Gent vs Cercle Brugge prediction and preview
Pro League · Saturday 23 January 2027, 00:00 UTC
Match facts
Gent vs Cercle Brugge preview
Gent welcome Cercle Brugge on Saturday 23 January 2027 (00:00 UTC) in the Pro League.
Gent have collected 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from their last 5 league games; Cercle Brugge have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats over the same stretch. Over their last 6, Gent have scored 2.0 and conceded 0.7 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Cercle Brugge average 1.3 scored and 2.5 conceded across their last 6, with 0 clean sheets.
The sides have met 1 time in the records we hold: Gent won 1, 0 games were drawn and Cercle Brugge won 0. Those games averaged 3.0 goals, 1 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 0. The most recent meeting, on 6 Sep 2026, ended Cercle Brugge 0-3 Gent.
At home this season Gent have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 4 matches; on the road Cercle Brugge have 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 4.
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Gent expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Davy Roef, Maksim Paskotsi, Siebe Van der Heyden, Christian Burgess, Tiago Araújo, Mathias Delorge, Hyllarion Goore, Momodou Sonko, Ibrahima Cissé, Michel-Ange Balikwisha
Cercle Brugge expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gaëtan Coucke, Geoffrey Kondo, Royer Caicedo, Valy Konaté, Ibrahim Diakité, Tunde Akinsola, Luke Le Roux, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Steve Ngoura