Cercle Brugge vs Gent

Cercle Brugge host Gent in the Jupiler Pro League, kicking off on Sunday, 6 September 2026 at Jan Breydel Stadion. Cercle Brugge sit 13th in the table and Gent are 3rd, so the visitors come in above their hosts.

Over their last 4 league games Cercle Brugge have taken 2 draws and 2 defeats (D D L L). At home and away combined they are averaging 1.3 goals scored and 1.8 conceded per game this season, with 0 clean sheets on the board.

Over their last 3 league games Gent have taken 3 wins (W W W). Gent are averaging 2.0 scored and 0.7 conceded per game, keeping 1 clean sheet so far.

Their last 10 meetings have produced 5 wins for Cercle Brugge, 3 for Gent and 2 draws, averaging 3.4 goals a game. That recent history is one of the inputs behind the rating below.

Weighing recent scoring rates, home and away splits and the head-to-head record through a Poisson model with a Dixon-Coles low-score adjustment, our engine lands on Double Chance 1X (Home or Draw) as the pick, rated 86% at odds of 1.16. The model's expected-goals line for this fixture is 1.83 to 0.78.

Cercle home advantage with Gent playing just 3 days after previous match (fixture congestion). Gent's recent 2-1 win shows form, but Cercle's xG (1.83 vs 0.78) favours the home side or stalemate.