Cercle Brugge 3-2 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 8 February 2020

Result

Cercle Brugge 3-2 Mechelen

Pro League · Saturday 8 February 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Cercle Brugge 3-2 Mechelen: match report

Cercle Brugge defeated Mechelen 3-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 8 February 2020. It was 2-1 at half-time.

M. Eppel opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Cercle Brugge's goals came from M. Eppel (2'), Dino Hotic (5') and Stef Peeters (90+1'). Mechelen scored through Jordi Vanlerberghe (10') and J. Van Damme (82').

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

Going into the game Cercle Brugge were 16th on 11 points from 24 and Mechelen 9th on 34 points from 23. This fixture belongs to an earlier Pro League season and is kept for reference.

Cercle Brugge lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Mechelen in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cercle Brugge wins, 1 draw and 6 for Mechelen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · M. EppelCercle Brugge · 1-0
  • 5'Goal · Dino HoticCercle Brugge · 2-0
  • 10'Goal · Jordi VanlerbergheMechelen · 2-1
  • 26'Yellow card · T. PeyreMechelen
  • 74'Yellow card · J. Van DammeMechelen
  • 82'Goal · J. Van DammeMechelen · 2-2
  • 83'Yellow card · K. DabilaCercle Brugge
  • 90+1'Goal · Stef PeetersCercle Brugge · 3-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Lennart Moser, Giulian Biancone, Kouadio Dabila, Dimitris Chatziisaias, Dimitar Velkovski, Lassana Coulibaly, Kylian Hazard, Kevin Hoggas, Stef Peeters, Dino Hotic, Márton Eppel

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

Bram Castro, Jules Van Cleemput, Thibaut Peyre, Arjan Swinkels, Alexander Corryn, Rob Schoofs, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Onur Kaya, Geoffry Hairemans, Nikola Storm, Igor De Camargo