Gent 1-1 Anderlecht result, stats and report

Anderlecht were utterly ruthless at home, beating Kairat 3-0 to complete a comprehensive double over the Kazakh side in the UEFA Europa League. Kairat offered nothing in attack and were torn apart by an Anderlecht side that controlled every department of the match.

Hibernian had the ball, the chances, and the crowd, but Gent had the goals that mattered. A 90th-minute own goal from Miguel Chaiwa sealed a 3-2 win for the Belgians and ended Hibernian's European night in the worst way possible.

Gent pulled off one of the results of the Belgian Pro League season, beating Club Brugge 2-1 thanks to a late Ibrahima Cissé header that silenced the form book and sent the home crowd into raptures.

Anderlecht controlled large portions of this Belgian Pro League contest but could not convert their superiority into goals, as Genk held firm for a hard-earned point at Lotto Park.

Gent claimed all three points at Cercle Brugge thanks to Emmanuel Kakou's own goal in the 21st minute, with the hosts unable to convert their superior possession into a leveller. Connor Maguire gives his verdict on a damning afternoon for Cercle.

Danylo Sikan's 43rd-minute left-foot finish was enough for Anderlecht to claim a narrow 1-0 home victory over KV Kortrijk, with the visitors offering too little in attack to seriously threaten an equaliser.

Tiago Araújo's right-foot finish seconds after half-time was the difference as Gent ground out a 1-0 win over OH Leuven, who offered little going forward and have now lost four of their last five in the Belgian Pro League.

Cercle Brugge head into Saturday's home fixture without a win in their last five Belgian Pro League matches, and Anderlecht arrive having kept four clean sheets in their last five. Something has to give.