Cercle Brugge 3-1 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 5 May 2012

Result

Cercle Brugge 3-1 Mechelen

Pro League · Saturday 5 May 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Cercle Brugge · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Cercle Brugge 3-1 Mechelen: match report

Cercle Brugge defeated Mechelen 3-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 5 May 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Igor Vetokele opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Cercle Brugge's goals came from Igor Vetokele (7'), Rudy (47') and Rudy (89'). Mechelen scored through Jaime Ruíz (53').

Discipline: Cercle Brugge received no yellow cards; Mechelen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cercle Brugge were 6th on 54 points from 35 and Mechelen 11th on 41 points from 35. Cercle Brugge went on to finish that season 5th with 63 points, and Mechelen 11th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cercle Brugge wins, 2 draws and 2 for Mechelen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Igor VetokeleCercle Brugge · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Abdul-Yakinu IddiMechelen
  • 47'Goal · RudyCercle Brugge · 2-0
  • 53'Goal · Jaime RuízMechelen · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · David DestormeMechelen
  • 63'Second yellow · David DestormeMechelen
  • 64'Yellow card · Seth De WitteMechelen
  • 89'Goal · RudyCercle Brugge · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cercle Brugge 6, draws 2, Mechelen 2.

Team news

Cercle Brugge expected line-up

Bram Verbist, Hans Cornelis, Nuno Reis, Gregory Mertens, Bernt Evens, Karel Van Roose, Rudy, Renato Neto, Igor Vetokele, Oleg Yashchuk, Arnar Viðarsson

Mechelen line-up

Seth De Witte, Kenny Van Hoevelen, Yuan Chen Xavier Tsan, Senad Karahmet, Abdul-Yakinu Iddi, Wannes Van Tricht, Julien Gorius, Alessandro Cordaro, Jaime Ruíz, Boris Pandža, Wouter Biebauw