Cercle Brugge 1-2 Standard Liège: result and report
Pro League · Saturday 6 December 2025
Result
Cercle Brugge 1-2 Standard Liège
Pro League · Saturday 6 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Cercle Brugge 1-2 Standard Liège: match report
Cercle Brugge lost to Standard Liège 1-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 6 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-2.
Timothé Nkada opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Cercle Brugge's goal came from Oluwaseun Adewumi (82'). Standard Liège scored through Timothé Nkada (32') and an own goal by Edgaras Utkus (39').
Discipline: Cercle Brugge received no yellow cards; Standard Liège received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cercle Brugge were 15th on 13 points from 16 and Standard Liège 9th on 21 points from 16. Cercle Brugge went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Standard Liège 5th with 57.
Cercle Brugge lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Standard Liège in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthieu Epolo of Standard Liège (7.6), level with Oluwaseun Victor Adewumi (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cercle Brugge wins, 5 draws and 2 for Standard Liège.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Marco Ilaimaharitra
- 32'Goal · Timothé Nkada
- 39'Own goal · Edgaras Utkus
- 82'Goal · Oluwaseun Adewumi
- 90+6'Yellow card · Léandre Kuavita
Head-to-head
Team news
Cercle Brugge line-up (4-2-3-1)
Maxime Delanghe, Ibrahim Diakité, Christiaan Ravych, Edgaras Utkus, Nazinho, Lawrence Agyekum, Ibrahima Diaby, Gary Magnée, Oluwaseun Victor Adewumi, Edan Diop, Steve Ngoura
Standard Liège line-up (4-4-1-1)
Matthieu Epolo, Henry Lawrence, Ibe Hautekiet, Josué Homawoo, Tobias Mohr, Adnane Abid, Casper Nielsen, Marco Ilaimaharitra, Mohammed El Hankouri, Dennis Eckert Ayensa, Timothé Nkada