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Dender v Cercle Brugge : Pro League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 19th Apr, 15:00 BST, Van Roystadion, Denderleeuw

Sunday afternoon sees Yannick Ferrera’s Dender and Lars Friis’s Cercle Brugge go head to head in a Pro League battle at the Van Roystadion. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every statistics you could possibly need to make a well-informed wager is laid out below. Switch between 17 betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds for every one.

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

While supporters of Cercle B prepare themselves for this clash, they have reason to expect some real entertainment. After studying the relevant stats and past head-to-head (H2H) fixture history, it looks as though over 2.5 goals will be a worthwhile bet, as both clubs know they have goals in them and either could win. The prediction and odds are aligned: over 2.5 goals is the bet to go for.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 52% chance of Cercle B coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Dender 25%	9/4	9/4
Draw 22%	5/2	13/5
Cercle B 52%	21/20	11/10
Draw 1-1 10%	6/1	11/2
Cercle B 2-1 10%	8/1	7/1
Cercle B 1-0 8%	17/2	7/1
Cercle B 2-0 8%	10/1	17/2
Dender 2-1 6%	11/1	9/1
Cercle B 3-1 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1	10/1
Dender 1-0 5%	12/1	17/2
Cercle B 3-0 5%	18/1	14/1
Draw 0-0 4%	12/1	10/1
Cercle B 3-2 4%	22/1	16/1
Dender 2-0 3%	18/1	14/1
Cercle B 4-1 3%	33/1	22/1
Dender 3-1 3%	25/1	18/1
Dender 3-2 3%	28/1	22/1
Over 2.5 Goals 62%	3/4 3%	8/11
Under 2.5 Goals 38%	21/20 2%	1/1
Home 1st Goal 44%	6/5	5/4
Away 1st Goal 53%	8/11	3/4
No 1st Goal 3%	12/1	9/1
BTTS - Yes 61%	8/13	13/20
BTTS - No 39%	6/5	23/20
BTTS - Home Win 15%	5/1	9/2
BTTS - Draw 18%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 28%	11/4	11/4
Home/draw 48%	8/11	7/10
Away/draw 75%	1/3	1/3
Home/away 78%	2/7	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	2/9 2%	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	3/1 8%	14/5
Over 3.5 Goals 39%	7/4 5%	9/5
Under 3.5 Goals 61%	2/5 3%	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 22%	9/2 10%	4/1
Under 4.5 Goals 78%	1/7 3%	1/7
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	10/1	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/20	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/25	1/33
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	12/1	10/1
Home DNB 41%	6/4	11/8
Away DNB 68%	1/2	8/15
Dender win to nil 11%	11/2	-
Cercle B win to nil 24%	3/1	-
Dender / Dender 16%	9/2	19/5
Dender / Cercle B 4%	20/1	18/1
Dender / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Dender 11%	13/2	13/2
Draw / Cercle B 15%	9/2	17/4
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	17/4
Cercle B / Dender 3%	28/1	22/1
Cercle B / Cercle B 25%	9/4	11/5
Cercle B / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Pro League table

Dender have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

32 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 18 games, drawn 10 and won 4. Dender have conceded 53 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 12 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Dender have played 16 games at home, winning 1, drawing 5 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 30 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Cercle B lay in 15th place on 31 points in the Pro League league table having played 30 matches. Cercle B are unbeaten in 2 games against teams below them in the league and kept 2 clean sheets out of 2 games. Cercle B are winless in the 2 games they have played against teams below them in the table and have conceded in 0 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 2 games against teams below them in the table, winning 0, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 0 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cercle B have conceded 0 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Cercle B have played 16 away games, winning 6, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Dender Cercle B
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Union SG	2	2	0	0	2	6	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	d 1-1A	l 2-0A
2	Brugge	30	20	3	7	23	63	l 1-5F	l 2-1A	l 1-2A	l 2-0A
3	Mechelen	30	12	9	9	2	45	l 1-3A	d 1-1A	l 2-3A	d 0-00-0
4	Gent	2	0	1	1	-2	1	l 1-3A	l 3-0A	l 2-4A	w 0-1F
5	Anderlecht	30	12	8	10	4	44	l 0-2A	d 0-00-0	l 0-2A	w 2-3F
6	St Truiden	2	0	0	2	-2	0	l 1-4F	l 2-0A	d 1-1F	l 2-1A
7	Genk	30	11	9	10	-1	42	l 1-2A	l 2-1F	d 2-2A	d 1-1A
8	S. Liege	30	11	7	12	-8	40	l 0-1A	d 1-1A	l 1-2A	w 0-3F
9	Westerlo	30	10	9	11	-4	39	d 2-2F	d 1-1F	w 4-1F	w 0-2F
10	Antwerp	30	9	8	13	-1	35	w 1-0F	w 1-2F	l 0-4A	d 1-1A
11	S.Charleroi	30	9	7	14	-4	34	d 2-2A	l 3-1A	l 2-3A	w 3-4F
12	Leuven	30	9	7	14	-11	34	l 0-1A	l 3-2F	l 1-2F	w 0-2F
13	Z.Waregem	30	8	8	14	-9	32	d 2-2F	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
14	La Louviere	30	6	13	11	-7	31	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F	l 1-3A	l 2-1A
15	Cercle B	30	7	10	13	-8	31	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	-	-
16	Dender	30	3	10	17	-27	19	-	-	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dender	1 - 2	Z.Waregem
Dender	1 - 3	Gent
Dender	2 - 2	S.Charleroi
Dender	1 - 4	St Truiden
Dender	1 - 2	Genk
Dender	1 - 0	Antwerp
Dender	0 - 1	S. Liege
Dender	1 - 5	Brugge
Dender	2 - 2	Westerlo
Dender	2 - 2	Z.Waregem
Dender	1 - 3	Mechelen
Dender	0 - 0	La Louviere
Dender	0 - 1	Union SG
Dender	0 - 1	Leuven
Dender	0 - 2	Anderlecht
Dender	0 - 0	Cercle B
Dender	2 - 2	Mechelen
Dender	5 - 0	Leuven
Dender	2 - 1	S.Charleroi
Dender	1 - 1	S. Liege

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Dender	1 - 2	Z.Waregem
A	Dender	1 - 0	La Louviere
H	Dender	1 - 3	Gent
A	Dender	0 - 2	Union SG
H	Dender	2 - 2	S.Charleroi
A	Dender	0 - 0	Cercle B
H	Dender	1 - 4	St Truiden
A	Dender	2 - 3	Leuven
A	Dender	0 - 1	Z.Waregem
H	Dender	1 - 2	Genk
A	Dender	0 - 0	Anderlecht
H	Dender	1 - 0	Antwerp
A	Dender	1 - 1	Mechelen
H	Dender	0 - 1	S. Liege
H	Dender	1 - 5	Brugge
A	Dender	2 - 1	La Louviere
H	Dender	2 - 2	Westerlo
A	Dender	2 - 1	Antwerp
H	Dender	2 - 2	Z.Waregem
A	Dender	1 - 2	Brugge

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Z.Waregem	2 - 2	Cercle B
Anderlecht	2 - 3	Cercle B
St Truiden	2 - 1	Cercle B
Gent	0 - 1	Cercle B
S.Charleroi	3 - 4	Cercle B
Genk	1 - 1	Cercle B
Westerlo	0 - 2	Cercle B
Leuven	0 - 2	Cercle B
Z.Waregem	1 - 1	Cercle B
Union SG	2 - 0	Cercle B
La Louviere	2 - 1	Cercle B
Antwerp	1 - 1	Cercle B
Mechelen	0 - 0	Cercle B
S. Liege	0 - 3	Cercle B
Brugge	2 - 0	Cercle B
Dender	0 - 0	Cercle B
Beerschot	4 - 2	Cercle B
St Truiden	3 - 1	Cercle B
Kortrijk	2 - 2	Cercle B
Anderlecht	3 - 0	Cercle B

