SK Beveren v Cercle Brugge prediction

Jupiler Pro League · Sat, 12 Dec 2026 19:45 GMT · Freethiel Stadion

Updated 23 Oct 2026, 23:22 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: SK Beveren · Cercle Brugge · Head-to-head

TACTIX’s free model pick for SK Beveren v Cercle Brugge, Jupiler Pro League on Sat, 12 Dec 2026 19:45 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

Match preview, in numbers

The match

SK Beveren host Cercle Brugge in the Jupiler Pro League on Saturday 12 December (kick-off 19:45 UK).

The key numbers

12 of Cercle Brugge’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (80%).

Cercle Brugge have scored in six consecutive matches in all competitions. Cercle Brugge are unbeaten in the last six meetings with SK Beveren, every meeting checked.

Form and the table

11 of SK Beveren’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (73%). Both teams scored in five of SK Beveren’s last 15 results in all competitions (33%). At home, SK Beveren have six wins, no draws and two defeats in their last 8 home matches in all competitions — 2.25 points per game, scoring 2.00 and conceding 0.63. SK Beveren have scored 13 goals, the third-fewest of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 11 games, ranked per game). SK Beveren have conceded 23 goals, the seventh-most of the 18 clubs.

Both teams scored in 12 of Cercle Brugge’s last 15 results in all competitions (80%). Away from home, Cercle Brugge have two wins, two draws and four defeats in their last 8 away matches in all competitions — 1.00 points per game, scoring 1.75 and conceding 2.25. Cercle Brugge have scored 13 goals, the ninth-fewest (shared) of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games, ranked per game). Cercle Brugge have conceded 22 goals, the fifth-most (shared) of the 18 clubs.

SK Beveren are winless in their last three matches in all competitions. SK Beveren (13th) and Cercle Brugge (17th) are four points apart, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Cercle Brugge the stronger side, 80 rating points above SK Beveren (Cercle Brugge 1471, SK Beveren 1391, after at least 136 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 27 February 2021, finished Cercle Brugge 2–0 SK Beveren.

Team news

Predicted SK Beveren XI (4-2-3-1): J. Schenk, C. Janssens, B. Godeau, L. Jans, V. Boone, S. Dewaele, A. Verschueren, C. Conde, C. Lokesa, J. Margaritha, V. Olatunji — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, C. Lokesa (4.2 per match over 11 appearances, five goals) and J. Margaritha (3.5 per match over nine appearances, two goals and two assists) have been SK Beveren’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for SK Beveren (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), C. Lokesa averages 0.5 key passes per 90 over 745 minutes, with a key pass in two of the last 10 appearances. J. Margaritha averages 1.8 shots per 90 over 832 minutes, with a shot in six of the last 10 appearances.

Predicted Cercle Brugge XI (3-4-2-1): G. Coucke, G. Kondo, R. Caicedo, I. Diakité, L. Le Roux, H. Van Der Bruggen, A. Manneh, B. Akinsola, L. Mondele, Erick, S. Ngoura — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Luke Le Roux (5.3 per match over three appearances, one assist) and Makaya Ibrahima Diaby (4.6 per match over four appearances) have been Cercle Brugge’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Cercle Brugge (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Luke Le Roux averages 0.3 key passes per 90 over 325 minutes. Makaya Ibrahima Diaby averages 1.4 key passes per 90 over 395 minutes, with a key pass in five of the last eight appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 12 Dec 2026 19:45 GMT · Jupiler Pro League · Freethiel Stadion
Head-to-head (last 6): SK Beveren 0 · draws 2 · Cercle Brugge 4 · 1.83 goals/game
Recent form: SK Beveren 1W 1D 3L · Cercle Brugge 2W 0D 3L

SK Beveren v Cercle Brugge (Jupiler Pro League): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 23 October 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.75 / 1.25

Goals

against 1.63 / 2.13 · 5 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

6 / 5.71

Corners

against 3.71 / 4.43 · 2 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 7 matches

4.14 / 3.86

Shots on target

against 4.29 / 5.29 · 2 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 7 matches

