Union Saint-Gilloise 3-2 Cercle Brugge: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 18 December 2021

Result

Union Saint-Gilloise 3-2 Cercle Brugge

Pro League · Saturday 18 December 2021, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

Union Saint-Gilloise · Cercle Brugge · Pro League predictions

Union Saint-Gilloise 3-2 Cercle Brugge: match report

Union Saint-Gilloise beat Cercle Brugge 3-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 18 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-2.

Edgaras Utkus opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Union Saint-Gilloise's goals came from K. Mitoma (57'), Bart Nieuwkoop (75') and an own goal by J. Daland (90'). Cercle Brugge scored through Edgaras Utkus (8') and Rabbi Matondo (24').

Discipline: Union Saint-Gilloise received 5 yellow cards; Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Union Saint-Gilloise were 1st on 43 points from 19 and Cercle Brugge 13th on 22 points from 19. Union Saint-Gilloise went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Cercle Brugge 10th with 45.

Union Saint-Gilloise lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cercle Brugge in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rabbi Matondo of Cercle Brugge (8.0), ahead of Teddy Teuma (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Union Saint-Gilloise win, 0 draws and 0 for Cercle Brugge.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Edgaras UtkusCercle Brugge · 0-1
  • 24'Goal · Rabbi MatondoCercle Brugge · 0-2
  • 27'Yellow card · Ismaël KandoussUnion Saint-Gilloise
  • 28'Yellow card · Felice MazzùUnion Saint-Gilloise
  • 29'Yellow card · J. DalandCercle Brugge
  • 45'Yellow card · Teddy TeumaUnion Saint-Gilloise
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Casper NielsenUnion Saint-Gilloise
  • 56'Yellow card · Siebe Van Der HeydenUnion Saint-Gilloise
  • 57'Goal · K. MitomaUnion Saint-Gilloise · 1-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Thibo SomersCercle Brugge
  • 75'Goal · Bart NieuwkoopUnion Saint-Gilloise · 2-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Leonardo LopesCercle Brugge
  • 90'Own goal · J. DalandUnion Saint-Gilloise · 3-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Union Saint-Gilloise 1, draws 0, Cercle Brugge 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Senne LynenUnion Saint-Gilloise · injury (Ruptured Knee Ligament)
  • Waldo RubioCercle Brugge · injury (Torn Muscle Bundle)

Union Saint-Gilloise line-up (3-5-2)

Anthony Moris, Jonas Bager, Ismaël Kandouss, Siebe Van der Heyden, Bart Nieuwkoop, Loïc Lapoussin, Casper Nielsen, Teddy Teuma, Kaoru Mitoma, Deniz Undav, Dante Vanzeir

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

Thomas Didillon-Hödl, Robbe Decostere, Edgaras Utkus, Jesper Daland, Dimitar Velkovski, Dino Hotic, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Leonardo Lopes, Thibo Somers, Rabbi Matondo, Olivier Deman