After a balanced opening phase, Mechelen opened the score via Lauberbach, who hit hit after a corner. Afterwards the visiting team left the game on Zulte Waregem, but great opportunities were not forthcoming.
After the break the game started slowly. Traoré aimed next to, and a hand game from Marsa was not punished by the VAR. Yet the equalizer came. After an error from Halhal in the final minute of the game in the sixteen, Vossen used the penalty flawlessly. For example, Essevee still takes a deserved point on his return to the highest level.