Gent vs Anderlecht 4-0

Gent beat Anderlecht 4-0 at the Planet Group Arena after scoring once in each half and then pulling clear with three goals in 14 minutes. A. Kadri, I. Cisse, M. Sonko and substitute M. Volckaert were on target.

Kadri opened the scoring in the 14th minute, turning in T. Araujo's assist to make it 1-0. Gent led 1-0 at half-time.

Anderlecht made two changes at the break, but Gent went further ahead in the 73rd minute when Cisse converted A. T. Araujo's pass for 2-0. Sonko made it 3-0 on 77 minutes, before Volckaert, who had come on in the 75th minute, scored on 81 minutes from another Araujo assist to seal the four-goal win. Gent then made three changes on 84 minutes, while Anderlecht also added a late substitute in the same window.

Anderlecht had 63% of the possession and made 529 passes at 90% accuracy, against Gent's 37% and 309 passes at 78%. They also had more shots, 14 to 8, and more corners, 5 to 2, but Gent had 7 shots on target to Anderlecht's 4 and finished with a higher xG, 1.72 to 1.2. Anderlecht's goalkeeper made 3 saves, while Gent's made 4.

M. Paskotsi was booked for Gent in the 19th minute. Anderlecht's bookings went to L. Petrot on 22 minutes, G. Biancone on 34, J. Onia Seke on 64 and M. Cvetkovic on 70. H. Goore was booked for Gent on 57 minutes.