RAAL La Louvière vs Cercle Brugge 0-1

Cercle Brugge left La Louviere with a 1-0 win after S. Ngoura scored in the 6th minute. RAAL La Louvière missed a late penalty and had plenty of the ball, but could not find an equaliser.

Ngoura opened the scoring in the 6th minute from G. Magnee's assist. It stayed 1-0 at half-time, with Cercle Brugge ahead at the break.

RAAL La Louvière made two changes on 46 minutes and had more of the play after the interval, but Cercle Brugge held on through the second half. RAAL also replaced S. Gourville with P. Nkoa in the 38th minute before the break, while Cercle Brugge brought on K. Kouassi for the goalscorer at the restart. The home side had a chance to level in first-half stoppage time when M. Isah missed a penalty in the 45+6th minute, then L. Rousseau also missed a penalty on 80 minutes. Cercle Brugge made further changes on 59, 83 and 87 minutes to see out the game.

RAAL La Louvière had 62% of the possession, 437 passes to Cercle Brugge's 275 and an 84% pass accuracy to 75%. They also had more shots, 13 to 9, more corners, 5 to 2, and a higher xG figure of 2.18 to 1.02, but Cercle Brugge had 4 shots on target to RAAL's 0 and made 3 saves to none.

Cercle Brugge's L. Le Roux was booked in the 24th minute and H. van der Bruggen in the 39th, while RAAL La Louvière's P. Nkoa was booked on 66 minutes.