RAAL La Louvière vs Club Brugge KV 1-4

Club Brugge KV won 4-1 at RAAL La Louvière, with two first-half goals, a penalty after the break and a late fourth. RAAL scored once in reply, but the visitors’ lead never slipped after the opener.

H. Vetlesen put Club Brugge KV ahead in the 34th minute from H. Vanaken’s assist, making it 1-0, and J. Virgili doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time to send them in 2-0 up. That was the half-time score.

Club Brugge KV went 3-0 ahead in the 53rd minute when N. Tresoldi scored from the penalty spot. RAAL La Louvière made two changes on 63 minutes and reduced the deficit a minute later through N. Gillot, making it 3-1, but the home side never got closer. Club Brugge KV also made two changes on 58 minutes, while F. Lemarechal, who came on in the 58th minute, sealed it in the fifth minute of stoppage time from R. Vermant’s assist, with Vermant having come on in the 82nd minute.

The figures backed the scoreline. Club Brugge KV had 64% of the ball and made 611 passes with 90% accuracy, compared with RAAL’s 331 at 78%. They also had more shots, 21 to 17, and more on target, 7 to 3, while RAAL won 7 corners to 3 and had 13 fouls to 8. xG was 4.88 to 1.1, and saves finished at 3 for RAAL and 2 for Club Brugge KV.

Club Brugge KV were booked once, with F. Potts shown a yellow card in the 11th minute. RAAL La Louvière had four yellow cards, for S. Delos on 32 minutes, M. Courcoul on 39, Y. Okou on 43 and I. Coulibaly on 66.