Genk 1-2 Cercle Brugge: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 24 November 2018

Result

Genk 1-2 Cercle Brugge

Pro League · Saturday 24 November 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Genk 1-2 Cercle Brugge: match report

Genk lost to Cercle Brugge 1-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 24 November 2018. The half-time score was 0-2.

Genk's goal came from Leandro Trossard (90+6'). Cercle Brugge scored through an own goal by Joseph Aidoo (26') and S. Gakpé (35').

Discipline: Genk received no yellow cards; Cercle Brugge received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Genk were 1st on 35 points from 15 and Cercle Brugge 10th on 19 points from 15. Genk went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Cercle Brugge 13th with 28.

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

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Xavier MercierCercle Brugge
  • 26'Own goal · Joseph AidooCercle Brugge · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · S. GakpéCercle Brugge · 0-2
  • 41'Yellow card · Gianni BrunoCercle Brugge
  • 81'Second yellow · Arnaud LusambaCercle Brugge
  • 81'Yellow card · Arnaud LusambaCercle Brugge
  • 89'Yellow card · D. De BelderCercle Brugge
  • 90+6'Goal · Leandro TrossardGenk · 1-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Genk line-up (4-3-3)

Danny Vukovic, Joakim Maehle, Sébastien Dewaest, Joseph Aidoo, Jere Uronen, Sander Berge, Alejandro Pozuelo, Bryan Heynen, Dieumerci Ndongala, Ally Samatta, Leandro Trossard

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

Paul Nardi, Naomichi Ueda, Isaac Kone, Jeremy Taravel, Benjamin Lambot, Xavier Mercier, Serge Gakpé, Arnaud Lusamba, Yoann Etienne, Irvin Cardona, Gianni Bruno