Gent 2-2 Cercle Brugge: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 20 May 2023

Result

Gent 2-2 Cercle Brugge

Pro League · Saturday 20 May 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Gent · Cercle Brugge · Pro League predictions

Gent 2-2 Cercle Brugge: match report

Gent drew with Cercle Brugge 2-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 20 May 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

K. Denkey opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Gent's goals came from Gift Emmanuel Orban (49') and Hugo Cuypers (85'). Cercle Brugge scored through K. Denkey (18') and Ayase Ueda (70', penalty).

Discipline: Gent received 1 yellow card; Cercle Brugge received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Gent were 4th on 65 points from 37 and Cercle Brugge 8th on 54 points from 37. Gent went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Cercle Brugge 6th with 61.

Gent lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cercle Brugge in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kévin Denkey of Cercle Brugge (8.5), ahead of Thibo Somers (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · K. DenkeyCercle Brugge · 0-1
  • 49'Goal · Gift Emmanuel OrbanGent · 1-1
  • 70'Penalty goal · Ayase UedaCercle Brugge · 1-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Abu FrancisCercle Brugge
  • 81'Yellow card · Gift Emmanuel OrbanGent
  • 85'Goal · Hugo CuypersGent · 2-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Gent line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Nardi, Matisse Samoise, Kamil Piątkowski, Jordan Torunarigha, Alessio Castro-Montes, Andrew Hjulsager, Sven Kums, Julien De Sart, Hyun-seok Hong, Hugo Cuypers, Gift Orban

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

Radoslaw Majecki, Leonardo Lopes, Jean Marcelin, Jesper Daland, Thibo Somers, Abu Francis, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Olivier Deman, Yann Gboho, Kévin Denkey, Ayase Ueda