Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Merelbeke (6th, 53 pts) held a 44-point advantage over Erpe-Mere United (18th, 9 pts). Recent form told a different story for Merelbeke: only 16th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Scoring rates set the scale: Erpe-Mere United 0.68 scored and 2.74 conceded per game, Merelbeke 1.38 and 1.06, with the league averaging 1.6.
Erpe-Mere United arrived off five straight defeats. Erpe-Mere United had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Merelbeke, 10.
The venue was Steenberg Terrain 1 in Waanrode, with room for 1,000 spectators.


