Union St. Gilloise vs Cercle Brugge 5-2
- M. Sylla (OG)48'
- R. Florucz49'
- M. Sylla62'
- R. Mofokeng80'
- K. Rodriguez90'
- S. Ngoura (P)24'
- E. Kakou (OG)74'
- Kick-off
- Sun, 25 Oct 2026 · 18:15 (UTC)
- Venue
- Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels
- Referee
- Wesli De Cremer, Belgium
Match timeline
- 90+5’VAR check
Union St. GilloiseN. HavenaarGoal Disallowed - offside - 90+2’Yellow card
Cercle BruggeS. Ngoura - 90’Goal!
Union St. GilloiseK. RodriguezAssist: R. Mofokeng5 – 2 - 89’Substitution
Union St. GilloiseR. Sykes ONL. Patris OFF - 89’Substitution
Union St. GilloiseI. Pavlic ONK. Van De Perre OFF - 85’Substitution
Cercle BruggeK. Kouassi ONL. Le Roux OFF - 85’Substitution
Cercle BruggeG. Magnee ONV. Konate OFF - 81’Substitution
Union St. GilloiseA. Zorgane ONR. Florucz OFF
Show 15 earlier events
- 80’Goal!
Union St. GilloiseR. MofokengAssist: L. Patris4 – 2 - 76’Yellow card
Cercle BruggeH. van der Bruggen - 74’Own goal
Union St. GilloiseE. Kakou3 – 2 - 71’Substitution
Cercle BruggeT. Adaramola ONI. Diakite OFF - 71’Substitution
Cercle BruggeL. Mondele ONA. Manneh OFF - 66’Substitution
Union St. GilloiseK. Rodriguez OND. Aquino OFF - 64’Red card
Cercle BruggeD. Vanzeir - 63’Substitution
Cercle BruggeErick Nunes ONT. Akinsola OFF - 62’Goal!
Union St. GilloiseM. SyllaAssist: N. Havenaar3 – 1 - 57’Yellow card
Cercle BruggeV. Konate - 49’Goal!
Union St. GilloiseR. FloruczAssist: D. De Roeve2 – 1 - 48’Own goal
Cercle BruggeM. Sylla1 – 1 - 46’Substitution
Union St. GilloiseD. De Roeve ONN. Chibani OFF - 40’Yellow card
Union St. GilloiseN. Chibani - 24’Penalty goal
Cercle BruggeS. Ngoura0 – 1 - 1’Kick-off
Key stats
- 65%Possession35%
- 22Shots5
- 1.70xG1.23
- 11Shots on Target2
- 13Corners1
- 80%Pass Accuracy66%
- 1Offsides0
- 1Saves8
- 451Passes244
- 9Fouls12
- 1Yellow Cards2
- 0Red Cards1
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Union St. Gilloise3 - 1 - 4 - 2
- 12Koffi
- 4Chibani
- 29Sylla
- 55Havenaar
- 6Perre
- 27Patris
- 20Aquino
- 23Zeneli
- 11Smith
- 30Florucz
- 38Mofokeng
Substitutions
- 46’↑21 Denzel De Roeve↓4 Nohim Chibani
- 66’↑13 Kevin Rodriguez↓20 Dylan Aquino
- 81’↑8 Adem Zorgane↓30 Raul Florucz
- 89’↑26 Ross Sykes↓27 Louis Patris
- 89’↑14 Ivan Pavlić↓6 Kamiel Van de Perre
Unused substitutes 71 Keo Boets, 1 Vic Chambaere, 28 Darius Olaru, 32 Sekou Keita, 10 Anouar Ait El Hadj
Cercle Brugge4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Substitutions
- 63’↑8 Erick Nunes↓30 Tunde Akinsola
- 71’↑45 Tayo Adaramola↓2 Ibrahim Diakité
- 71’↑42 Lukas Mondele↓20 Abdoulie Manneh
- 85’↑41 Krys Kouassi↓18 Luke Le Roux
- 85’↑15 Gary Magnee↓12 Valy Konaté
Unused substitutes 21 Yann Lienard, 82 Louis Colman, 71 Viggo Martens, 22 Lucas Michal
Match facts
- Competition
- Belgian Pro League
- Round
- Matchday 9
- Date
- Sun, 25 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 18:15 (UTC)
- Venue
- Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels
- Referee
- Wesli De Cremer, Belgium
League table
Belgian Pro League
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | +18 | 27 | |
| 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | +13 | 27 | |
| 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | +22 | 26 | |
| 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | +13 | 25 | |
| 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 19 | |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
Player ratings
- 1
Massire Sylla8.0 - 2
Relebohile Mofokeng7.6 - 3
Besfort Zeneli7.5 - 4
Kamiel Van de Perre7.3 - 5
Louis Patris7.3 - 6
Guilherme Smith7.2 - 7
Raul Florucz7.2 - 8
Nikki Havenaar7.0 - 9
Denzel De Roeve7.0 - 10
Dylan Aquino6.9 - 11
Kevin Rodriguez6.6 - 12
Hervé Koffi6.5 - 13
Nohim Chibani6.0
- 1
Gaëtan Coucke7.9 - 2
Royer Caicedo7.5 - 3
Luke Le Roux6.9 - 4
Abdoulie Manneh6.9 - 5
Steve Ngoura6.9 - 6
Hannes Van Der Bruggen6.6 - 7
Tunde Akinsola6.5 - 8
Dante Vanzeir6.3 - 9
Erick Nunes6.3 - 10
Ibrahim Diakité6.2 - 11
Lukas Mondele6.2 - 12
Tayo Adaramola6.0 - 13
Valy Konaté5.9 - 14
Emmanuel Kakou5.2
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match

Massire Sylla
Union St. Gilloise
- 1
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
Rated 8.0, the best on the pitch — 1 goal in 88 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
- W-D-L
- 3-2-0
- Scored / match
- 2.2
- Conceded / match
- 0.4
- W-D-L
- 0-1-4
- Scored / match
- 0.8
- Conceded / match
- 2.0
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Match report
Union St. Gilloise came from a goal down to beat Cercle Brugge 5-2 at Stade Joseph Marien, with the match turning after half-time and then moving fully their way after Cercle Brugge were reduced to 10 men on 64 minutes.
