Patro Eisden vs KRC Genk II 1-0

Patro Eisden beat KRC Genk II 1-0 at Patrostadion, with Seok-ju Hong's first-half strike proving enough. KRC Genk II had a late penalty chance to level, but Jonathan Coenen missed from the spot before the visitors ended with two red cards.

Patro were already managing an early booking for Stef Peeters in the 14th minute and a VAR check against Jonathan Coenen on 29 minutes before Peeters was replaced by Zakaria Atteri on 30 minutes. Hong then opened the scoring in the 39th minute, finishing from Rento Takaoka to make it 1-0, and that was the half-time score.

KRC Genk II made the first move after the break, bringing on Sami El Morabet for Christian Akpan on 45 minutes, and the visitors stayed in the game through a VAR decision that confirmed a penalty for Kim Myung-jun on 64 minutes. Coenen took the spot-kick in the 68th minute and missed, while Genk II also made changes at the same time through Jelle Driessen and Jens De Groof. Patro answered with later substitutions of their own, including Jeremy Bokila for Hong on 85 minutes and Isaias Delpupo for Tsubasa Kasayanagi on 86 minutes, before Coenen was shown a second yellow on 82 minutes and then a red card in the 90+7th minute. Djoully Nzoko was also sent off in the 90+5th minute, after Elie Mbavu had been booked in the 90+3rd minute.

The numbers point to a close contest. KRC Genk II had 56% possession to Patro's 44 and more shots on target, 5 to 3, but Patro had more shots overall, 13 to 8, and more passes, 363 to 346. xG was 1.56 to 1.32 in Patro's favour, while the hosts also finished with 3 corners to 4, 4 offsides to 5, 5 saves to 3 and 15 fouls to 19.

Patro's bookings were Stef Peeters on 14 minutes and Radja Nainggolan on 72 minutes, while KRC Genk II had yellow cards for Wout Kapers on 52 minutes, Jonathan Coenen on 82 minutes and Elie Mbavu on 90+3 minutes. Coenen and Djoully Nzoko were then dismissed in stoppage time.