Club Brugge KV 2–0 Cercle Brugge — Belgian Pro League 2025/26 Match Stats

Belgian Pro League · 2025Sat, 9 Aug 2025, 14:00 UTCJan Breydel Stadion

Club Brugge KV

2–0Historical match

Cercle Brugge

DDL

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

Match at a glance

Club Brugge KV won 2–0.

Shots: 1410
Shots on target: 52
Expected goals: 1.560.69
Possession: 65%35%

Full time

What the match recorded

Club Brugge KV beat Cercle Brugge 2–0. Recorded in this match (Club Brugge KV – Cercle Brugge): shots 14–10, shots on target 5–2, expected goals 1.56–0.69, possession 65%–35%. 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.

Club Brugge KV show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Club Brugge KV's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

17.3 shots/match ▲ShotsClub Brugge KV · Cercle Brugge10.5 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Club Brugge KV	Cercle Brugge	Baseline
Shots	17.3 shots/match	10.5 shots/match	10.1 shots/match
Shots against	12 shots/match	11.3 shots/match	11.3 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

weak

Club Brugge KV have recorded the higher season possession share.

62% ●PossessionClub Brugge KV · Cercle Brugge44.8%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 17.2 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Club Brugge KV	Cercle Brugge	Baseline
Possession	62%	44.8%	50.8%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

weak

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Cercle Brugge.

7.8 days ▲Rest daysClub Brugge KV · Cercle Brugge6 days

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

Metric	Club Brugge KV	Cercle Brugge	Baseline
Rest days	7.8 days	6 days	—
Matches last 14 days	2 matches	3 matches	—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

This match

Match statistics

Shots14 shots10 shotsClub Brugge KV 14 shots, Cercle Brugge 10 shots
Shots on target5 shots2 shotsClub Brugge KV 5 shots, Cercle Brugge 2 shots
Expected goals1.56 xG0.69 xGClub Brugge KV 1.56 xG, Cercle Brugge 0.69 xG
Possession65%35%Club Brugge KV 65%, Cercle Brugge 35%
Corners9 corners5 cornersClub Brugge KV 9 corners, Cercle Brugge 5 corners
Fouls15 fouls11 foulsClub Brugge KV 15 fouls, Cercle Brugge 11 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards3 cardsClub Brugge KV 2 cards, Cercle Brugge 3 cards

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.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Club Brugge KV: 14 shots, 5 on target, 1.78 xG. Cercle Brugge: 11 shots, 2 on target, 1.10 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

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

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Club Brugge KV 1.78 xG · Cercle Brugge 1.10 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Club Brugge KV

3Draws

0Cercle Brugge

9 Mar 2025Cercle Brugge — Club Brugge KV · Belgian Pro League1–3

1 Sept 2024Club Brugge KV — Cercle Brugge · Belgian Pro League3–0

26 May 2024Club Brugge KV — Cercle Brugge · Belgian Pro League0–0

1 Apr 2024Cercle Brugge — Club Brugge KV · Belgian Pro League1–1

18 Feb 2024Cercle Brugge — Club Brugge KV · Belgian Pro League1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Club Brugge KV favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Cercle Brugge in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Club Brugge KV3 matchesCercle Brugge4 matches

1.67 goals/match ▲Goals scored3/40 goals/match

1 goal/matchGoals allowed3/41 goal/match

1.72 xG/match ▲Expected goals3/30.83 xG/match

17.3 shots/match ▲Shots3/410.5 shots/match

5 shots/match ▲Shots on target3/42 shots/match

62% ●Possession3/444.8%

6.67 corners/match ●Corners3/44 corners/match

1.33 cards/matchCards3/32.67 cards/match

10.7 fouls/matchFouls3/411 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples3 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 4last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 9 Aug 2025, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Belgian Pro League

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance

What the match recorded

Club Brugge KV show a distinct attacking-volume record