Dender 1-4 Cercle Brugge – Match Report, Lineups & Stats

Match summary

Cercle Brugge beat Dender 4-1 in Jupiler Pro League on Sun, 19 Apr 2026.

Goals — Dender: Mbamba 45' | Cercle Brugge: Kondo 2'; I. Diaby 46'; S. Ngoura 54'; Diop 61'.

Dender had 59% of the possession and 8 shots (2 on target) against 19 (12) for Cercle Brugge; corners 4-6, yellow cards 4-0.

In their last 7 meetings Dender won 0, Cercle Brugge won 3 and 4 ended level.

Venue: Dender Football Complex. Referee: Jan Boterberg.

Match timeline

2'KondoAssist: NazinhoGoal0-1
29'•Goal Disallowed
40'JahanbakhshYellow card
41'SambuYellow card
45'MbambaAssist: JahanbakhshGoal1-1
46'I. DiabyGoal1-2
54'S. NgouraAssist: NazinhoGoal1-3
60'⇄In OratmangoenOut KerfSubstitution
60'⇄In De FougerollesOut D. HrncarSubstitution
61'DiopAssist: KondoGoal1-4
66'⇄In DietschOut GallonSubstitution
66'⇄In JuradoOut GerkensSubstitution
66'⇄In DiakiteOut S. NgouraSubstitution
66'⇄In O. AdewumiOut VanzeirSubstitution
67'ViltardYellow card
72'⇄In NsimbaOut D. ToševskiSubstitution
72'⇄In N. SebtaouiOut B. GoncalvesSubstitution
74'⇄In CaicedoOut Ismail DiakiteSubstitution
80'⇄In WildeOut Van der BruggenSubstitution
90'N. SebtaouiYellow card

Lineups

Cercle Brugge 3-5-2Dender 4-2-3-1

Dender

Coach: Yannick Ferrera

Substitutes

77Bruny NsimbaAttacker6.2
30Guillaume DietschGoalkeeper7.1
44Luc De FougerollesDefender5.9
67Nail Moutha-SebtaouiDefender6.4
11Ragnar OratmangoenAttacker6.0
60Oumar BaldeMidfielder
15Krzysztof KotońMidfielder
23Desmond AcquahMidfielder
90Mohamed BerteAttacker

Unavailable players

Benjamin FredrickKnee injury
Michael VerripsShoulder injury

Cercle Brugge

Coach: Lars Friis

Substitutes

33Royer CaicedoDefender6.6
27Nils De WildeMidfielder6.6
17Oluwaseun AdewumiMidfielder6.5
23Heriberto JuradoAttacker6.6
10Oumar DiakitéAttacker6.6
21Maxime DelangheGoalkeeper
75Sebbe GheerardynsDefender
6Lawrence AgyekumMidfielder
41Krys KouassiAttacker

Unavailable players

Christiaan RavychFoot injury
Emmanuel Kakou-
Erick NunesKnock injury
Abdoul OuattaraMuscle injury

Statistics

DenderCercle Brugge

Key statistics

59%Possession41%

8Total Shots19

2Shots On Target12

2Big Chances Created6

4Corners6

12Fouls10

4Yellow Cards0

0Red Cards0

3Offsides4

8Goalkeeper Saves1

350Passes Completed240

All statistics

84Attacks74

4Shots Off Target4

2Shots Blocked3

0Hit Woodwork0

10Free Kicks11

8Shots Inside The Box14

464Total Passes326

0Shots Outside The Box5

2Big Chances Missed3

2/13 (15%)Crosses Completed3/13 (23%)

225Passes Own Half150

252Passes Opposition Half189

32/70 (46%)Long Passes Completed16/51 (31%)

23Throw-Ins12

7Key Passes14

90Passes Into Final Third70

73Backward Passes47

8Goal Kicks9

6Interceptions12

14/16 (88%)Tackles Won5/12 (42%)

17Clearances27

54Duels Won49

17/31 (55%)Aerial Duels Won14/31 (45%)

37/72 (51%)Ground Duels Won35/72 (49%)

10Was Fouled11

11/18 (61%)Successful Dribbles12/18 (67%)

7Was Dribbled Past6

11Final Third Possession Won8

164Possession Lost139

5Substitutions5

Previous meetings

0 Dender4 draws3 Cercle Brugge

Match information

Competition: Jupiler Pro League
Round: Round 3
Kick-off: Sun, 19 Apr 2026
Stadium: Dender Football Complex
Capacity: 6,429
Attendance: 1,437
Referee: Jan Boterberg