In between the two Atlético de Madrid fixtures, Club Brugge hosted the game against OH Leuven at its own Jan Breydel. After a first period with a lot of chances, the difference was made after the break. Ikwuemesi scored for the visitors in beteen Meijer and Tresoldi's goals.
After a cautious opening start of the game with only little action to note, the game suddenly burst into life with chances at both ends. For the visitors, Teklab had two efforts, forcing Mignolet into a fine save on one occasion. The better chances, however, fell to FCB, with Vanaken and Tzolis both firing wide of Prévot’s goal.
Club then kept OH Leuven inside their own half, delivering cross after cross and creating bigger opportunities as a result. Set up by Tzolis, Tresoldi was just unable to pull the trigger, and from the resulting corner Meijer headed narrowly wide. Prévot produced a fine stop to deny Meijer once again. Tresoldi and Tzolis were also unable to find the net. The sides went into the break 0-0.
The second half began with the same eleven and the same pattern as the first. OH Leuven started brightly and won several early corners, but the first major chance again was for Club as Tresoldi connected to a Vanaken cross on the volley, only to see Prévot pull off yet another impressive save. Club kept pushing and were rewarded for their attacking intent with the opening goal: Meijer finishing from a Forbs assist. It sparked a frantic spell, as the visitors immediately restored the balance through Ikwuemesi. That scoreline lasted only a matter of minutes before substitute Stankovic squared for Tresoldi inside the area, leaving Prévot with no chance.
With around twenty minutes remaining, a deep delivery from Pletinckx was not cleared from the area, and following VAR advice referee Vergoote pointed to the spot for a foul by Siquet on Maziz. Schrijvers sent the penalty high over Mignolet’s goal. The warning was heeded, as the hosts upped the tempo once more. Forbs twice surged down the flank and delivered excellent crosses, but Gil cleared Diakhon’s effort off the line. In a tense finale, the visitors were unable to trouble Mignolet again.
Jupiler Pro League - Match day 26
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
Club Brugge: Mignolet, Siquet (85' Sabbe), Ordóñez, Mechele, Meijer (74' Seys), Onyedika, Lemaréchal (56' Stankovic), Vanaken, Forbs, Tresoldi (74' Vermant), Tzolis (74' Diakhon)
Bench: Jackers, De Corte, Spileers, Vetlesen, Campbell
Coach: Ivan Leko
OH Leuven: Prévot, Verlinden (74' Verstraete), Schrijvers, Teklab (78' Vaesen), Ikwuemesi (78' Kaba), Lakomy (74' Balikwhisha), Gil, Pletinckx, Akimoto, Maertens (62' Maziz), Nyakossi
Bench: Radelet, Jochmans, Ominami, Dussenne, George, Mcalinney
Coach: Felice Mazzu
Yellow: 39' Leko, 87' Gil
Red: None
Goals: 52' Meijer (1-0), 55' Ikwuemesi (1-1), 61' Tresoldi (2-1)