Anderlecht vs Westerlo

Anderlecht beat Westerlo 4-1 at Lotto Park on Saturday, and almost all of it was settled in six minutes before the break. Nothing had happened for 40 minutes, then three goals arrived in a rush. Mihajlo Cvetkovic opened the scoring on 40 minutes with a tap-in after a run from Onia Seke and a flick from Lukas Ambros. Mario Stroeykens curled in a second from outside the box on 43, set up by Cvetkovic, and Thelo Aasgaard made it 3-0 with a direct free kick in first-half stoppage time. Ambros added a fourth on 60 when a Cvetkovic shot deflected off Kimura and goalkeeper Jungdal could not hold it. Nikola Storm pulled one back on 81 when his shot took a deflection off Andrew Omobamidele. There were no penalties and the only bookings were yellows for Stroeykens, Omobamidele and Westerlo's Lasse Flo. The win follows a 4-0 defeat at Gent last week and is Anderlecht's first at home since 19 September. They sit fifth on 19 points and visit Club Brugge next. Westerlo had gone six league games unbeaten before this and are eighth on 14 points.