Match Report
3 points and 0 places separated them: Cercle Brugge 1st with 27, SV Roeselare 1st with 30. The last five rounds placed SV Roeselare no better than 13th for form, against 1st in the standings. Against a league average of 1.19 goals per team per game, Cercle Brugge ran at 1.86 scored and 0.93 conceded, SV Roeselare at 0.83 and 0.17.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Cercle Brugge.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Cercle Brugge, 2 by SV Roeselare, 0 drawn, at 3.5 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 100% of the meetings. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more.
The venue was Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum in Aalter, with room for 29,975 spectators. Cercle Brugge led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.