Genk 4-2 Cercle Brugge: result and report

Pro League · Monday 26 December 2011

Result

Genk 4-2 Cercle Brugge

Pro League · Monday 26 December 2011, 19:30 UTC · half-time 3-2

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Genk 4-2 Cercle Brugge: match report

Genk defeated Cercle Brugge 4-2 in the Pro League on Monday 26 December 2011. The half-time score was 3-2.

Igor Vetokele opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Genk's goals came from E. Barda (13'), Christian Benteke (37'), Jelle Vossen (45+2') and Fabien Camus (90+2'). Cercle Brugge scored through Igor Vetokele (9') and Bernt Evens (31').

Discipline: Genk received 1 yellow card; Cercle Brugge received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Genk were 7th on 27 points from 18 and Cercle Brugge 6th on 30 points from 18. Genk went on to finish that season 4th with 64 points, and Cercle Brugge 5th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Genk wins, 0 draws and 3 for Cercle Brugge.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Igor VetokeleCercle Brugge · 0-1
  • 13'Goal · E. BardaGenk · 1-1
  • 20'Yellow card · RudyCercle Brugge
  • 31'Goal · Bernt EvensCercle Brugge · 1-2
  • 37'Goal · Christian BentekeGenk · 2-2
  • 45+2'Goal · Jelle VossenGenk · 3-2
  • 53'Yellow card · E. BardaGenk
  • 54'Yellow card · Arnar VidarssonCercle Brugge
  • 77'Yellow card · Amido BaldéCercle Brugge
  • 90+2'Goal · Fabien CamusGenk · 4-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Bernt EvensCercle Brugge

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genk 7, draws 0, Cercle Brugge 3.

Team news

Genk line-up

László Köteles, Anele Ngcongca, Jeroen Simaeys, José Nadson, Daniel Pudil, Dániel Tőzsér, Fabien Camus, Jelle Vossen, Elyaniv Felix Barda, Christian Benteke, Thomas Buffel

Cercle Brugge line-up

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