Cercle Brugge led at the interval through S. Ngoura's 24th-minute penalty, and Union St. Gilloise went into the break 1-0 down. N. Chibani was booked in the 40th minute before he was replaced by D. De Roeve on 46 minutes, and the home side equalised two minutes later when M. Sylla's own goal made it 1-1. R. Florucz then put Union St. Gilloise ahead on 49 minutes from De Roeve's assist, and M. Sylla restored the lead for Union St. Gilloise on 62 minutes with N. Havenaar's assist.
Cercle Brugge made two changes on 63 minutes and then lost D. Vanzeir to a red card on 64 minutes. Union St. Gilloise stretched the lead through an own goal from E. Kakou on 74 minutes, before R. Mofokeng made it 4-2 on 80 minutes from L. Patris' assist. Cercle Brugge made two more changes on 85 minutes, Union St. Gilloise made two on 89 minutes, and K. Rodriguez, who came on in the 66th minute, scored on 90 minutes from Mofokeng's assist to make it 5-2. There was still time for a VAR check in the fifth minute of stoppage time, when N. Havenaar's goal was disallowed for offside.
The numbers backed Union St. Gilloise's control. They had 65% of the ball, made 451 passes to Cercle Brugge's 244 and completed them at 80% to 66%. They also had 22 shots to 5, 11 on target to 2, 13 corners to 1 and an xG of 1.7 to 1.23. Cercle Brugge had more saves, 8 to 1, while Union St. Gilloise committed 9 fouls to 12 and finished with 1 offside to 0.
N. Chibani was booked for Union St. Gilloise in the 40th minute. Cercle Brugge were cautioned through V. Konate in the 57th minute, H. van der Bruggen in the 76th minute and S. Ngoura in the 90+2nd minute. D. Vanzeir was sent off for Cercle Brugge in the 64th minute.
Match record
- Competition
- Belgian Pro League
- Round
- Matchday 9
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels
- Referee
- W. De Cremer
- Match ID
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23 events
- 24’Penalty goal
Cercle BruggeS. Ngoura0 – 1 - 40’Yellow card
Union St. GilloiseN. Chibani - 46’Substitution
Union St. GilloiseD. De Roeve ONN. Chibani OFF - 48’Own goal
Cercle BruggeM. Sylla1 – 1 - 49’Goal!
Union St. GilloiseR. FloruczAssist: D. De Roeve2 – 1 - 57’Yellow card
Cercle BruggeV. Konate - 62’Goal!
Union St. GilloiseM. SyllaAssist: N. Havenaar3 – 1 - 63’Substitution
Cercle BruggeErick Nunes ONT. Akinsola OFF - 64’Red card
Cercle BruggeD. Vanzeir - 66’Substitution
Union St. GilloiseK. Rodriguez OND. Aquino OFF - 71’Substitution
Cercle BruggeT. Adaramola ONI. Diakite OFF - 71’Substitution
Cercle BruggeL. Mondele ONA. Manneh OFF - 74’Own goal
Union St. GilloiseE. Kakou3 – 2 - 76’Yellow card
Cercle BruggeH. van der Bruggen - 80’Goal!
Union St. GilloiseR. MofokengAssist: L. Patris4 – 2 - 81’Substitution
Union St. GilloiseA. Zorgane ONR. Florucz OFF - 85’Substitution
Cercle BruggeK. Kouassi ONL. Le Roux OFF - 85’Substitution
Cercle BruggeG. Magnee ONV. Konate OFF - 89’Substitution
Union St. GilloiseR. Sykes ONL. Patris OFF - 89’Substitution
Union St. GilloiseI. Pavlic ONK. Van De Perre OFF - 90’Goal!
Union St. GilloiseK. RodriguezAssist: R. Mofokeng5 – 2 - 90+2’Yellow card
Cercle BruggeS. Ngoura - 90+5’VAR check
Union St. GilloiseN. HavenaarGoal Disallowed - offside




