Tonight sees Zulte Waregem play Anderlecht at the Constant Vanden Stock stadium. Somewhat surprisingly, it’s a meeting of the league’s top two teams. Anderlecht, the leaders, started the season as favourites and are probably doing even better than expected. Zulte Waregem, however, were seen by many – see here for more on the club’s rise… Read More »
Two of the biggest games of the season in Belgium – ignoring the playoffs – are the clashes between Anderlecht and Standard Liege, known as the Clasicos. The next one takes place on Sunday and despite the game’s attraction, Anderlecht’s ‘Golden Boot’ winner Dieumerci Mbokani decided not the get a plane back from the African… Read More »
It’s just over halfway through the season proper in the Jupiler Pro League but as the ‘end-of-season playoffs’ count for 40% of points overall (points gained by the end of the classic season are divided by two), we’re just getting started in Belgium. No one likes the current system and this is probably the last… Read More »
So it was not to be. Anderlecht played well for 45 minutes and then failed to concentrate at the beginning of the second half. A goal from AC Milan’s Stephan El Shaarawy and a wonder strike from Philippe Mexès sealed Anderlecht’s fate. Now they most hope that results work out for them on the final… Read More »
There will be 20, 783 spectators in the Constant Vanden Stock stadium tonight and all but 1,085 will be hoping for a home victory. Hopes have not been so high for a decade or more, when Jan Koller and Tomasz Radzinski were demolishing defences, including that of Manchester United. The new coach John Van den… Read More »
At the beginning of the season, no one would have put money on – in a two week period – four coaches being sacked (three from the Big Five), Zulte Waregem going to the top of the table and Anderlecht’s Tom De Sutter scoring five goals in two games. But all those things came to… Read More »