Gent vs Cercle Brugge: result 1-0 and analysis
Jupiler Pro LeagueRegular Season - 31Kick-off on March 21, 2021 at 07:45 PM (UTC)Planet Group Arena, Gent
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What was the result of Gent vs Cercle Brugge?
Gent won 1-0 on March 21, 2021.
Goalscorers
- 81′A. Castro-MontesGent
Official lineup for Gent vs Cercle Brugge
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Gent
3-4-1-2- 7R. Yaremchuk
- 29L. Depoitre
- 6E. Owusu
- 9R. Bezus
- 24S. Kums
- 14A. Castro-Montes
- 15M. Mohammadi
- 21A. Hanche-Olsen
- 25Núrio Fortuna
- 36D. Arslanagić
- 1S. Bolat
Cercle Brugge
3-5-2- 11A. Musaba
- 9I. Ugbo
- 23O. Deman
- 14C. Vanhoutte
- 42Leonardo Lopes
- 2Vitinho
- 15S. Pavlović
- 24J. Marcelin
- 41G. Biancone
- 3D. Bates
- 1T. Didillon
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Gent have 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats; Cercle Brugge have 5, 2 and 8.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2021 | Club Brugge KV(home) | 0-4 | Jupiler Pro League |
| Mar 8, 2021 | Oostende(home) | 1-0 | Jupiler Pro League |
| Mar 3, 2021 | AS Eupen(away) | 0-1 | Cup |
| Feb 19, 2021 | KV Mechelen(away) | 1-1 | Jupiler Pro League |
| Feb 15, 2021 | Royal Excel Mouscron(home) | 4-0 | Jupiler Pro League |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2021 | Genk(away) | 0-2 | Jupiler Pro League |
| Mar 3, 2021 | Anderlecht(away) | 0-1 | Cup |
| Feb 27, 2021 | SK Beveren(home) | 2-0 | Jupiler Pro League |
| Feb 20, 2021 | Royal Excel Mouscron(away) | 2-1 | Jupiler Pro League |
| Feb 14, 2021 | Anderlecht(home) | 0-0 | Jupiler Pro League |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 6 meetings: 4 Gent wins, 0 draws, 2 Cercle Brugge wins.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2020 | Cercle Brugge 5-2 Gent | Jupiler Pro League |
| Mar 1, 2020 | Cercle Brugge 1-0 Gent | Jupiler Pro League |
| Sep 1, 2019 | Gent 3-2 Cercle Brugge | Jupiler Pro League |
| Dec 21, 2018 | Gent 4-1 Cercle Brugge | Jupiler Pro League |
| Sep 2, 2018 | Cercle Brugge 0-3 Gent | Jupiler Pro League |
| Nov 22, 2014 | Gent 4-0 Cercle Brugge | Jupiler Pro League |
Last archived meeting: Cercle Brugge vs Gent on Oct 17, 2020
How many goals should we expect?
Gent score 1.5 and concede 0.9 goals per match over their last 15; Cercle Brugge score 1.0 and concede 1.3.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gent | 1.5 | 0.9 | 5 | 6/15 | 6/15 |
| Cercle Brugge | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2 | 7/15 | 7/15 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
Gent sit 1st in Jupiler Pro League (22 points from 8 matches) and Cercle Brugge sit 18th (3 points from 8 matches).
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gent | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 |
| 18 | Cercle Brugge | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 |
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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy