Mandel loses out against Knokke
The game was less than two minutes old when Goblet had to save the furniture for Mandel for the first time. After that, the quality of the match dropped noticeably. Knokke played forward risk-free and without pressure. The home team took the lead after half an hour through a deflected ball. Knokke tried to further deepen the lead through Mfumu before half-time, but he finished badly.
Little tension
Early in the second half, Mujangi Bia put Knokke goalkeeper D’Hoest to work. Together with Schoonbaert, he prevented a doomsday scenario for the home team. Apart from a free kick from Ghesquiere (Knokke), the match continued without too much tension towards the end.
Knokke took the victory, but it was one without much shine. Knokke remains seventh, four points from the top 5. After the 18th defeat of the season, Mandel sees Hoogstraten, penultimate in the standings, run further away. They won 1-0 against Ruppel-Boom.