Match Report
20 points separated the sides: Gent 1st on 48, AS Eupen 4th on 28. The last five rounds placed KAS Eupen no better than 27th for form, against 4th in the standings. Against a league average of 2.49 goals per team per game, AS Eupen ran at 4.83 scored and 11 conceded, Gent at 8 and 4.8.
Defeat had followed defeat for AS Eupen — three in succession. Defeat had followed defeat for Gent — three in succession.
The sides have met 20 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for AS Eupen, 2 draws and 14 for Gent, at 3.2 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 70% of meetings brought at least three goals.
With 69 matches recorded and 1.7 yellow cards per game, B. Put was the man in the middle. The match was played at Stadion am Kehrweg in Eupen (capacity 8,363). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Gent led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.