Anderlecht 2-3 Cercle Brugge: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 22 March 2026
Result
Anderlecht 2-3 Cercle Brugge
Pro League · Sunday 22 March 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-3
Anderlecht 2-3 Cercle Brugge: match report
Anderlecht lost to Cercle Brugge 2-3 in the Pro League on Sunday 22 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-3.
Edan Diop opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Anderlecht's goals came from Mihajlo Cvetkovic (25') and Thorgan Hazard (90+1'). Cercle Brugge scored through Edan Diop (10'), Pieter Gerkens (28') and Emmanuel Kakou (35').
Discipline: Anderlecht received 1 yellow card; Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Anderlecht were 5th on 44 points from 29 and Cercle Brugge 15th on 28 points from 29. Anderlecht went on to finish that season 6th with 55 points, and Cercle Brugge 13th with 41.
Anderlecht lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cercle Brugge in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Thorgan Hazard of Anderlecht (8.7), ahead of Emmanuel Kakou (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Anderlecht wins, 1 draw and 2 for Cercle Brugge.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Edan Diop
- 25'Goal · Mihajlo Cvetkovic
- 28'Goal · Pieter Gerkens
- 35'Goal · Emmanuel Kakou
- 53'Yellow card · Nazinho
- 73'Yellow card · Mihajlo Ilić
- 80'Yellow card · Edan Diop
- 90+1'Goal · Thorgan Hazard
Head-to-head
Team news
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Anderlecht line-up (4-2-3-1)
Colin Coosemans, Killian Sardella, Mihajlo Ilić, Moussa Diarra, Ludwig Augustinsson, Anas Tajaouart, Nathan De Cat, Tristan Degreef, Mario Stroeykens, Mihajlo Cvetkovic, Thorgan Hazard
Cercle Brugge line-up (3-4-1-2)
Warleson, Emmanuel Kakou, Geoffrey Kondo, Valy Konaté, Gary Magnée, Pieter Gerkens, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Nazinho, Edan Diop, Dante Vanzeir, Oumar Diakité