Gent 4-1 Cercle Brugge: result and report

Pro League · Friday 21 December 2018

Result

Gent 4-1 Cercle Brugge

Pro League · Friday 21 December 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Gent 4-1 Cercle Brugge: match report

Gent beat Cercle Brugge 4-1 in the Pro League on Friday 21 December 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Brecht Dejaegere opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Gent's goals came from Brecht Dejaegere (17'), Sigurd Rosted (34'), J. David (51') and Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (64'). Cercle Brugge scored through S. Gakpé (85').

Discipline: Gent received no yellow cards; Cercle Brugge received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gent were 8th on 28 points from 19 and Cercle Brugge 9th on 25 points from 19. Gent went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Cercle Brugge 13th with 28.

Gent lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cercle Brugge in a 5-2-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Gent wins, 3 draws and 0 for Cercle Brugge.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Brecht DejaegereGent · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Isaac KoneCercle Brugge
  • 34'Goal · Sigurd RostedGent · 2-0
  • 51'Goal · J. DavidGent · 3-0
  • 64'Goal · Vadis Odjidja-OfoeGent · 4-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Guevin TorminCercle Brugge
  • 76'Yellow card · Guevin TorminCercle Brugge
  • 85'Goal · S. GakpéCercle Brugge · 4-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Arnaud LusambaCercle Brugge

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gent 7, draws 3, Cercle Brugge 0.

Team news

Gent line-up (4-3-3)

Yannick Thoelen, Arnaud Souquet, Dylan Bronn, Sigurd Rosted, Nana Asare, Anderson Esiti, Brecht Dejaegere, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Jean-Luc Dompé, Roman Yaremchuk, Jonathan David

Cercle Brugge line-up (5-2-3)

Paul Nardi, Lloyd Palun, Vitinho, Naomichi Ueda, Isaac Kone, Aboud Omar, Xavier Mercier, Arnaud Lusamba, Gianni Bruno, Irvin Cardona, Kylian Hazard