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cercle B	3 - 0	La Louviere
A	Cercle B	2 - 2	Z.Waregem
A	Cercle B	3 - 2	Anderlecht
H	Cercle B	1 - 3	La Louviere
A	Cercle B	1 - 2	St Truiden
H	Cercle B	0 - 0	Dender
A	Cercle B	1 - 0	Gent
H	Cercle B	1 - 2	Brugge
A	Cercle B	4 - 3	S.Charleroi
H	Cercle B	0 - 4	Antwerp
A	Cercle B	1 - 1	Genk
A	Cercle B	2 - 0	Westerlo
H	Cercle B	1 - 1	Union SG
A	Cercle B	2 - 0	Leuven
H	Cercle B	2 - 3	Mechelen
H	Cercle B	1 - 2	S. Liege
A	Cercle B	1 - 1	Z.Waregem
A	Cercle B	0 - 2	Union SG
H	Cercle B	1 - 2	Leuven
A	Cercle B	1 - 2	La Louviere

Goal Statistics

	Dender 16th	Cercle B 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Dender will score no more than 1 goal	0 15% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 13% There is a 85% probability that Cercle B will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Dender’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+10 Cercle B’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.7 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2025/2026 season

CER

26%

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Games scored	19		25
Failed to score	12		7
Scored first	11		11
Goals scored	25		44
Avg. goals scored	0.8		1.4
Avg. shots per game	8		11
Avg. shots per goal	10		8
Conversion rate for	10		13
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.7
KickOff rating		+26%

CER

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Games conceded	25		24
Clean sheets	6		8
Conceded first	16		18
Goals conceded	51		49
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		7
Conversion rate against	14%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.7
KickOff rating		+3%

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Dender Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	8	4	7
N Mbamba	B Nsimba	M Sambu	M Viltard

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Mbamba MID	32	1	2	4 -
L Marijnissen DEF	31	1		4 -
R Kvet MID	30	5	1	3 -
M Viltard MID	30		1	6 1
F Ferraro DEF	29	1	3	5 -
N Rodes MID	29			1 -
M Sambu DEF	25		4	5 -
M Berte FWD	25	1		1 -
B Nsimba FWD	25	8	4	4 -
L. De Fougerolles DEF	23		1	4 2
B Goncalves DEF	22		2	5 -
D Tosevski FWD	22	4		5 1
K Cools DEF	19			2 -
A Jahanbakhsh FWD	18	1		2 -
D Hrncar MID	17	2		1 -
B. Fredrick DEF	14			2 -
J Kadiri FWD	13	1		2 -
G Gallon GLK	12			1 -
R Oratmangoen FWD	12	1		-
N. Moutha-Sebtaoui DEF	11			2 -
G Dietsch GLK	10			1 -
M Verrips GLK	10			-
K. Koton MID	10			-
D. Acquah MID	8			-
B. De Kerf MID	5			1 -
A. Daali MID	3			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	21	4	9
B Nsimba	B Nsimba	M Sambu	B Goncalves

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Nsimba FWD	8	21	4	8
R Kvet MID	5	11	1	5
D Tosevski FWD	4	12
D Hrncar MID	2	8		1
N Mbamba MID	1	8	2	4
L Marijnissen DEF	1	6		1
F Ferraro DEF	1	13	3	3
M Berte FWD	1	8		2
A Jahanbakhsh FWD	1	5
J Kadiri FWD	1	4
R Oratmangoen FWD	1	3
M Viltard MID		3	1	4
N Rodes MID		4		3
M Sambu DEF		2	4	3
L. De Fougerolles DEF			1	2
B Goncalves DEF		3	2	9
K Cools DEF		7		2
B. Fredrick DEF		1		2
N. Moutha-Sebtaoui DEF				1
K. Koton MID		2
A. Daali MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1239	86	203
L Marijnissen	N Mbamba	N Mbamba

