Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Union Saint-Gilloise 1st with 56 points, Kortrijk 3rd with 37, 19 apart. Recent form told a different story for KV Kortrijk: only 15th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Per game in the league, Kortrijk were scoring 1.11 and conceding 1.75, Union Saint-Gilloise 1.78 and 0.7, against a competition average of 1.36 goals per team per game.
Kortrijk were winless in 9. From the last five rounds, Kortrijk held 1 points of 15 and Union Saint-Gilloise 12.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 1 Kortrijk win, 9 for Union Saint-Gilloise, 0 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 60% of the meetings had three or more.
The match was played at Guldensporenstadion in Kortrijk (capacity 9,399). Union Saint-Gilloise led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Kortrijk: Jean-Kevin Duverne (90') · Union Saint-Gilloise: Mohammed Fuseini (34'), Charles Vanhoutte (66')