Club Brugge KV vs St. Truiden 3-2

N. Tresoldi struck twice late in the first half and then completed his hat-trick on 75 minutes as Club Brugge KV beat St. Truiden 3-2 at Jan Breydel Stadium. St. Truiden made it close with a penalty from I. Sebaoui and a stoppage-time reply from S. Taniguchi, but Club Brugge held on.

Tresoldi opened the scoring in the 41st minute from K. Sabbe's pass, then doubled the lead two minutes later when C. Forbs set him up again. That left Club Brugge 2-0 ahead at half-time.

St. Truiden reduced the gap in the 55th minute when Sebaoui converted a penalty, and the visitors then made four changes in two bursts, at 63 and 69 minutes, as they chased the game. Club Brugge answered with one change on 46 minutes and two more on 79, before Tresoldi, who had already scored twice, made it 3-1 from Forbs's assist on 75 minutes. S. Taniguchi, with F. Soelle providing the pass after coming on in the 63rd minute, pulled one back three minutes into stoppage time, but it came too late.

Club Brugge had 52% of the ball, 554 passes to St. Truiden's 514 and an 87% pass accuracy, against 85% for the visitors. They also had more shots, 11 to 6, more on target, 5 to 2, more expected goals at 2.49 to 1.16, and more corners, 4 to 3. St. Truiden had 3 saves to Club Brugge's 1, while Club Brugge were flagged offside twice and St. Truiden not at all.

St. Truiden were booked twice, with R. Vanwesemael cautioned on 70 minutes and R. Merlen on 88 minutes. Club Brugge did not receive a yellow card.