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Cercle Brugge
Belgian Pro League
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KAA Gent
Cercle Brugge vs KAA Gent: match report
Cercle Brugge KSV hosted KAA Gent at Jan Breydel Stadium on Sunday 6 September 2026, in the Belgian Pro League (round 5). Cercle Brugge are without 1 player (Abdoulie Manneh); KAA Gent have no reported absences. Yosuke Araki is the referee, averaging 2.7 yellow cards a game against a league average of 2.4.
Result and scorers
Cercle Brugge 0-3 KAA Gent. Goals: Emmanuel Kakou 21' (own goal) for KAA Gent; Tibe De Vlieger 78' (pen) for KAA Gent; El Hadji Seck 90'+2' for KAA Gent.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 21' Own goal: Emmanuel Kakou (KAA Gent)
- 71' Yellow card: Lazare Amani (Cercle Brugge)
- 78' Penalty: Tibe De Vlieger (KAA Gent)
- 90'+2' Goal: El Hadji Seck (KAA Gent)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 49.7% | Possession | 50.3% |
| 9 | Shots | 9 |
| 1 | Shots on target | 3 |
| 8 | Corners | 0 |
| 15 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 1 | Saves | 1 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Cercle Brugge 3-4-3
Coach: Lars Friis
- 1 Gaëtan Coucke GK
- 2 Ibrahim Diakité DEF
- 5 Emmanuel Kakou DEF
- 24 Geoffrey Kondo DEF
- 15 Gary Magnée DEF
- 10 Lazare Amani MID
- 42 Lukas Mondele MID
- 12 Valy Konaté MID
- 71 Viggo Martens MID
- 9 Steve Ngoura FWD
- 22 Lucas Michal FWD
Bench
- 8 Erick Nunes MID
- 30 Babatunde Akinsola FWD
- 41 Krys Kouassi FWD
- 33 Royer Caicedo DEF
- 7 Abdoul Ouattara FWD
- 84 Bas Langenbick GK
- 21 Yann Lienard GK
- 28 Hannes van der Bruggen MID
- 62 Ilian Temperman FWD
KAA Gent 3-4-2-1
Coach: Rik De Mil
- 33 Davy Roef GK
- 5 Mouhamed Ngom DEF
- 16 Christian Burgess DEF
- 44 Siebe van der Heyden DEF
- 57 Matties Volckaert DEF
- 27 Tibe De Vlieger MID
- 17 Mathias Delorge MID
- 20 Tiago Araújo MID
- 7 Michel-Ange Balikwisha MID
- 11 Momodou Sonko MID
- 47 Josué Vergara FWD
Bench
- 8 Lászlo Bénes MID
- 59 El Hadji Seck FWD
- 22 Leonardo Lopes MID
- 39 Abdoul Ayindé DEF
- 3 Maksim Paskotši DEF
- 30 Kjell Peersman GK
- 56 Mamadou Diallo DEF
- 37 Abdelkahar Kadri MID
- 10 Aimé Omgba MID
- 14 Kyrell Wilson FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Cercle Brugge
- Abdoulie Manneh injury, back Day to day
KAA Gent
No reported absences.
Previous meetings
- Friday 20 February 2026: KAA Gent 0-1 Cercle Brugge KSV
- Sunday 28 September 2025: Cercle Brugge KSV 2-4 KAA Gent
- Sunday 15 December 2024: KAA Gent 1-1 Cercle Brugge KSV
- Thursday 26 September 2024: Cercle Brugge KSV 2-1 KAA Gent
- Sunday 11 February 2024: KAA Gent 1-2 Cercle Brugge KSV