Mechelen 0-2 Cercle Brugge: result and report
Pro League · Saturday 28 October 2023
Result
Mechelen 0-2 Cercle Brugge
Pro League · Saturday 28 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Mechelen 0-2 Cercle Brugge: match report
Mechelen were beaten by Cercle Brugge 0-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 28 October 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Kévin Denkey opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Mechelen did not score. Cercle Brugge scored through Kévin Denkey (53') and Kazeem Olaigbe (72').
Discipline: Mechelen received 1 yellow card; Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Mechelen were 13th on 11 points from 11 and Cercle Brugge 5th on 18 points from 11. Mechelen went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Cercle Brugge 7th with 60.
Mechelen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cercle Brugge in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Warleson of Cercle Brugge (8.6), ahead of Jesper Daland (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Mechelen wins, 4 draws and 3 for Cercle Brugge.
Going into the match Mechelen's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Cercle Brugge's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 51'Yellow card · Kévin Denkey
- 53'Goal · Kévin Denkey
- 59'Yellow card · Hugo Siquet
- 69'Yellow card · Hannes Van Der Bruggen
- 72'Goal · Kazeem Olaigbe
- 76'Yellow card · Patrick Pflücke
- 90+2'Missed penalty · Kévin Denkey
Head-to-head
Team news
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Mechelen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, David Bates, Elias Cobbaut, Daam Foulon, Toon Raemaekers, Jannes Van Hecke, Geoffry Hairemans, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Lion Lauberbach
Cercle Brugge line-up (4-2-3-1)
Warleson, Hugo Siquet, Boris Popović, Jesper Daland, Christiaan Ravych, Leonardo Lopes, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Thibo Somers, Félix Lemaréchal, Yann Gboho, Kévin Denkey