Cercle Brugge vs Gent prediction for Sunday’s Jupiler Pro League round 23 fixture at Jan Breydel Stadion in Brugge. Follow on for our free predictions betting tips and preview.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Gent to Win or Draw – 1.34
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Over 2 Goals – 1.47
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Cercle Brugge 0 Goal Handicap – 2.36
Gent to Win or Draw
There is a slight advantage for Gent to win this game with 45% as opposed to Cercle Brugge’s 40%. Gent won two drew one and lost one of their last four away games. Moreover, Gent won three of the last five h2h meetings.
Over 2 Goals
The prospect to see over 1.5 goals is quite high with a 76% possibility. To illustrate, 70% of Cercle Brugge’s home games and 82% of Gent’s away league fixtures also produced over 1.5 goals.
Cercle Brugge 0 Goal Handicap
Cercle Brugge have been faring well in their recent home games winning three of their last five matches at the Jan Breydel Stadion. As a result, Cercle Brugge were able to cover the 0 goal handicap in 14 of their 22 games.
Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge went back to winning ways after four winless games by beating Oostende 1-2 on the road in round 22. The Green and Blacks are tenth in the Jupiler Pro League with 30 points, the same spot they finished the league last season.
The defense has not been Cercle’s department as they conceded at least a goal in eight of their ten home matches. However, coach Miron Muslic’s team showed 26.5% improvement as they conceded 1.00 goals per game in their last eight fixtures as opposed to their season’s average of 1.36.
Gent
Gent have the second-best defense in the league with 21 goals conceded in 22 games. The Buffalos came back from St. Truiden with an impressive win by a score of 0-3 and with it raised their points tally to 38 in the fourth spot.
Like their opponents, Gent have improved their defense in recent games. In detail, Gent conceded 0.95 goals per game in the league since the start of the season. Gent’s form stats show that they allowed their opponents to score 0.50 points per game in the last eight games which is 47.4% lower than theur season’s average.
Cercle Brugge and Gent shared the wins in their last two meetings and the third ended in a draw. Considering Gent’s better form throughout the season, we will back a double chance of a draw or away win.
Gent are averaging 1.73 goals per game when playing on the road. Additionally, Gent have scored at least a goals in the last six h2hs. With odds of 1.48 at 1xBet, we predict Gent to score over one goal.
Hugo Cuypers is the Jupiler Pro League’s joint second-best scorer with 13 goals. The Belgian forward added three goals in the conference league and has a rating of 7.09 in 19 appearances for Gent.
Cercle Brugge’s van der, Sousa, and Utkus are all questionable.
Gent’s injury list includes Hjulsager, Fortuna, Godeau, Samoise, Odjidja-Ofoe, and Tissoudali.
Cercle Brugge: Warleson; Popovic, Daland, Siquet; Somers, Vanhoutte, Francis, Deman; Ravych, Ueda, Denkey;
Gent: Nardi; Piatkowski, Ngadjui, Okumu; Castro, Kums, de Sart, Torunarigha; Hong, Salah, Cuypers;
Jan Breydel Stadion in Brugge.
This game will be played on the 29th of January, 2023 at 15:00 UTC.
Bet365 live stream.