The Brussels derby will have kept its promises on Sunday evening. In the end, it was the Mauves who had a smile with three important points.
Sporting Anderlecht and Union Saint-Gilloise put on a great show during the derby at Lotto Park on Sunday as part of the third day of the Champions Playoffs.
At the final whistle, it was the Anderlecht team who jumped for joy as they scored an important victory in the title race and thus took the lead in the standings. But it was also the first victory in the last ten meetings against the rival Saint-Gillois.
Audience record for the derby
Red card, penalty, goals: the spectacle was very present in the den of the RSCA to end the weekend. But it was also the viewers who showed their presence.
Indeed, a record was broken on Sunday evening. According to figures published by Eleven DAZN, there were 506,000 cumulative viewers for this summit meeting.
This is the highest number of viewers for a match this season in the Jupiler Pro League. And to think that there are still seven matches left including a derby…
