In the standings, the STVV climbs to 11th place while the Steelworkers vegetate in 17th position after this seventh defeat in a row in the Jupiler Pro League. Their last victory dates back to November 27 against … Saint-Trond (2-0). With the exception of a few corners in favor of Saint-Trond, the start of the match was not marked by clear chances. Mikautadze offered himself the first possibility by returning from the right flank on his left foot, but his shot went to the right of Schmidt’s goal (35th).
Saint-Truiden showed efficiency by converting their first shot on goal. Reitz put Hayashi in orbit with a deep pass from the outside of the foot and the Japanese was happy to slip the ball between the legs of the Seresian goalkeeper (1-0, 40th). Seraing nevertheless responded before the break thanks to Nadrani, receiving a low center from Cachbach who had split behind Maaziz on the left of the Trudonnaire surface (1-1, 44th). Unbalanced, Schmidt could not prevent the ball from ending up in the back of the net.
Returning from the locker room, Mikautadze played a balancing act in front of Leistner but crossed his shot too much after eliminating the captain trudonnaire (55th). The situation was unblocked about twenty minutes later when Nsambu, barely getting on the game, surrounded Brüls in the Seraing area and caused a penalty. The Belgian midfielder did himself justice by converting the penalty after long minutes of reviewing the video arbitration (2-1, 78th). In the last moments, the steelworkers’ assaults allowed Saint-Trond to score a third goal on the counter-attack, from Hara’s header skillfully served by Durkin (3-1, 90th + 5).
These three points allow the Canaries to climb to 11th place in the standings, 6 points from play-offs 2 with 27 points. Seraing stagnates in 17th place as a play-off with only 19 points in 23 games, 4 points behind Ostend (22 games), 15th, and Zulte Waregem (21 games), 16th.