Union was not at all alert at the start of the match and was already double behind following just six minutes. Alan Minda got past Anthony Moris on a high ball from Hugo Siquet, and a minute later top scorer Kévin Denkey made it 0-2 on a pass from Félix Maréchal. Already the 24th competition goal this season for the 23-year-old Togolese international.
Striking: at Union, Christian Burgess was in the stands following his red card. However, he was not suspended, as the federal prosecutor would have appealed once morest his suspension. That appeal has a suspensive effect, which means that Burgess will be suspended once morest Anderlecht next week and will miss two matches in this way. Union had to recover for a while, but was able to regain some courage just before half time. After a penalty foul on Loïc Lapoussin, Gustaf Nilsson got behind the ball and the Swedish international kicked the tying goal past another excellent Warleson into the net: 1-2.
The spring sun suddenly seemed to shine even brighter for Union in a sold-out Duden Park, until the Brussels team ran into a razor-sharp counter from the Association halfway through the second half, following Sykes lost the ball. Minda kept the overview diagonally in front of goal and Thibo Somers calmly finished it: 1-3. In added time, substitute Dennis Eckert Ayensa scored another goal for Union: 2-3, but they did not get any further.
