Genk 2-1 Cercle Brugge: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 8 February 2025

Result

Genk 2-1 Cercle Brugge

Pro League · Saturday 8 February 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

Genk · Cercle Brugge · Pro League predictions

Genk 2-1 Cercle Brugge: match report

Genk won against Cercle Brugge 2-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 8 February 2025. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Thibo Somers opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Genk's goals came from Jarne Steuckers (19', penalty) and Hyeon-gyu Oh (40'). Cercle Brugge scored through Thibo Somers (10').

Discipline: Genk received no yellow cards; Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Genk were 1st on 54 points from 24 and Cercle Brugge 11th on 29 points from 24. Genk went on to finish that season 3rd with 81 points, and Cercle Brugge 14th with 39.

Genk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cercle Brugge in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hyeon-gyu Oh of Genk (8.3), level with Jarne Steuckers (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Genk wins, 5 draws and 1 for Cercle Brugge.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Thibo SomersCercle Brugge · 0-1
  • 19'Penalty goal · Jarne SteuckersGenk · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · Hyeon-gyu OhGenk · 2-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Lucas PerrinCercle Brugge
  • 81'Red card · Maxime DelangheCercle Brugge
  • 89'Yellow card · Ibrahim DiakitéCercle Brugge

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genk 4, draws 5, Cercle Brugge 1.

Team news

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Genk line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mike Penders, Ken Nkuba, Mujaid Sadick, Matte Smets, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Nikolas Sattlberger, Bryan Heynen, Jarne Steuckers, Patrik Hrosovsky, Noah Adedeji-Sternberg, Hyeon-gyu Oh

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

Maxime Delanghe, Ibrahim Diakité, Christiaan Ravych, Edgaras Utkus, Erick Nunes, Abu Francis, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Gary Magnée, Lawrence Agyekum, Thibo Somers, Felipe Augusto