After a dazzling start to the match, Union opened the score in the eighth minute. Rasmussen headed the leather against the ropes. A little later the score was 0-2. Castro-Montes cleverly curled the ball into the square.
Seven minutes after the break, Amoura beat KVK goalkeeper Pirard with a shot into the far corner. The home team responded immediately afterwards with the 1-3, the ball ended up in the hands of Davies via the Union defense. The Welshman outwitted Moris and brought Kortrijk back into the match. At the start of injury time, Alexandersson’s team was close to 2-3. Terho headed too weakly back towards Moris, Afolabi intercepted the ball but his attempt was turned away from the line by Sykes. Union no longer ran into problems and returned to victory after being unable to win the past three games.
With 62 points, leader Union puts the pressure on Anderlecht, which has eleven points less and hosts STVV at 6:30 PM. KV Kortrijk is last with 18 points, seven points from the safe zone.