Benefiting from a penalty after 12 minutes, the Trudonnaires could have taken the lead but Aboubakary Koita saw his attempt repelled by Davy Roef (12th). Ghent then created a few chances but lacked realism, like a save by Zion Suzuki on Tarik Tissoudali (19th) or a miss by Franck Surdez (26th). They finally scored just before the break (45th): served in the middle, Tissoudali ideally controlled the ball to follow up with a fine finish. La Gantoise took cover at the end of the match, with a header from Stefan Mitrovic from a corner (85th, 0-2).
At the same time, Westerlo and Leuven drew 1-1 at the Kuipje. The Campinois opened the scoring thanks to a header from Ravil Tagir (25th) but were caught in the second period. Receiving a cross from the left, Mathieu Maertens beat Nick Gillekens and scored with a subtle deflection (78th).
Standard and Mechelen finally parted with a goalless draw in Sclessin. The match was mainly marked by a short interruption of the match for smoke throws from the stands (12th). The Liégeois have still not won in the playoffs (four draws, one defeat).
Halfway through the Playoffs for Europe, La Gantoise largely dominates the ranking with 36 points, six more than Mechelen (30), second. Followed by Sint-Truiden (27), OHL (23), Standard (21) and Westerlo (17).
