Sporting Hasselt vs Cercle Brugge Prediction, 16 Oct 2026

Sporting Hasselt host Cercle Brugge in the Belgian Cup. Hasselt have been the form side of the two coming into this one, while Cercle Brugge have had a tough time of it in the Jupiler Pro League.

This is a cup tie between clubs from different divisions, which always adds a bit of uncertainty. The form gap points one way, but cup football has its own habit of ignoring league logic.

Analysis updated 30 Sep 2026, 07:00 UTC.

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Contrasting recent form

Sporting Hasselt's numbers make good reading. Across their last 20 matches they've won 12, drawn three and lost five, scoring 41 goals along the way. That's the kind of run that builds real confidence at their level.

Sporting Hasselt: 20 completed matches; Cercle Brugge: 20 completed matches.

Sporting Hasselt

20 matches

Win: 65% 13 / 20
Draw: 10% 2 / 20
Loss: 25% 5 / 20

Scored: 44
Conceded: 21
Difference: +23

Cercle Brugge

20 matches

Win: 20% 4 / 20
Draw: 30% 6 / 20
Loss: 50% 10 / 20

Scored: 32
Conceded: 41
Difference: -9

Sporting Hasselt
League	Home	Away	Date	Score
Challenger Pro League	Excelsior Virton	Sporting Hasselt	10.10.2026	3-4
Cup	Mandel United	Sporting Hasselt	26.09.2026	1-3
Challenger Pro League	Sporting Hasselt	Beerschot VA	19.09.2026	0-1
Challenger Pro League	Seraing United	Sporting Hasselt	12.09.2026	1-2
Challenger Pro League	KRC Genk II	Sporting Hasselt	05.09.2026	3-0
Challenger Pro League	Sporting Hasselt	KAA Gent II	28.08.2026	0-2
Challenger Pro League	Francs Borains	Sporting Hasselt	23.08.2026	0-1
Challenger Pro League	Sporting Hasselt	Dender	14.08.2026	1-0
Friendlies Clubs	Sporting Hasselt	Spouwen-Mopertingen	08.08.2026	4-0
Friendlies Clubs	Geel	Sporting Hasselt	04.08.2026	1-1

Cercle Brugge
League	Home	Away	Date	Score
Jupiler Pro League	Cercle Brugge	Anderlecht	10.10.2026	1-2
Jupiler Pro League	Charleroi	Cercle Brugge	19.09.2026	3-2
Jupiler Pro League	OH Leuven	Cercle Brugge	12.09.2026	1-1
Jupiler Pro League	Cercle Brugge	Gent	06.09.2026	0-3
Jupiler Pro League	Cercle Brugge	Lommel United	29.08.2026	0-1
Jupiler Pro League	Club Brugge KV	Cercle Brugge	23.08.2026	1-0
Jupiler Pro League	Cercle Brugge	St. Truiden	14.08.2026	3-3
Jupiler Pro League	Standard Liege	Cercle Brugge	08.08.2026	2-2
Friendlies Clubs	Monaco	Cercle Brugge	31.07.2026	2-2
Friendlies Clubs	Reims	Cercle Brugge	25.07.2026	3-0

Cercle Brugge's picture is very different. In their last 20 games, mostly in the Jupiler Pro League, they've won just four, drawn six and lost ten, with more goals conceded than scored. For a top-flight club, that's a rough patch.

Hasselt arrive full of momentum, Cercle Brugge short of it, even though Cercle play a level higher.

Sporting Hasselt vs Cercle Brugge: Belgian Cup match preview with team badges and kick-off details.

A cup tie crossing two divisions

Sporting Hasselt operate in the Challenger Pro League, Belgium's second tier, while Cercle Brugge are a Jupiler Pro League club. Normally that gap would matter more than form. Here, Cercle's league form has been poor enough to at least narrow it.

Cup matches don't always reward the side with the better league position. Hasselt's recent scoring rate and low goals conceded suggest a side playing with belief, and that can count for something over one match, whatever the divide on paper.

Recent form matters more in a one-off cup tie than it might in a league fixture.

Match odds and squad lists

MATCH RESULT (1x2)

