Well last weekend didn't bring more wisedom based on the ranking. But we still believe in our dream and it is still possible to win our fourth title in Belgium!

The results

On friday Genk did more or less easily won against Antwerp. Luckily we came away without injuries, because in the second half Antwerp didn't want to play any more and were getting more and more aggresive by the minute!
We have to be fair and notice that in the beginning of the game Antwerp was a little bit better and missed a great opportunity to repeat the hold up of the previous game!
After that Genk was incredibly dominant. The first goal was scored from the 11 meter spot! Another penaly in the last minutes of the game did put the 4-0 on the scoreboard!

On Sunday we first had Anderlecht vs Standard. A more important game for Standard than for Anderlecht. Standard had an opportunity to pass Antwerp and end up on the third place. But Anderlecht with a man down after 20 minutes did surprise the world on won their first game in this play offs!

The Sunday ended with the game between Gent and Club Bruggge. It was a very interesting game with 3 goals allowed and a 0-1 for Club Brugge! Again Gent did deserve more but if you can't score, you can't win! The most important thing for Brugge is that they took the 3 points and at the end nobody cares what the quality of play was.
The VAR and the ref had a great impact on this game. Brugge should have gotten a second yellow card at the end of the first half! There were multiple occasions for the ref to give this.
The VAR had the impact by disallowing the equalizer of Gent but this was a correct decision. The Gent player in off side position did hinder the sight of the goalie of Brugge!
The second time he did interfere wasn't justified. Also here the Brugge player was hindering the sight of the goalie of Gent, but he was only an inch off side!

The Ranking

3 more rounds to go!

Let's start at the bottom! Gent is performance dramatic with only 1 point out of 7 play off games!
Anderlecht with their first victory still may dream of the fourth place! They are now 6 points behind Standard! Both teams still have games left against Brugge and Genk, so everything is possible.
But Standard will also look up. They are chasing Antwerp with 2 points! Next week Antwerp has the home game against Anderlecht, while Standard receives Gent. Both team should be able to win their games!

But than at the top! Genk scored 18 points out of the possible 21 and still isn't sure of winning the title! Brugge did collect 16 points. So while Genk did increase their lead with 2 points it still could go wrong!
But all prepare for the battle of next Sunday! When Brugge hosts the game at home against Genk! Brugge will probably need 9 out of 9, while Genk only needs 4 more points! Even less if they don't lose at Brugge.
This is a game which is pretty unpredictable! Genk has the advantage that their quality of play is better than Brugge at the moment and that with a draw or even a defeat they still have everything in their own hands! Brugge on the other side has the home advantage but they also have the pressure that they need to win!
Will Genk take the title next Sunday or will Brugge increase the tension in this Play Off?

Will write a more indepth analysis of the game later on this week!

Cheers,
Peter