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Marijnissen DEF	1239	69	169
B Goncalves DEF	1070	30	78
R Kvet MID	1036	33	93
N Mbamba MID	972	86	203
F Ferraro DEF	953	51	133
M Viltard MID	942	61	133
L. De Fougerolles DEF	805	32	124
M Sambu DEF	659	51	92
N Rodes MID	651	38	85
K Cools DEF	547	21	80
M Verrips GLK	374		6
B Nsimba FWD	361	18	115
G Gallon GLK	344	1	7
B. Fredrick DEF	342	22	43
A Jahanbakhsh FWD	301	10	42
D Tosevski FWD	297	9	93
G Dietsch GLK	276		4
D Hrncar MID	172	12	23
M Berte FWD	140	8	43
R Oratmangoen FWD	129	5	15
B. De Kerf MID	109	6	14
N. Moutha-Sebtaoui DEF	90	3	6
J Kadiri FWD	62	1	20
K. Koton MID	55	6	15
D. Acquah MID	54	5	5
A. Daali MID	26	3	8

Cercle B Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	6	7	13
G Magnée	P Gerkens	G Magnée	F Nazinho

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Magnée DEF	32	4	7	3 -
P Gerkens MID	31	6		2 -
S Ngoura FWD	31	6	4	2 -
E Diop MID	30	6	2	6 -
H Bruggen MID	30		1	7 -
O. Adewumi MID	28	5		2 -
L Agyekum MID	28		2	5 -
C Ravych DEF	26			2 -
F Nazinho DEF	26	3	6	13 -
E. Kakou DEF	22	2	1	1 1
M. Diaby MID	22		1	5 1
O Diakité FWD	21	4		4 1
M Delanghe GLK	18			1 -
Warleson GLK	16			2 1
I Diakité DEF	15			3 -
E. Nunes Barbosa dos Santos MID	15		1	-
D Vanzeir FWD	11	1	1	-
K. Kouassi FWD	10			1 -
V. Konaté DEF	9			2 -
N Wilde MID	8			1 -
G Kondo DEF	6			1 -
H Jurado FWD	5			-
C. Herrmann FWD	4			-
A. Ouattara FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	22	7	17
P Gerkens	O. Adewumi	G Magnée	G Magnée

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Gerkens MID	6	16		3
S Ngoura FWD	6	18	4	6
E Diop MID	6	20	2	8
O. Adewumi MID	5	22
G Magnée DEF	4	10	7	17
O Diakité FWD	4	11		3
F Nazinho DEF	3	7	6	16
E. Kakou DEF	2	5	1
D Vanzeir FWD	1	6	1	3
H Bruggen MID		4	1	1
L Agyekum MID		6	2	3
C Ravych DEF		2		1
M. Diaby MID		3	1	2
I Diakité DEF		1
E. Nunes Barbosa dos Santos MID			1	2
V. Konaté DEF		1		1
N Wilde MID		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1255	70	150
H Bruggen	L Agyekum	L Agyekum

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
H Bruggen MID	1255	68	140
G Magnée DEF	1191	67	132
E Diop MID	1060	46	146
C Ravych DEF	954	49	122
F Nazinho DEF	915	64	130
P Gerkens MID	885	36	94
E. Kakou DEF	761	31	101
L Agyekum MID	466	70	150
M Delanghe GLK	393		10
Warleson GLK	375		9
S Ngoura FWD	339	9	145
M. Diaby MID	298	25	74
G Kondo DEF	285	12	28
O. Adewumi MID	264	13	76
O Diakité FWD	243	13	83
I Diakité DEF	232	19	45
V. Konaté DEF	219	22	42
D Vanzeir FWD	129	6	20
E. Nunes Barbosa dos Santos MID	110	14	28
N Wilde MID	39		2
K. Kouassi FWD	31	1	12
C. Herrmann FWD	25	3	5
A. Ouattara FWD	17		5
H Jurado FWD	14	3	9