Cercle Brugge 2-1 Anderlecht: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 16 December 2018

Result

Cercle Brugge 2-1 Anderlecht

Pro League · Sunday 16 December 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Cercle Brugge 2-1 Anderlecht: match report

Cercle Brugge beat Anderlecht 2-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 16 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

K. Hazard opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Cercle Brugge's goals came from K. Hazard (9') and Gianni Bruno (58', penalty). Anderlecht scored through Pieter Gerkens (22').

Discipline: Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Anderlecht received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cercle Brugge were 10th on 22 points from 18 and Anderlecht 4th on 31 points from 18. Cercle Brugge went on to finish that season 13th with 28 points, and Anderlecht 6th with 57.

Cercle Brugge lined up in a 5-2-3 and Anderlecht in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cercle Brugge wins, 0 draws and 1 for Anderlecht.

Going into the match Cercle Brugge's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Anderlecht's D-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · K. HazardCercle Brugge · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Pieter GerkensAnderlecht · 1-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Ryota MoriokaAnderlecht
  • 24'Yellow card · VitinhoCercle Brugge
  • 37'Yellow card · James LawrenceAnderlecht
  • 40'Yellow card · J. OmoloCercle Brugge
  • 43'Yellow card · Sven KumsAnderlecht
  • 58'Penalty goal · Gianni BrunoCercle Brugge · 2-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Andy NájarAnderlecht
  • 68'Yellow card · Xavier MercierCercle Brugge
  • 84'Second yellow · J. OmoloCercle Brugge

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Cercle Brugge 0, draws 0, Anderlecht 1.

Team news

Cercle Brugge line-up (5-2-3)

Paul Nardi, Vitinho, Johanna Ochieng Omolo, Naomichi Ueda, Isaac Kone, Yoann Etienne, Arnaud Lusamba, Xavier Mercier, Gianni Bruno, Irvin Cardona, Kylian Hazard

Anderlecht line-up (3-4-3)

Thomas Didillon-Hödl, Andy Nájar, James Lawrence, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Alexis Saelemaekers, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Sven Kums, Francis Amuzu, Ryota Morioka, Landry Dimata, Pieter Gerkens