Match Report
Club Brugge, 1st with 57 points, sat 32 points above Dender (4th, 25). Recent form told a different story for Dender: only 31st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Dender ran at 1.17 scored and 1.83 conceded, Club Brugge at 3.2 and 0.9.
Dender had not lost in 5 games, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Dender had banked 11 of the last 15 points on offer; Club Brugge, 3.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Dender have 0 wins to Club Brugge's 3, with 1 draw, at 2.75 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
The match was played at Van Roystadion (capacity 8,157). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 1-5 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Dender: Bruny Nsimba (23') · Club Brugge: Christos Tzolis (45'), Romeo Vermant (69'), Christos Tzolis (50'), Romeo Vermant (73'), Aleksandar Stanković (90')
Key stats
Possession: Dender 38% · Club Brugge 62% · Total shots: 6-23 · On target: 1-9 · Corners: 0-3