Club Brugge won the Brugge derby, beating Cercle Brugge 1-0 in the First Division A. Nicolò Tresoldi's first-half goal was enough to settle a contest the hosts largely controlled.
Tresoldi scored in the 37th minute, converting Carlos Borges's assist to make it 1-0. Cercle could not respond, and their hopes took a further blow when Makaya Ibrahima Diaby was booked in the 80th minute as they searched for an equaliser.
The stats underline Brugge's dominance: they had 81% possession, 689 accurate passes to 121, and 15 shots to Cercle's 11, though both sides had four on target. Cercle missed both of their big chances, while Brugge converted one of their two, and the expected-goals gap of 1.83 to 0.71 reflected the difference.
