After seeing a goal disallowed by VAR for an offside Balikwisha in the first half (20th), Toby Alderweireld delivered the Great Old by opening the scoring in the 85th minute. The former Red Devil put his team away for good four minutes later by converting a penalty awarded for a hand fault in the rectangle (0-2, 89th).
With 63 points, Antwerp is 5 points behind leader Genk, who will host OHL on Sunday, and 2 points behind 2nd, Union Saint-Gilloise, who will host Saint-Trond on Sunday evening. If he can still look ahead, Matricule 1 must no longer look behind him, being assured of the top 4. La Gantoise occupies 4th place with 51 points before going to Seraing on Saturday. FC Bruges, 5th with 49 points before their trip to Mechelen on Sunday, can no longer join Antwerp.
At the bottom of the ranking, Essevee remains 17th with 5 points ahead of the red lantern Seraing. Zulte Waregem has the same number of points (24) as Ostend, who will host Standard on Saturday evening.