Westerlo 3-5 Cercle Brugge: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 7 May 2023

Result

Westerlo 3-5 Cercle Brugge

Pro League · Sunday 7 May 2023, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-4

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Westerlo 3-5 Cercle Brugge: match report

Westerlo lost to Cercle Brugge 3-5 in the Pro League on Sunday 7 May 2023. The half-time score was 1-4.

Thibo Somers opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Westerlo's goals came from Dorgeles Nene (39'), Dorgeles Nene (56') and Dorgeles Nene (75'). Cercle Brugge scored through Thibo Somers (5'), Ayase Ueda (18', penalty), Leonardo Lopes (44'), Ayase Ueda (45+4', penalty) and Thibo Somers (64').

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

Going into the game Westerlo were 7th on 51 points from 35 and Cercle Brugge 8th on 51 points from 35. Westerlo went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and Cercle Brugge 6th with 61.

Westerlo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cercle Brugge in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ayase Ueda of Cercle Brugge (9.5), ahead of Dorgeles Nene (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Westerlo wins, 1 draw and 2 for Cercle Brugge.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Thibo SomersCercle Brugge · 0-1
  • 17'Yellow card · B. ReynoldsWesterlo
  • 18'Penalty goal · Ayase UedaCercle Brugge · 0-2
  • 39'Goal · Dorgeles NeneWesterlo · 1-2
  • 44'Goal · Leonardo LopesCercle Brugge · 1-3
  • 45'Yellow card · M. De CuyperWesterlo
  • 45+4'Penalty goal · Ayase UedaCercle Brugge · 1-4
  • 56'Goal · Dorgeles NeneWesterlo · 2-4
  • 59'Yellow card · Pietro PerdichizziWesterlo
  • 64'Goal · Thibo SomersCercle Brugge · 2-5
  • 68'Yellow card · Thomas Van den KeybusWesterlo
  • 75'Yellow card · Radoslaw MajeckiCercle Brugge
  • 75'Goal · Dorgeles NeneWesterlo · 3-5
  • 77'Yellow card · Abu FrancisCercle Brugge
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Leonardo LopesCercle Brugge

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Westerlo 7, draws 1, Cercle Brugge 2.

Team news

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

Sinan Bolat, Bryan Reynolds, Roman Neustädter, Ravil Tagir, Maxim De Cuyper, Nicolas Madsen, Lukas Van Eenoo, Dorgeles Nene, Thomas Van den Keybus, Yusuke Matsuo, Nacer Chadli

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

Radoslaw Majecki, Boris Popović, Jean Marcelin, Christiaan Ravych, Hugo Siquet, Leonardo Lopes, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Olivier Deman, Thibo Somers, Ayase Ueda, Dino Hotic