Cercle Brugge 3-1 Mechelen: result and report
Pro League · Saturday 27 November 2021
Result
Cercle Brugge 3-1 Mechelen
Pro League · Saturday 27 November 2021, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Cercle Brugge 3-1 Mechelen: match report
Cercle Brugge defeated Mechelen 3-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 27 November 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Edgaras Utkus opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Cercle Brugge's goals came from Edgaras Utkus (34'), Dino Hotic (63', penalty) and Rabbi Matondo (77'). Mechelen scored through Nikola Storm (43').
Discipline: Cercle Brugge received 1 yellow card; Mechelen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cercle Brugge were 17th on 10 points from 15 and Mechelen 5th on 26 points from 15. Cercle Brugge went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Mechelen 8th with 56.
Cercle Brugge lined up in a 4-4-2 and Mechelen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dino Hotic of Cercle Brugge (9.2), ahead of Hannes Van Der Bruggen (8.1).
Going into the match Cercle Brugge's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Mechelen's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Edgaras Utkus
- 43'Goal · Nikola Storm
- 60'Yellow card · Lucas Bijker
- 63'Penalty goal · Dino Hotic
- 64'Yellow card · Leonardo Lopes
- 77'Goal · Rabbi Matondo
- 82'Yellow card · Vinicius Souza
Team news
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Cercle Brugge line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Didillon-Hödl, Robbe Decostere, Edgaras Utkus, Jesper Daland, Dimitar Velkovski, Dino Hotic, Leonardo Lopes, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Rabbi Matondo, Olivier Deman, Thibo Somers
Mechelen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, Sheldon Bateau, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Lucas Bijker, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Rob Schoofs, Geoffry Hairemans, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Hugo Cuypers