Cercle Brugge 1-2 Anderlecht: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 15 August 2021

Result

Cercle Brugge 1-2 Anderlecht

Pro League · Sunday 15 August 2021, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

Cercle Brugge · Anderlecht · Pro League predictions

Cercle Brugge 1-2 Anderlecht: match report

Cercle Brugge were beaten by Anderlecht 1-2 in the Pro League on Sunday 15 August 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

O. Deman opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Cercle Brugge's goal came from O. Deman (1'). Anderlecht scored through J. Zirkzee (13') and J. Zirkzee (29').

Discipline: Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards; Anderlecht received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Cercle Brugge were 9th on 5 points from 3 and Anderlecht 11th on 4 points from 3. Cercle Brugge went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Anderlecht 4th with 72.

Cercle Brugge lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Anderlecht in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joshua Zirkzee of Anderlecht (8.6), ahead of Francis Amuzu (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cercle Brugge win, 2 draws and 7 for Anderlecht.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · O. DemanCercle Brugge · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · J. ZirkzeeAnderlecht · 1-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Edgaras UtkusCercle Brugge
  • 29'Goal · J. ZirkzeeAnderlecht · 1-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Waldo RubioCercle Brugge

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Cercle Brugge line-up (3-4-1-2)

Thomas Didillon-Hödl, Edgaras Utkus, Boris Popović, Alexander Corryn, Vitinho, Leonardo Lopes, Charles Vanhoutte, Dimitar Velkovski, Dino Hotic, Olivier Deman, Aske Sampers

Anderlecht line-up (4-4-2)

Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Amir Murillo, Hannes Delcroix, Wesley Hoedt, Sergio Gómez, Yari Verschaeren, Josh Cullen, Kristoffer Olsson, Lior Refaelov, Benito Raman, Joshua Zirkzee