Anderlecht turned on the style against champions Genk and they could easily have scored more than the four they did put past Logan Bailly. Dieumerci Mbokani was the star of the show but honourable mentions to Sacha Kljestan and Matias Suarez. They are still seven points clear of Club Brugge and Gent, but that’s only… Read More »
League leaders Anderlecht play champions Racing Genk this afternoon. Anderlecht are unbeaten at home in their last 11 games and they have players who love the ‘big’ games. That should see them through but it won’t be easy against a Genk side that looks more settled than it did a month ago. Anderlecht should be… Read More »
Last weekend, Racing Genk’s Kevin De Bruyne played a large part in the demolition of Leuven – admittedy not too difficult a task – with two goals in the opening 15 minutes. He looked ‘up’ for the game and that’s not been true for all of this season; sometimes his head has looked elsewhere. That… Read More »
Anderlecht seem determined to avoid last year’s little problem – when they won the ‘classic’ league but lost the playoffs – by ending the Jupiler League season (pre-playoffs) as far ahead of their rivals as possible. Regular readers will know that the points gained in the season proper are divided by two before the playoffs… Read More »
After Racing Genk’s victory over Sint Truiden last night, there is a possibility of one or two upsets as the big four clubs all have fixtures that could be trickier than they look on paper: Anderlecht’s visit Kortrijk while Standard Liege go to Westerlo; elsewhere, Gent receive Zulte Waregem while Cllub Brugge welcome KV Mechelen. … Read More »
Standard Liege and Gent both crashed out at the cup quarter final stage. Standard lost heavily at home to Lierse while Gent could only draw at home with Lokeren, who now play Lierse in the semi final. The other last four match will feature Kortrijk and Mons. That meant that the four qualifying teams all… Read More »
The Belgian Cofidis Cup is a competition that is dying on its feet. Steve Martens and his team at the Belgian Football Association are looking at ways of injecting some life into the contest; ideas being mooted include a facelift to make it more like the Davis Cup. That’s no surprise given Martens’ background at… Read More »
Anderlecht (1st) – Club Brugge (3rd) The Jupiler League is back with a bang at the Constant Vanden Stock stadium as Lucas Biglia and his boys welcome their northern rivals Club Brugge. Anderlecht’s hit man Herman Van Holsbeeck has chosen this moment to say that Ariel Jacobs must win the title – and with it… Read More »
On Wednesday night in Oostende, journalists, coaches and past winners will decide who will be Belgium’s Gouden Schoen / Soulier d’Or for 2011. As the award is based on performances over a calendar year rather than on a complete football season, it can be tough to forecast the winner; this year it’s almost impossible. From… Read More »
Last season saw several high profile Belgian players move out of the Jupiler League (including Romelu Lukaku, Thibaut Courtois, Steven Defour and Axel Witsel) and some earn transfers between clubs outside of Belgium (e.g. Dries Mertens from Utrecht to PSV). There could be similar transactions this season; here’s my view of Belgians who could change… Read More »