Match Report
The table read 3rd (Zulte-Waregem, 7 pts) against 1st (Lazio, 13 pts), 6 points apart. The last five rounds placed Zulte-Waregem no better than 21st for form, against 3rd in the standings. Per game in the league, Zulte-Waregem were scoring 1.33 and conceding 2.17, Lazio 2 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Zulte-Waregem — six in succession. Over the last five, Zulte-Waregem had taken 0 of 15 points to Lazio's 8.
Elindus Arena in Waregem, capacity 12,500, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Zulte-Waregem led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-2.