Cercle Brugge KSV vs St. Truiden Prediction: Cercle Brugge to secure consecutive wins

Jan Breydel Stadium will be the venue for the round 9 encounter between Cercle Brugge KSV and St. Truiden. Last time out, the two teams secured a win against their respective opponents. How will this encounter end?

Cercle Brugge KSV secured their second win of the season against Gent and will look to keep things rolling. In that game, we witnessed a goalless halftime, but Ahoueke Steeve's brace in the second half was enough to secure maximum points for Cercle Brugge KSV in a match that ended 2-1. However, prior games to that win saw Cercle Brugge KSV lose four consecutive matches against Wisla, Club Brugge, Genk and KV Mechelen. This season, in the Jupiler Pro League, Cercle Brugge KSV have seven points and sit 15th in the standings of the Jupiler League. 

St. Truiden’s last league game was against Beerschot VA, which ended in a win, and they will look to keep things running. In that encounter, St. Truiden pulled off a 0-3 victory, with Shogo Taniguchi and Ryotaro Ito scoring for this side, while Herve Matthys also scored an own goal. Heading into this game, St. Truiden have an unbeaten run of five matches, winning two and drawing three. St. Truiden have 9 points this season from 8 games, leaving them seated 13th in the standings. 

Cercle Brugge KSV should be the side for the job, but I do not see them as having an easy task. Their level of performance this season has dropped so much, but I feel they should be able to draw momentum from their win last weekend. Also, while St. Truiden have been good in attack, with goals in four of their previous five matches, I am backing them to score here, too.