Union Saint-Gilloise 2-3 Cercle Brugge: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 7 April 2024

Result

Union Saint-Gilloise 2-3 Cercle Brugge

Pro League · Sunday 7 April 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

Union Saint-Gilloise · Cercle Brugge · Pro League predictions

Union Saint-Gilloise 2-3 Cercle Brugge: match report

Union Saint-Gilloise were beaten by Cercle Brugge 2-3 in the Pro League on Sunday 7 April 2024. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Alan Minda opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Union Saint-Gilloise's goals came from Gustaf Nilsson (45+5', penalty) and Dennis Eckert Ayensa (90+2'). Cercle Brugge scored through Alan Minda (5'), Kévin Denkey (6') and Thibo Somers (71').

Discipline: Union Saint-Gilloise received 2 yellow cards; Cercle Brugge received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Union Saint-Gilloise were 1st on 70 points from 31 and Cercle Brugge 7th on 48 points from 31. Union Saint-Gilloise went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Cercle Brugge 7th with 60.

Union Saint-Gilloise lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cercle Brugge in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Warleson of Cercle Brugge (8.7), ahead of Dennis Eckert Ayensa (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Union Saint-Gilloise wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cercle Brugge.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Alan MindaCercle Brugge · 0-1
  • 6'Goal · Kévin DenkeyCercle Brugge · 0-2
  • 45+5'Penalty goal · Gustaf NilssonUnion Saint-Gilloise · 1-2
  • 47'Yellow card · Leonardo LopesCercle Brugge
  • 69'Yellow card · Edgaras UtkusCercle Brugge
  • 71'Goal · Thibo SomersCercle Brugge · 1-3
  • 78'Yellow card · Alan MindaCercle Brugge
  • 79'Yellow card · Anthony MorisUnion Saint-Gilloise
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Kazeem OlaigbeCercle Brugge
  • 90+2'Goal · Dennis Eckert AyensaUnion Saint-Gilloise · 2-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Henok TeklabUnion Saint-Gilloise

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Union Saint-Gilloise 5, draws 1, Cercle Brugge 0.

Team news

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Union Saint-Gilloise line-up (3-5-2)

Anthony Moris, Ross Sykes, Charles Vanhoutte, Koki Machida, Alessio Castro-Montes, Lazare Amani, Noah Sadiki, Cameron Puertas, Loïc Lapoussin, Gustaf Nilsson, Mohamed Amoura

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

Warleson, Hugo Siquet, Edgaras Utkus, Jesper Daland, Christiaan Ravych, Leonardo Lopes, Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Thibo Somers, Félix Lemaréchal, Alan Minda, Kévin Denkey