Two late Lommel goals cost Gent top spot as Club Brugge lead after ten matchdays
Gent lost their first league match of the season at the promoted side, while ten-man Union won at Beveren and Anderlecht swept Westerlo aside.
KAA Gent lost a league match for the first time this season in Lommel on Sunday evening. The promoted side won 2-0 thanks to two goals late on, Sporza reports. As a result, Club Brugge, who had already won 2-4 at Zulte Waregem on Friday, take the lead on 27 points. Union follow on 26, while Gent drop to third with 25 points. Charleroi (24) and Anderlecht (19) complete the top five, according to DH and Walfoot.
Gent had started the stronger side. According to DH, the visitors hit the woodwork twice after ten minutes, and Lommel goalkeeper Matthias Pieklak kept his team in the game with several saves. After 35 minutes Mathias Delorge was shown a red card for a challenge on Tom Reyners, but after VAR intervention it became a yellow, Sporza reports. It went wrong in the final quarter of an hour: substitute Juho Talvitie fired in the opener from outside the box in the 82nd minute, and five minutes later Djordje Gordic made it 2-0. According to Sporza and Walfoot, Gent were without Christian Burgess, who hurt his ankle in training, and Ibrahima Cissé, among others. Rik De Mil's side had the best defence until then, with four goals conceded in nine matches.
Union kept pace by winning 1-2 at SK Beveren, despite a red card for Dylan Aquino six minutes after he came on. Louis Patris and Guilherme scored for the Brussels side, and Arno Verschueren pulled one back with a goal that coach David Hubert disputed, Sporza writes. Anderlecht beat Westerlo 4-1 on Saturday. Mihajlo Cvetkovic, Mario Stroeykens and Thelo Aasgaard, with a free kick, scored within six minutes before half-time, and Lukas Ambros made it 4-0 after an hour.
Charleroi beat La Louvière 5-2 in an empty stadium, a punishment for incidents around the match against Standard in May, Sporza reports. KV Mechelen beat Genk 1-0 thanks to a goal from Simion Michez, ending Genk's winning run. Standard and Kortrijk drew 1-1, Cercle Brugge beat Antwerp 2-1 and OH Leuven won 1-2 at STVV. Lommel climb to seventh place on 15 points. Next week brings the top clash between Club Brugge and Anderlecht.