Thursday night the rivals look each other in the eye. A searching Anderlecht will take on the leader from Bruges in Lotto Park. Can the home team seize their only chance of European football? Or does Club Brugge remain active on three fronts?
Anderlecht:
In the rankings they are not in a hurry and their Current Impact Score (CIS) will not be increased, but with ten men still playing 1-1 on Standard, the ‘moral’ still gave a boost. Anderlecht hope to be ready for the cup match against Club Brugge on Thursday, because that game must save the season. On life and death. For the time being, the Purple & White can keep the appearance somewhat high. If things go wrong in the Croky Cup, the season of Anderlecht is almost over. Perhaps Vincent Kompany should then hold a major press conference to explain the future.
Goalkeeper Hendrik Van Crombrugge played a world match at Standard on Sclessin and defender Elias Cobbaut chased away everything that came close. Phew, because Anderlecht was blown away in Liège. It took even more than five minutes after the kick-off for the players from Brussels to take possession of half of Standard. If the Rouches had been more efficient, they would have won 4-1 or 5-1. And then it may also go well. A pass from Luckassen deviated with luck, which enabled Kemar Roofe to score with his only good ball contact of the afternoon.
“We fell back too much,” said coach Frank Vercauteren. “It was not deserved at all and with many heights and lows, but the 1-1 still gives a mental boost,” Vercauteren remembered. “If you saw Standard with their age, their qualities and their strength and speed: then we sometimes found an answer to that. With ten people. We can build on this. “We will see what we can do against the best team in Belgium,” the coach concluded.
Club Brugge KV:
With a magical heel that winked at the miracle goal of Barcelona striker Luis Suarez, Emmanuel Dennis put an end to two months of scoring at Club Brugge against KV Mechelen. Percy Tau also scored for the first time in three months. The attackers are once again showing their teeth and that should give Club the courage to keep fighting on three fronts. Thursday a transfer to Anderlecht is waiting in the cup, Sunday a trip to Ghent. “I will bear in mind on Thursday that another difficult match will soon follow,” Philippe Clement seemed to announce bills of exchange. “Because our opponent on Sunday will not have had a midweek match. Fortunately we have been working on good physical condition for a whole season. ”
For Club Brugge, KV Mechelen can play in 1A every year. Club won 0-5 behind the Kazerne and on Sunday at Jan Breydel, the Kakkers could not claim a point at any time. The fact that the score was limited to 3-0 this time was due to the reserve mode that Club Brugge uses in most of its league games. Why press the accelerator pedal fully if it continues to run out on the title competitors with the parking brake on?
Emmanuel Dennis confirmed his good match against Real Madrid and shows that he is currently the best attacker who can bring Clement between the lines. “I’m not a striker, I’m a winger,” Dennis insisted. “Only I can also play in the rush hour position. In the past weeks I often did not play because of my ankles. But I knew I had to rest and never really worried. I knew the goals were coming. “The goal he made had been in his head for a while. Ever since he had seen the goal of Barcelona striker Luis Suarez on social media.
PREDICTION: Club Brugge KV to win @ 1,77