2.29 / 1.71

Cards

against 1.43 / 2.29 · 1 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 7 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 6 November 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 6 November 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	SK Beveren for / against	Line	Cercle Brugge for / against
Goals scored	1.75 for · 1.63 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.25 for · 2.13 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	6 for · 3.71 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	5.71 for · 4.43 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	10.71 for · 15 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	10.86 for · 13.71 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	4.14 for · 4.29 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	3.86 for · 5.29 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	11.14 for · 9 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	12.86 for · 13.14 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	2.29 for · 1.43 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	1.71 for · 2.29 against n 7 Last 5

SK Beveren

SK Beveren Goalkeeper

SK Beveren — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. Schenk	11	85932 min	333.2 /90	222.1 /90	00 /90
J. Lusamba	1	5454 min	35 /90	00 /90	00 /90

SK Beveren — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for SK Beveren before kick-off, to 6 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Schenk n 8	82.8	2.3 6/3

SK Beveren Defensive

SK Beveren — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
C. Janssens	11	87953 min	222.1 /90	212 /90	80.8 /90	413.9 /90	121.1 /90	50.5 /90
B. Godeau	11	82900 min	151.5 /90	111.1 /90	40.4 /90	262.6 /90	50.5 /90	30.3 /90
L. Jans	10	85849 min	91 /90	91 /90	40.4 /90	262.8 /90	20.2 /90	00 /90
Y. Gomis	9	76685 min	172.2 /90	182.4 /90	60.8 /90	293.8 /90	40.5 /90	10.1 /90
V. Boone	3	88265 min	20.7 /90	31 /90	20.7 /90	62 /90	31 /90	10.3 /90
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SK Beveren — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for SK Beveren before kick-off, to 6 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
S. Dewaele n 8	89	0.8 5/1	1.1 6/3	—
C. Janssens n 8	88.5	1.1 6/2	0.1 1/0	—
J. Schenk n 8	82.8	0.1 1/0	0 0/0	—
B. Godeau n 8	83.4	0.5 3/1	0.1 1/0	—
C. Lokesa n 8	62.1	1.1 4/2	1.1 4/2	—
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SK Beveren — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for SK Beveren before kick-off, to 6 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
S. Dewaele n 8	89	2.4 7/5
C. Janssens n 8	88.5	2.3 7/4
B. Godeau n 8	83.4	1.3 6/3
C. Lokesa n 8	62.1	1.3 6/1
L. Jans n 8	83.6	0.4 3/0
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SK Beveren Attacking

SK Beveren — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
E. Kabore	9	58521 min	20.3 /90	00 /90	122.1 /90	61 /90	50.9 /90	20.3 /90
L. Mertens	7	61427 min	00 /90	00 /90	61.3 /90	10.2 /90	00 /90	00 /90
V. Olatunji	4	58233 min	20.8 /90	00 /90	72.7 /90	41.5 /90	10.4 /90	10.4 /90
I. Najim	1	1616 min	00 /90	00 /90	15.6 /90	00 /90	00 /90	15.6 /90
S. Dewaele	11	89982 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.1 /90	10.1 /90	40.4 /90	00 /90
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SK Beveren — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for SK Beveren before kick-off, to 6 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
S. Dewaele n 8	89	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
C. Janssens n 8	88.5	0.8 3/3	0.3 2/0
J. Schenk n 8	82.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
B. Godeau n 8	83.4	0.3 1/1	0 0/0
C. Lokesa n 8	62.1	1.1 5/1	0.9 5/0
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SK Beveren — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for SK Beveren before kick-off, to 6 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
S. Dewaele n 8	89	0 0/0	0 0/0
C. Janssens n 8	88.5	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
J. Schenk n 8	82.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
B. Godeau n 8	83.4	0 0/0	0 0/0
C. Lokesa n 8	62.1	0.7 4/0	0 0/0
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Cercle Brugge

Cercle Brugge Goalkeeper

Cercle Brugge — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
G. Coucke	10	90900 min	303 /90	222.2 /90	00 /90

Cercle Brugge — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Cercle Brugge before kick-off, to 6 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
G. Coucke n 8	90	3.1 6/4

