Mechelen 2-2 Cercle Brugge: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 26 February 2022

Result

Mechelen 2-2 Cercle Brugge

Pro League · Saturday 26 February 2022, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

Mechelen · Cercle Brugge · Pro League predictions

Mechelen 2-2 Cercle Brugge: match report

Mechelen drew with Cercle Brugge 2-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 26 February 2022. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Hugo Cuypers opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Mechelen's goals came from Hugo Cuypers (31') and Vinicius Souza (37'). Cercle Brugge scored through Senna Miangue (43') and K. Denkey (45').

Discipline: Mechelen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Mechelen were 7th on 45 points from 27 and Cercle Brugge 9th on 38 points from 28. Mechelen went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Cercle Brugge 10th with 45.

Mechelen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cercle Brugge in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Hugo Cuypers of Mechelen (8.0), ahead of Dino Hotic (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Hugo CuypersMechelen · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Vinicius SouzaMechelen · 2-0
  • 43'Goal · Senna MiangueCercle Brugge · 2-1
  • 45'Goal · K. DenkeyCercle Brugge · 2-2
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Senna MiangueCercle Brugge
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Vinicius SouzaMechelen
  • 49'Yellow card · Hannes Van Der BruggenCercle Brugge
  • 69'Second yellow · Hannes Van Der BruggenCercle Brugge
  • 76'Second yellow · Vinicius SouzaMechelen
  • 83'Yellow card · T. DidillonCercle Brugge
  • 86'Yellow card · R. van DrongelenMechelen

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Rick van Drongelen, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Rob Schoofs, Geoffry Hairemans, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Hugo Cuypers

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

Thomas Didillon-Hödl, Vitinho, Boris Popović, Jesper Daland, Senna Miangue, Leonardo Lopes, Dino Hotic, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Olivier Deman, Kévin Denkey, Rabbi Matondo