Cercle Brugge v Westerlo prediction

Match preview

With Cercle Brugge 16th and Westerlo 9th, Friday's meeting at Jan Breydelstadion has plenty riding on it in the Pro League. Westerlo are five points better off.

This season Cercle Brugge have two wins, three draws and six defeats from 11 league matches, a goal difference of −8. At home, they have won one of five, scoring six and conceding ten. Goals keep coming for the hosts: six league games in a row with at least one.

Westerlo have 14 points from 11 league games (W4 D2 L5), with 26 scored and 30 let in. The visitors have scored in each of their last eight league games. Expect goals where they are involved: ten of their 11 league games have had three or more.

The last two meetings at Jan Breydelstadion have brought one home win, one draw and no away wins. The last meeting there, in August 2025, went the way of Cercle Brugge.

A 1–1 draw is the AI's most likely score, and it expects both teams to score. Both sides have scored in seven of Cercle Brugge's 11 league games and eight of Westerlo's 11. Exact scores are hard to call, so treat it as the likely shape of the game rather than a certainty. Kick-off is at 19:45 UK time.

Form: last five

Head-to-head at Jan Breydelstadion

Match facts

Competition

Pro League (Belgium)

Kick-off

Friday 20 November 2026, 19:45

Venue

Jan Breydelstadion, Brugge