Cercle Brugge 5-2 Gent: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 17 October 2020

Result

Cercle Brugge 5-2 Gent

Pro League · Saturday 17 October 2020, 14:15 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Cercle Brugge 5-2 Gent: match report

Cercle Brugge beat Gent 5-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 17 October 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.

Franck Kanouté opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Cercle Brugge's goals came from Franck Kanouté (4'), Dino Hotic (31', penalty), Iké Ugbo (57'), Iké Ugbo (78') and Jean Marcelin (82'). Gent scored through Andreas Hanche-Olsen (14') and Roman Yaremchuk (64', penalty).

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Cercle Brugge were 9th on 12 points from 8 and Gent 12th on 9 points from 8. Cercle Brugge went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Gent 4th with 62.

Cercle Brugge lined up in a 4-3-3 and Gent in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Iké Ugbo of Cercle Brugge (8.7), ahead of Kylian Hazard (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cercle Brugge win, 3 draws and 6 for Gent.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Franck KanoutéCercle Brugge · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Andreas Hanche-OlsenGent · 1-1
  • 31'Penalty goal · Dino HoticCercle Brugge · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · Iké UgboCercle Brugge · 3-1
  • 64'Penalty goal · Roman YaremchukGent · 3-2
  • 78'Goal · Iké UgboCercle Brugge · 4-2
  • 82'Goal · Jean MarcelinCercle Brugge · 5-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cercle Brugge 1, draws 3, Gent 6.

Team news

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

Thomas Didillon-Hödl, Vitinho, Robbe Decostere, Jean Marcelin, Jeremy Taravel, Kylian Hazard, Kevin Hoggas, Anthony Musaba, Dino Hotic, Iké Ugbo, Franck Kanouté

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

Sinan Bolat, Alessio Castro-Montes, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Igor Plastun, Milad Mohammadi, Sulayman Marreh, Sven Kums, Osman Bukari, Roman Yaremchuk, Anderson Degbolé Niangbo, Laurent Depoitre