Cercle Brugge KSV vs Dender Prediction & Betting Tips (24 April)

Cercle Bruges is assured of remaining in the first division with a lead of no less than 16 points over the bottom team, in this case its opponent for the evening. The place of Cercle Bruges was not in this relegation group, but in the race for Europe, however, too many missteps during the last days of the regular season were made, as evidenced by the 4 defeats during the last 10 days of the regular season, at home against Antwerp 0-4, Club Bruges 1-2 and against RAAL La Louvière 1-3 as well as a defeat away, on the lawn of the current 3rd, Sint-Truiden 2-1. At the heart of this final phase of the "relegation" group, Cercle Bruges won 2 of its 3 matches played, against RAAL La Louvière at home 3-0 and in style against this same Dender team last weekend 1-4. There was a draw on the Zulte-Wargem pitch 2-2. Red lantern of the elite and more in danger than ever following his slap received last weekend at home against the same opposition from Cercle Bruges 4-1, Dender knows perfectly well that he would need a miracle to stay in the 1st division.

Already, Dender has 9 points behind to make up for La Louvière, and therefore, it must win its last three matches to hope to come back up to par, especially since there will be a decisive clash on May 3. In case of defeat this evening, it's over for the adventure in D1 and it will head to the lower division for a team not really in its place nor at the level of the Pro League. They even lost 6 of their last 8 regular season matches against La Gantoise 1-3, Union Saint-Gilloise 2-0, Saint-Trond 1-4, Louvain 3-2, Zulte-Waregem 1-0 and Genk 1-2. 

Like last weekend, Cercle Bruges could advance without the injured Abdoul Ouattara and the usual starter in the defensive sector in the person of C.Ravych. On the other hand, the French celebrated last weekend against Dender: Edan Diop (on loan from Monaco, 7 goals, 2 assists in the league), Geoffrey Kondo (defender, ex-Dunkirk) and Steve Ngoura (French international hopeful, 7 goals, 4 assists in the league) will be operational and ready to be a new nightmare for the Dender players. In Dender precisely, the young replacement Nail Moutha-Sebtaoui will not will not participate in this meeting (suspended).

He joins a list of absent players already made up of M.Verrips, midfielder Kvet (5 league goals this season) and young defenders Benjamin Fredricks and Fabio Ferraro, all injured. The only scorer last weekend in the debacle against Cercle Bruges, Noah Mbamba (2 goals, 2 assists in the league this season) will be present as will the returning injury Bruny Nsimba (8 goals, 4 assists in the league) and the Macedonian David Toshevski (4 goals in the league). 

• Summary: Cercle Brugge played against FCV Dender in 3 matches this season. Currently, Cercle Brugge rank 2nd, while FCV Dender hold 4th position. Looking to compare the best-rated player on both teams? Sofascore's rating system assigns each player a specific rating based on numerous data factors.
• Referee: Bram Van Driessche