Cercle Brugge Defensive

Cercle Brugge — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Geoffrey Kondo	9	90810 min	60.7 /90	101.1 /90	80.9 /90	252.8 /90	131.4 /90	10.1 /90
Ibrahim Diakité	8	79628 min	172.4 /90	71 /90	20.3 /90	497 /90	162.3 /90	10.1 /90
Emmanuel Kakou	8	74588 min	132 /90	142.1 /90	40.6 /90	294.4 /90	40.6 /90	10.2 /90
Royer Caicedo	4	90360 min	51.3 /90	41 /90	30.8 /90	225.5 /90	20.5 /90	00 /90
Christiaan Ravych	3	90270 min	41.3 /90	41.3 /90	41.3 /90	134.3 /90	31 /90	00 /90
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Cercle Brugge — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Cercle Brugge before kick-off, to 6 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
G. Coucke n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0	—
Steve Ngoura n 8	72.4	2.3 8/6	1.7 6/4	—
L. Mondele n 8	58.4	0.4 2/0	0.6 3/0	—
Geoffrey Kondo n 8	90	1.1 6/1	0.5 3/1	—
Gary Magnee n 8	85.1	0.8 4/2	0.9 4/2	—
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Cercle Brugge — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Cercle Brugge before kick-off, to 6 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Steve Ngoura n 8	72.4	0.5 2/1
L. Mondele n 8	58.4	1.2 4/2
Geoffrey Kondo n 8	90	0.6 3/2
Gary Magnee n 8	85.1	2 7/4
Valy Konaté n 8	86.3	2.1 6/4
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Cercle Brugge Attacking

Cercle Brugge — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
Steve Ngoura	10	74738 min	30.4 /90	20.2 /90	212.6 /90	101.2 /90	60.7 /90	81 /90
V. Martens	9	59532 min	00 /90	00 /90	71.2 /90	40.7 /90	61 /90	40.7 /90
Dante Vanzeir	8	62492 min	10.2 /90	10.2 /90	91.6 /90	30.5 /90	91.6 /90	00 /90
L. Michal	4	32126 min	00 /90	00 /90	21.4 /90	10.7 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Krys Kouassi	3	42126 min	10.7 /90	00 /90	32.1 /90	32.1 /90	10.7 /90	21.4 /90
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Cercle Brugge — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Cercle Brugge before kick-off, to 6 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
G. Coucke n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
Steve Ngoura n 8	72.4	2.5 7/5	1.4 5/2
L. Mondele n 8	58.4	0.8 3/1	0.2 1/0
Geoffrey Kondo n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Gary Magnee n 8	85.1	0.7 4/1	0 0/0
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Cercle Brugge — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Cercle Brugge before kick-off, to 6 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
G. Coucke n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Steve Ngoura n 8	72.4	0.3 2/0	0.3 1/1
L. Mondele n 8	58.4	0 0/0	0 0/0
Geoffrey Kondo n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Gary Magnee n 8	85.1	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind SK Beveren v Cercle Brugge — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

SK BeverenLWDLL

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 1.8 scored / 2.4 conceded per game

Cercle BruggeLLWLW

Last 5: 2W 0D 3L · 1.8 scored / 2.4 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

SK Beveren 0 · 2 draws · Cercle Brugge 4 · 1.83 goals/game

2021-02-27 Cercle Brugge 2–0 SK Beveren
2020-11-21 SK Beveren 0–2 Cercle Brugge
2019-11-23 SK Beveren 1–1 Cercle Brugge
2019-08-24 Cercle Brugge 1–0 SK Beveren
2019-01-19 SK Beveren 1–1 Cercle Brugge
2018-11-10 Cercle Brugge 2–0 SK Beveren

League standing · 2026/27

SK Beveren#13 pos10 pts11 pl-10 GD

Cercle Brugge#17 pos6 pts10 pl-9 GD

Goals per game

SK Beveren scored1.18

Cercle Brugge scored1.3

SK Beveren conceded2.09

Cercle Brugge conceded2.2

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What is the head-to-head record between SK Beveren and Cercle Brugge?: In their last 6 meetings, SK Beveren won 0, Cercle Brugge won 4 and there were 2 draws, averaging 1.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of SK Beveren and Cercle Brugge?: Recent form — SK Beveren 1W 1D 3L; Cercle Brugge 2W 0D 3L.

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