Sporting Hasselt vs Patro Eisden 1-2

Patro Eisden left Hasselt with a 2-1 win after two first-half goals put them in control. Sporting Hasselt pulled one back before the break, but they could not find an equaliser.

Patro Eisden opened the scoring in the 21st minute through Rento Takaoka, then Sami Lahssaini made it 2-0 two minutes later from Louis Verstraete's assist. Sporting Hasselt responded on 33 minutes when Siebe Van Keymolen scored to make it 2-1, and that was the half-time score.

There was no further scoring after the interval. The match had two cancelled penalties, first against Patro Eisden on 41 minutes for Isaias Delpupo and then against Sporting Hasselt on 65 minutes for Javan Ngoyi. Sporting Hasselt made two changes on 67 minutes, then two more on 86 minutes, but Patro Eisden protected the lead through the closing stages, including a late change on 90+1 minutes when Radja Nainggolan came off for Jeremy Bokila.

Sporting Hasselt had 54% of the possession, 412 passes to Patro Eisden's 356, 14 shots to 10, six on target to three, and 2.14 expected goals to 1.5. They also had seven corners to two and one save to Patro Eisden's five, but the visitors made their early lead count.

There were four yellow cards for Sporting Hasselt, for Andres Labie on 44 minutes, Nicolas Gerits on 54 minutes, Javan Ngoyi on 84 minutes and Niels Verburgh on 88 minutes. Patro Eisden had three cautions, for Radja Nainggolan in first-half stoppage time, Rento Takaoka on 76 minutes and Louis Verstraete on 81 minutes.