Anderlecht win, Brugge drop points in Belgium

March 1, 2010

Belgian leaders Anderlecht once again walked further away from their rivals with a 1-2 win at Roeselaere while Club Brugge drew 1-1 at Sint-Truiden.

The start was not good for Anderlecht as Roeselaere’s Nikita Rukavytsya scored the opening goal after 26 minutes.

But the Brussels outfit had Ondrej Mazuch level 11 minutes later, and Matias Suarez made it 1-2 two minutes after the hour mark.

Anderlecht played the last 15 minutes without goalscorer Mazuch as result of a second yellow card.

Club Brugge allowed the gap with Anderlecht to grow to nine points following a 1-1 draw at Sint-Truiden. The home side scored the opening goal through Ibrahim Sidibe in the 48th minute, but Wesley Sonck kept damage limited with a converted penalty 11 minutes later.

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Anderlecht jump to top in Belgium

November 9, 2009

Anderlecht are the new leaders in the Belgian Pro League following a 0-2 win at Gent, while Club Brugge crashed to a 3-1 defeat at defending champions Standard Liege.

Ondrej Mazuch put Anderlecht in the lead after 23 minutes at Genk, and Romelo Lukaku added a second and final goal in the dying minutes.

As Brugge lost their match at Standard, Anderlecht surpass their traditional rivals and are now two points ahead.

Milan Jovanovic scored two goals in the first 15 minutes to lead Standard to a comfortable lead over Brugge, and Axel Witsel added a third with about ten minutes left in the first half.

Club’s Karel Geraerts pulled one back in the 78th minute, but it wasn’t nearly enough for his team to avoid the defeat.

Jonathan Roorda