brugge 1-1 Genk

Pro League · Friday 17 March 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cercle Brugge 1-1 Genk: match report

Cercle Brugge drew with Genk 1-1 in the Pro League on Friday 17 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ayase Ueda opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Cercle Brugge's goal came from Ayase Ueda (40'). Genk scored through Joseph Paintsil (54').

Discipline: Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards; Genk received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cercle Brugge were 8th on 40 points from 29 and Genk 1st on 67 points from 29. Cercle Brugge went on to finish that season 6th with 61 points, and Genk 1st with 83.

Cercle Brugge lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Genk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ayase Ueda of Cercle Brugge (8.1), ahead of Hugo Siquet (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cercle Brugge win, 2 draws and 7 for Genk.

Going into the match Cercle Brugge's last five read L-W-D-D-D and Genk's L-D-W-D-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Ayase UedaCercle Brugge · 1-0
  • 54'Goal · Joseph PaintsilGenk · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · D. MuñozGenk
  • 77'Yellow card · Abu FrancisCercle Brugge
  • 87'Yellow card · J. DalandCercle Brugge

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cercle Brugge 1, draws 2, Genk 7.

Team news

Cercle Brugge line-up (3-4-2-1)

Warleson, Boris Popović, Christiaan Ravych, Jesper Daland, Hugo Siquet, Abu Francis, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Olivier Deman, Thibo Somers, Ayase Ueda, Yann Gboho

Genk line-up (4-2-3-1)

Maarten Vandevoordt, Daniel Muñoz, Mujaid Sadick, Mark McKenzie, Gerardo Arteaga, Bryan Heynen, Patrik Hrosovsky, Joseph Paintsil, Bilal El Khannouss, Mike Tresor, Ally Samatta