W1: 3.9

X: 4.1

W2: 1.65

Handicap

Sporting Hasselt

Cercle Brugge

Handicap (-1.5): 9.20

Handicap (-2.75): 7.00

Handicap (-1.25): 8.40

Handicap (-2.5): 5.50

Handicap (-1): 6.80

Handicap (-2.25): 5.00

Handicap (-0.75): 5.50

Handicap (-2): 4.50

Handicap (-0.5): 4.00

Handicap (-1.75): 3.45

Handicap (-0.25): 3.55

Handicap (-1.5): 2.75

Handicap (0): 3.30

Handicap (-1.25): 2.42

Handicap (0.25): 2.50

Handicap (-1): 2.15

Handicap (0.5): 2.15

Handicap (-0.75): 1.85

Handicap (0.75): 1.95

Handicap (-0.5): 1.68

Handicap (1): 1.68

Handicap (-0.25): 1.50

Handicap (1.25): 1.52

Handicap (0): 1.32

Handicap (1.5): 1.42

Handicap (0.25): 1.27

Handicap (1.75): 1.30

Handicap (0.5): 1.23

Handicap (2): 1.19

Handicap (0.75): 1.15

Handicap (2.25): 1.17

Handicap (1): 1.10

Handicap (2.5): 1.15

Handicap (1.25): 1.01

Handicap (2.75): 1.10

Handicap (1.5): 1.01

Total

Over

Under

Over (0.5): 1.03

Under (0.5): 15.00

Over (1.25): 1.06

Under (1.25): 6.25

Over (1.5): 1.20

Under (1.5): 4.33

Over (1.75): 1.17

Under (1.75): 3.94

Over (2): 1.23

Under (2): 3.44

Over (2.25): 1.40

Under (2.25): 2.61

Over (2.5): 1.65

Under (2.5): 2.20

Over (2.75): 1.72

Under (2.75): 1.94

Over (3): 1.94

Under (3): 1.70

Over (3.25): 2.21

Under (3.25): 1.53

Over (3.5): 2.62

Under (3.5): 1.44

Over (3.75): 2.92

Under (3.75): 1.31

Over (4): 3.78

Under (4): 1.19

Over (4.25): 4.15

Under (4.25): 1.16

Over (4.5): 4.50

Under (4.5): 1.18

Over (4.75): 5.65

Under (4.75): 1.08

Over (5): 8.00

Under (5): 1.02

Over (5.25): 8.70

Under (5.25): 1.02

Over (5.5): 10.00

Under (5.5): 1.06

Over (6.5): 19.00

Under (6.5): 1.02

Over (7.5): 41.00

More odds

Squad and player details

Sporting Hasselt
Name	Country	Age	Position	Height	Weight
G. Hairemans	Belgium	35	Midfielder	183	64
T. Dierckx	Belgium	31	n/a	171	68
R. Sanusi	Belgium	34	n/a	181	79
L. Milts	Belgium	29	n/a	186	76
N. Orye	Belgium	28	n/a	193 cm	71 kg
M. Bounou	Belgium	28	n/a	n/a	n/a
L. Masscho	Belgium	25	n/a	n/a	n/a
A. Lufira Luebo	Belgium	27	n/a	186 cm	n/a
C. Thiam	Guinea	23	n/a	194	80
L. Lucker	Belgium	25	n/a	185	71
J. Jourquin	Belgium	25	n/a	n/a	n/a
L. Vankerkhoven	Belgium	24	n/a	182	67
E. Butera	Belgium	20	n/a	182 cm	74 kg
Andres Labie	Belgium	22	n/a
W. Da Costa	Belgium	19	Attacker	n/a	n/a
Lino Decresson	Belgium	19	n/a	165	n/a
Siebe Van Keymolen	Belgium	21	n/a	190	n/a
J. Mugabo	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
N. Verburgh	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
J. Ngoyi	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Leonardo Cascio	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
N. Gerits	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M. Dassen	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M. Roekaerts	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
J. Mokam	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Cercle Brugge
Name	Country	Age	Position	Height	Weight
H. Van der Bruggen	Belgium	33	Midfielder	181	72
L. Amani	Côte d'Ivoire	28	Midfielder	172	64
G. Coucke	Belgium	27	Goalkeeper	187	83
D. Vanzeir	Belgium	28	Attacker	175	68
L. Le Roux	South Africa	26	Midfielder	184	70
G. Magnée	Belgium	27	Midfielder	175	67
Y. Lienard	France	23	Goalkeeper	194	83
T. Adaramola	Republic of Ireland	22	Defender	177	68
L. Mondele	Belgium	22	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
B. Akinsola	Nigeria	23	Attacker	175	67
I. Diakité	Guinea	22	Defender	180	74
Joel Tshisanga Ndala	England	20	Attacker	178	n/a
H. Jurado	Mexico	21	Attacker	172	63
S. Ngoura	France	21	Attacker	185	75
L. Michal	France	21	Attacker	172	61
L. Agyekum	Ghana	22	Midfielder	174	67
C. Ravych	Belgium	24	Defender	187	71
B. Langenbick	Belgium	23	Goalkeeper	189	72
G. Kondo	France	24	Defender	180	n/a
Makaya Ibrahima Diaby	Guinea	19	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
Charles Herrmann	Germany	20	Midfielder	180	73
Erick	Brazil	22	Midfielder	176	84
S. Gheerardyns	Belgium	21	Defender	n/a	n/a
Yago Lincoln	Brazil	23	Defender	190	n/a
Lukas Rocha Torres	n/a	n/a	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
Abdoul Ouattara	Burkina Faso	21	Attacker	171	69
A. Manneh	Gambia	22	Midfielder	168	n/a
Emmanuel Kakou	Côte d'Ivoire	21	Defender	179	n/a
V. Konaté	Côte d'Ivoire	19	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
R. Caicedo	Colombia	20	Defender	n/a	n/a
K. Kouassi	France	19	Attacker	n/a	n/a
I. Temperman	n/a	n/a	Attacker	n/a	n/a
S. Behaeghe	n/a	n/a	Defender	n/a	n/a
V. Martens	n/a	n/a	Attacker	n/a	n/a
Louis Colman	Belgium	19	Defender	n/a	n/a

Hasselt's form is eye-catching and Cercle Brugge's league struggles are real, but that's not the same as knowing how a single cup match will unfold. The division gap hasn't gone away, even if it's narrower than the table alone would suggest.

With no market on offer to test that view against, this one's best left alone rather than forcing a pick that isn't backed by anything beyond form alone.

Who will win?

Sporting Hasselt (0%)

Draw (0%)

Cercle Brugge (0%)

Nick Mordin

Author

Last updated: October 2026

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