Cercle Brugge 2-3 Mechelen: result and report
Pro League · Saturday 13 December 2025
Result
Cercle Brugge 2-3 Mechelen
Pro League · Saturday 13 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Cercle Brugge 2-3 Mechelen: match report
Cercle Brugge were beaten by Mechelen 2-3 in the Pro League on Saturday 13 December 2025. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Fredrik Hammar opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Cercle Brugge's goals came from Nazinho (47') and Gary Magnée (90+8', penalty). Mechelen scored through Fredrik Hammar (35'), Lion Lauberbach (39') and Gora Diouf (49').
Discipline: Cercle Brugge received 1 yellow card; Mechelen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cercle Brugge were 15th on 13 points from 17 and Mechelen 5th on 27 points from 17. Cercle Brugge went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Mechelen 10th with 51.
Cercle Brugge lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Mechelen in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mathis Servais of Mechelen (8.0), ahead of Nazinho (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cercle Brugge wins, 4 draws and 3 for Mechelen.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Ian Struyf
- 35'Goal · Fredrik Hammar
- 39'Goal · Lion Lauberbach
- 47'Goal · Nazinho
- 49'Goal · Gora Diouf
- 83'Yellow card · Christiaan Ravych
- 89'Yellow card · Tommy St. Jago
- 90+8'Penalty goal · Gary Magnée
Head-to-head
Team news
Cercle Brugge line-up (4-2-3-1)
Maxime Delanghe, Gary Magnée, Emmanuel Kakou, Christiaan Ravych, Nazinho, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Lawrence Agyekum, Oluwaseun Victor Adewumi, Edan Diop, Alan Minda, Steve Ngoura
Mechelen line-up (3-4-1-2)
Nacho Miras, Tommy St. Jago, Mory Konaté, Ian Struyf, Thérence Koudou, Dikeni Salifou, Fredrik Hammar, Mathis Servais, Kerim Mrabti, Lion Lauberbach, Myron van Brederode