Match Report
SK Beveren, 1st with 88 points, sat 54 points above Royal Francs Borains (12th, 34). Recent form flatters Royal Francs Borains's table spot — 7th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 12th. Against a league average of 1.41 goals per team per game, Royal Francs Borains ran at 1.03 scored and 1.47 conceded, SK Beveren at 2.31 and 0.72.
SK Beveren arrived on a run of eight straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Royal Francs Borains against 15/15 for SK Beveren.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Royal Francs Borains, 2 by SK Beveren, 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 75% of the meetings went to the host.
Stade Robert Urbain, capacity 8,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
SK Beveren: Kurt Abrahams (53'), Lennart Mertens (77')
Key stats
Possession: Royal Francs Borains 41% · SK Beveren 59% · Total shots: 12-17 · On target: 3-8 · Corners: 5-2