Mechelen 1-1 Cercle Brugge: result and report
Pro League · Friday 23 December 2022
Result
Mechelen 1-1 Cercle Brugge
Pro League · Friday 23 December 2022, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Mechelen 1-1 Cercle Brugge: match report
Mechelen drew with Cercle Brugge 1-1 in the Pro League on Friday 23 December 2022. The half-time score was 0-1.
K. Denkey opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Mechelen's goal came from Nikola Storm (71'). Cercle Brugge scored through K. Denkey (3').
Discipline: Mechelen received 4 yellow cards; Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Mechelen were 14th on 18 points from 16 and Cercle Brugge 9th on 25 points from 17. Mechelen went on to finish that season 13th with 37 points, and Cercle Brugge 6th with 61.
Mechelen 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 Radoslaw Majecki of Cercle Brugge (8.7), ahead of Rob Schoofs (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Mechelen wins, 2 draws and 1 for Cercle Brugge.
Key events
- 3'Goal · K. Denkey
- 19'Yellow card · David Bates
- 32'Yellow card · O. Deman
- 45+1'Yellow card · Steven Defour
- 45+2'Yellow card · Birger Verstraete
- 52'Second yellow · O. Deman
- 71'Goal · Nikola Storm
- 73'Yellow card · Kerim Mrabti
- 74'Yellow card · J. Daland
- 83'Yellow card · Charles Vanhoutte
- 87'Missed penalty · Yonas Malede
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Edgaras Utkus
- Jordi Vanlerberghe
- Jean Marcelin
- David Sousa
- Hannes Van Der Bruggen
- Julien Ngoy
- Boli Bolingoli
Mechelen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, David Bates, Dimitri Lavalée, Lucas Bijker, Birger Verstraete, Rob Schoofs, Geoffry Hairemans, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Alessio Da Cruz
Cercle Brugge line-up (3-4-1-2)
Radoslaw Majecki, Boris Popović, Christiaan Ravych, Jesper Daland, Thibo Somers, Abu Francis, Charles Vanhoutte, Olivier Deman, Dino Hotic, Ayase Ueda, Kévin Denkey