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Belgian Pro League · 2025

Cercle Brugge 0–0 FCV Dender · Belgian Pro League

0–0Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Cercle Brugge and FCV Dender drew 0–0.

Shots
2111
Shots on target
86
Expected goals
1.751.09
Possession
48%52%

Full time

What the match recorded

Cercle Brugge and FCV Dender drew 0–0. Recorded in this match (Cercle Brugge – FCV Dender): shots 21–11, shots on target 8–6, expected goals 1.75–1.09, possession 48%–52%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Cercle Brugge's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Cercle Brugge's last-five shots average is above their season average.

18.8 shots/match ▲ShotsLast 5 · Season13.8 shots/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Shots18.8 shots/match13.8 shots/match13.4 shots/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots21 shots11 shotsCercle Brugge 21 shots, FCV Dender 11 shots
  • Shots on target8 shots6 shotsCercle Brugge 8 shots, FCV Dender 6 shots
  • Expected goals1.75 xG1.09 xGCercle Brugge 1.75 xG, FCV Dender 1.09 xG
  • Possession48%52%Cercle Brugge 48%, FCV Dender 52%
  • Corners9 corners4 cornersCercle Brugge 9 corners, FCV Dender 4 corners
  • Fouls10 fouls10 foulsCercle Brugge 10 fouls, FCV Dender 10 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

Valy Konaté · Cercle Brugge · 5′ · 0.01 xG · on targetDavid Toshevski · FCV Dender · 36′ · 0.02 xG · on targetGary Magnee · Cercle Brugge · 45′ · 0.02 xG · on targetNoah Mbamba · FCV Dender · 51′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedDante Vanzeir · Cercle Brugge · 70′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedEmmanuel Kakou · Cercle Brugge · 90′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedFabio Ferraro · FCV Dender · 16′ · 0.03 xG · on targetMakaya Ibrahima Diaby · Cercle Brugge · 45′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedAlireza Jahanbakhsh · FCV Dender · 62′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedDante Vanzeir · Cercle Brugge · 8′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedDante Vanzeir · Cercle Brugge · 43′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedChristiaan Ravych · Cercle Brugge · 77′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedMohamed Berte · FCV Dender · 90′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedNoah Mbamba · FCV Dender · 36′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedKrzysztof Koton · FCV Dender · 90′ · 0.05 xG · on targetSteve Ngoura · Cercle Brugge · 70′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blockedSteve Ngoura · Cercle Brugge · 85′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blockedHannes Van Der Bruggen · Cercle Brugge · 5′ · 0.07 xG · off target or blockedOumar Diakité · Cercle Brugge · 9′ · 0.07 xG · on targetMakaya Ibrahima Diaby · Cercle Brugge · 20′ · 0.08 xG · on targetAlireza Jahanbakhsh · FCV Dender · 54′ · 0.08 xG · on targetSteve Ngoura · Cercle Brugge · 77′ · 0.09 xG · on targetJunior Marsoni Sambu Mansoni​ · FCV Dender · 21′ · 0.10 xG · off target or blockedOumar Diakité · Cercle Brugge · 45′ · 0.10 xG · off target or blockedDante Vanzeir · Cercle Brugge · 2′ · 0.11 xG · off target or blockedDante Vanzeir · Cercle Brugge · 2′ · 0.11 xG · on targetMakaya Ibrahima Diaby · Cercle Brugge · 10′ · 0.14 xG · off target or blockedPieter Gerkens · Cercle Brugge · 81′ · 0.15 xG · off target or blockedOluwaseun Adewumi · Cercle Brugge · 72′ · 0.22 xG · on targetDavid Toshevski · FCV Dender · 13′ · 0.23 xG · on targetMakaya Ibrahima Diaby · Cercle Brugge · 2′ · 0.27 xG · on targetAlireza Jahanbakhsh · FCV Dender · 64′ · 0.42 xG · on target
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  • goal
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Cercle Brugge: 21 shots, 8 on target, 1.75 xG. FCV Dender: 11 shots, 6 on target, 1.07 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

0120′HT90′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Cercle Brugge 1.75 xG · FCV Dender 1.07 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Cercle Brugge
2Draws
0FCV Dender
FCV Dender — Cercle Brugge · Belgian Pro League0–0
FCV Dender — Cercle Brugge · Belgian Pro League0–1
Cercle Brugge — FCV Dender · Belgian Pro League0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Cercle Brugge favored in 8 of 11 directional metrics · FCV Dender in 1 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Cercle Brugge29 matchesFCV Dender27 matches
1.17 goals/match ▲Goals scored29/270.78 goals/match
1.38 goals/match ▲Goals allowed29/271.63 goals/match
1.45 xG/match ▲Expected goals27/271.14 xG/match
13.8 shots/match ▲Shots29/2710.9 shots/match
4.34 shots/match ▲Shots on target29/273.93 shots/match
47.3%Possession29/27● 47.3%
4.9 corners/match ●Corners29/273.56 corners/match
10.7 fouls/matchFouls29/2711.3 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples29 / 27home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 1 Mar 2026, 22:15 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Belgian Pro League

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsCercle BruggeFCV Dender
CompetitionBelgian Pro LeagueBelgian Pro League 2025/26
Head-to-headCercle Brugge — FCV Dender
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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