The Buffalos sign a sixth success in a row and are only a length behind Antwerp, 4th and last virtual qualified for the playoffs 1. As for the Antwerpers, they are close to going down to D1B. A victory for Seraing at Standard this Sunday would definitively seal their fate. For this match played behind closed doors due to the incidents that occurred during the derby against Antwerp in December, Hein Vanhaezebrouck chose to preserve Sven Kums, Laurent Depoitre, Tarik Tissoudali, Vadis Odjidja and Michael Ngadeu, diminished by the sequence of matches , with a view to future deadlines.
Serious and diligent, the Gantois opened the scoring shortly before half-time with a fine collective movement punctuated by a diving header signed Julien De Sart (0-1, 44th). After six games without playing, Serbian striker Darko Lemajic scored with a crossed header on a pinpoint serve from Andrew Hjulsager (0-2, 64th).
This success allows La Gantoise, 5th with 55 points, to put pressure on Anderlecht (58) and Antwerp (56). The Ghents are also on the eve of starting a crucial week in their season. They will first try to reverse the trend against PAOK on Thursday evening when they return to the round of 16 of the Conference League after a narrow defeat suffered in Greece on Thursday (1-0). Sunday, their duel against Anderlecht at the Ghelamco Arena could mark a turning point in the fight for the playoffs 1. There will then remain two regular season matches, at Cercle Brugge then against Louvain, before the final of the Belgian Cup scheduled for 18 April, again facing the RSCA.
