RSC Anderlecht has achieved 9 points in the Play-Offs after five matchdays. The people of Brussels are first and have 2 points more than Club Brugge. Union SG must win tonight on the field of Royal Antwerp FC.
Battle between Anderlecht and Club?
KRC Genk has to drop out for the time being, 7 points behind. Union SG has 6 points and therefore has to gain points. Otherwise it will be a battle between Anderlecht and Club Brugge for the time being.
Thomas Delaney spoke about the title fight after the match. “Will it be a battle with them? I’m not going to make any statements about who is or is not in the title race. But Club is on the right track after a difficult start. It’s Bruges, that was to be expected,” he laughed. the experienced Dane after the match The last news.
Injuries at RSCA
However, Anderlecht now also have to win away from home. On Sunday it goes to Cercle Brugge. Brian Riemer has to hope he gets good news. Thorgan Hazard is already out and Yari Verschaeren is also missed. Also missing Kasper Schmeichel and Anders Dreyer for weeks would be very detrimental to the title ambitions.
Delaney now mainly wants to win in Bruges. “That will be a point towards the weekend. We will go for it, because we are not satisfied with our last two away matches. We played below our level there. But crying about it will not help us, we have to work on it.”
Mats Rits remains calm halfway through the play-offs. “We are now halfway through and are in the lead. But we have seen in the past five matches that emotions go up and down a lot. That’s the great thing about the play-offs.”
