Gent 3-4 Cercle Brugge: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 2 October 2022

Result

Gent 3-4 Cercle Brugge

Pro League · Sunday 2 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Gent 3-4 Cercle Brugge: match report

Gent were beaten by Cercle Brugge 3-4 in the Pro League on Sunday 2 October 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.

K. Denkey opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Gent's goals came from Hugo Cuypers (49'), Hugo Cuypers (68') and Laurent Depoitre (77'). Cercle Brugge scored through K. Denkey (24'), Dino Hotic (59'), Dino Hotic (75') and Dino Hotic (89', penalty).

Discipline: Gent received 3 yellow cards; Cercle Brugge received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gent were 9th on 14 points from 9 and Cercle Brugge 17th on 6 points from 9. Gent went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Cercle Brugge 6th with 61.

Gent lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cercle Brugge in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dino Hotic of Cercle Brugge (9.9), ahead of Kévin Denkey (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Gent wins, 2 draws and 2 for Cercle Brugge.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

15'Yellow card · Bruno GodeauGent
24'Goal · K. DenkeyCercle Brugge · 0-1
26'Yellow card · J. DalandCercle Brugge
33'Yellow card · Charles VanhoutteCercle Brugge
49'Goal · Hugo CuypersGent · 1-1
59'Goal · Dino HoticCercle Brugge · 1-2
65'Yellow card · M. SamoiseGent
66'Yellow card · Hannes Van Der BruggenCercle Brugge
68'Goal · Hugo CuypersGent · 2-2
75'Goal · Dino HoticCercle Brugge · 2-3
77'Yellow card · Dino HoticCercle Brugge
77'Goal · Laurent DepoitreGent · 3-3
89'Penalty goal · Dino HoticCercle Brugge · 3-4
90+5'Yellow card · Michael NgadeuGent

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gent 6, draws 2, Cercle Brugge 2.

Cercle Brugge 2-2 GentPro League · 3 Apr 2022
Gent 2-1 Cercle BruggePro League · 26 Sep 2021
Gent 1-0 Cercle BruggePro League · 21 Mar 2021
Cercle Brugge 5-2 GentPro League · 17 Oct 2020
Cercle Brugge 1-0 GentPro League · 1 Mar 2020
Gent 3-2 Cercle BruggePro League · 1 Sep 2019

Team news

Unavailable

Tarik TissoudaliGent · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Edgaras UtkusCercle Brugge · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Darko LemajicGent · injury (Pinched Nerve)
Jordan TorunarighaGent · injury (Muscle Injury)
Senna MiangueCercle Brugge · injury (Muscle Injury)
Emilio KehrerCercle Brugge · injury (Muscle Fiber Tear)
David SousaCercle Brugge · injury (Torn Meniscus)
Julien De SartGent · injury (Adductors Avulsion)

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

Davy Roef, Joseph Okumu, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Bruno Godeau, Matisse Samoise, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Sven Kums, Alessio Castro-Montes, Hyun-seok Hong, Laurent Depoitre, Hugo Cuypers

Cercle Brugge line-up (3-4-2-1)

Radoslaw Majecki, Boris Popović, Jean Marcelin, Jesper Daland, Thibo Somers, Leonardo Lopes, Charles Vanhoutte, Louis Torres, Dino Hotic, Olivier Deman, Kévin Denkey