Match Report
SK Beveren (5th, 8 pts) visited Lierse (6th, 7 pts) with 1 points between them. Lierse's recent output lagged their position: 12th on form over five rounds while 6th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Lierse 0.7 scored and 2.5 conceded per game, SK Beveren 1.2 and 2.3, with the league averaging 1.7.
Lierse were winless in 8. Four consecutive defeats weighed on SK Beveren.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Lierse 2, draws 3, SK Beveren 3, at 2.38 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 63% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 25% of the meetings went beyond two goals. The recent trend is more open — 3.2 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 2.38 all-time.
Herman Vanderpoortenstadion staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,158. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 5 second-half goals set the final 0-5.