Anderlecht 2-0 Cercle Brugge: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 12 March 2023
Result
Anderlecht 2-0 Cercle Brugge
Pro League · Sunday 12 March 2023, 18:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Anderlecht 2-0 Cercle Brugge: match report
Anderlecht beat Cercle Brugge 2-0 in the Pro League on Sunday 12 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Islam Slimani opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Anderlecht's goals came from Islam Slimani (9') and Islam Slimani (85'). Cercle Brugge did not score.
Discipline: Anderlecht received 1 yellow card; Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Anderlecht were 11th on 36 points from 27 and Cercle Brugge 8th on 40 points from 28. Anderlecht went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Cercle Brugge 6th with 61.
Anderlecht lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cercle Brugge in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Islam Slimani of Anderlecht (8.7), ahead of Anders Dreyer (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Anderlecht wins, 1 draw and 3 for Cercle Brugge.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Islam Slimani
- 45+1'Yellow card · O. Deman
- 46'Yellow card · Brian Riemer
- 69'Yellow card · Leonardo Lopes
- 85'Goal · Islam Slimani
- 90'Red card · K. Denkey
Head-to-head
Team news
Anderlecht line-up (4-3-3)
Bart Verbruggen, Amir Murillo, Zeno Debast, Jan Vertonghen, Killian Sardella, Yari Verschaeren, Kristian Arnstad, Majeed Ashimeru, Anders Dreyer, Islam Slimani, Francis Amuzu
Cercle Brugge line-up (3-4-2-1)
Warleson, Boris Popović, Christiaan Ravych, Jesper Daland, Hugo Siquet, Abu Francis, Charles Vanhoutte, Olivier Deman, Thibo Somers, Kévin Denkey, Ayase Ueda