St. Truiden vs Saburtalo 2-0

St. Truiden beat Saburtalo 2-0 at Stayen, with R. Vanwesemael's first-half goal setting them on the way and I. Sebaoui sealing it late on. A VAR check also ruled out a St. Truiden goal early on.

St. Truiden thought they had gone ahead in the 4th minute, but N. Ishiwatari's goal was disallowed for offside after a VAR check. Vanwesemael opened the scoring in the 11th minute, finishing from S. Bazdar's assist to make it 1-0, and that was the half-time score.

Saburtalo made two changes on 71 minutes and two more on 84 minutes, but they never tested the home goalkeeper. St. Truiden also made changes on 79 minutes, when F. Soelle replaced S. Bazdar, and Soelle set up the second goal for Sebaoui in the 89th minute, with the substitute finishing to make it 2-0. Sebaoui was then replaced by S. Shinkawa in the 90+3rd minute. The late goal sealed the points after St. Truiden had already been in control through much of the second half.

The numbers backed up the scoreline. St. Truiden had 60% of the possession, 594 passes at 90% accuracy and 19 shots to Saburtalo's 2. They also had 4 shots on target to none, 3 corners to 0, 1.68 expected goals to 0.1, and 0 saves to Saburtalo's 3. Saburtalo committed 10 fouls, while St. Truiden gave away 22.

St. Truiden's only booking went to N. Ishiwatari in the 36th minute. Saburtalo had no yellow cards.