Gent won 3-0 at Cercle Brugge in the First Division A. Emmanuel Kakou’s opener put them in front, and Tibe De Vlieger added the late goal that settled a game in which the hosts mustered no shots on target.
Kakou scored in the 21st minute to make it 0-1, giving Gent a lead they kept for the rest of the match. Cercle Brugge’s Jean Thierry Lazare Amani was booked on 70, and De Vlieger doubled the advantage seven minutes later, at 0-2.
Gent’s edge showed in the key numbers: expected goals of 1.13 against 0.30 and two shots on target to none. Cercle Brugge had 49% possession and six corners, but their only big chance was missed.
