BRUGGE. Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Club Brugge was much superior in terms of ball possession (64%)​.

The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Erik Lambrechts who had the assistance of Jo De Weirdt and Kevin Monteny. The 4th official was Michiel Allaerts. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.74 degrees Celsius or 47.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Club Brugge had a superior ball possession 64% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Club Brugge was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Club Brugge to win the match​.

Club Brugge shot 13 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Cercle Brugge shot 20 times, 3 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Club Brugge received 2 yellow cards (Joel Ordóñez and Raphael Onyedika). On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge received 5 yellow cards (Flávio Nazinho, Edgaras Utkus, Alan Minda, Thibo Somers and Kévin Denkey).

Standings

After this match, Club Brugge will have 20 points to hold in the 7th place. On the other side, Cercle Brugge will have 22 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Club Brugge will play away with Sint-Truiden on the 16th of March with a 20-2 head to head in favor of Club Brugge (9 draws).

Cercle Brugge will host RWDM on the 16th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of RWDM (0 draws).

Club Brugge – Formation

Club Brugge adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ronny Deila decided to play with the following team: Simon Mignolet (7.5), Tajon Buchanan (6.6), Brandon Mechele (7.8), Joel Ordóñez (6.7), Bjorn Meijer (7.7), Raphael Onyedika (7.0), Hugo Vetlesen (7.7), Andreas Skov Olsen (6.3), Hans Vanaken (7.0), Philip Zinckernagel (7.3) and Ferran Jutglà (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Michał Skóraś, Casper Nielsen (7.1), Nordin Jackers, Antonio Nusa, Nick Shinton, Éder Balanta, Maxim De Cuyper (7.0), Jorne Spileers (6.7), Shion Homma and Igor Thiago (6.4).

Club Brugge could not rely on the presence of Jorne Spileers (injured), Igor Thiago (injured) and Casper Nielsen (injured).

Substitutions

Club Brugge made 5 changes: Joel Ordóñez for Jorne Spileers (46′), Andreas Skov Olsen for Igor Thiago (46′), Tajon Buchanan for Maxim De Cuyper (64′), Raphael Onyedika for Casper Nielsen (64′) and Philip Zinckernagel for Michał Skóraś (88′).

Best player: Brandon Mechele​

The player that probably impressed the most for Club Brugge was Brandon Mechele.

His rating is (7.8) with 57 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 17.

Cercle Brugge – Formation

Also Cercle Brugge adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Miron Muslić played with: Warleson (8.8), Hugo Siquet (8.1), Edgaras Utkus (7.7), Jesper Daland (8.1), Flávio Nazinho (7.5), Nils De Wilde (7.1), Hannes Van Der Bruggen (7.3), Thibo Somers (6.8), Félix Lemaréchal (7.1), Yann Gboho (6.4) and Kévin Denkey (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Boris Popović (7.3), Alan Minda (7.0), Senna Miangue (6.7), Kazeem Olaigbe, Maxime Delanghe, Romaric Etonde and Jordan Varela.

Cercle Brugge could not rely on the presence of Senna Miangue (injured), Kazeem Olaigbe (injured) and Boris Popović (injured).

Substitutions

Cercle Brugge made 4 changes: Flávio Nazinho for Senna Miangue (79′), Yann Gboho for Alan Minda (79′), Hugo Siquet for Kazeem Olaigbe (90′) and Edgaras Utkus for Boris Popović (70′).

Best player: Warleson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was the goalkeeper: Warleson. His rating is 8.77. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​

• Union Saint-Gilloise – Kortrijk – 3-0
• Gent – Anderlecht – 1-1
• Genk – OH Leuven – 3-1
• Club Brugge – Cercle Brugge – 0-0