Cabral’s brace lifts Ciney past St-Michel in Belgian Division 3

CINEY, Belgium (Interstat) — Nuno Cabral scored twice as Ciney defeated St-Michel 2-1 on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in Belgian Division 3 play. Cabral put the hosts ahead in the 13th minute and restored the lead in the 71st. Filip Vano equalized for St-Michel in the 58th. Cabral was booked in the 47th, while Vano received a yellow card in the 36th. Ciney’s Adelin Lecomte was sent off in the 78th, and St-Michel’s Luka Speltinckx followed in the 89th. The match also produced seven additional yellow cards, including St-Michel’s Victor Mendoza, Zakariyya Ahnouch and Mateo Suarez, plus Ciney’s Adelin Lecomte, Tom Wagemans, Ciryl Rosy and King-David Akandja. Ciney protected the one-goal margin through a contentious closing stretch that featured two red cards. Ciney improved to 3-0-0 in Division 3 and overall. St-Michel remained winless at 0-2-1 in both. Ciney next travels to Jemappes on Sept. 27, while St-Michel hosts PAC-Buzet the same day.