Anderlecht draw at Dender and continue their winless streak

The RSCA has not won any of its last five league matches (4 draws, 1 defeat) and occupies 5th place in the standings with 14 points. Dender is 9th with 12 units.

After having taken only 4 points in his last 5 matches while he had won 7 in the first 3, Dender did not hesitate against an Anderlecht still in search of identity. David Hubert made just one change from the victorious XI in the Europa League against Ferencvaros on Thursday, bringing on Dreyer in place of Amuzu.

Despite the good intentions of the promoted team, it was the visitors who made the difference. Edozie took advantage of a defense that was too wait-and-see to open the scoring in favor of Anderlecht (0-1, 28th). The English rookie brought the ball up from midfield before heading towards the box. Slipping between the defenders, he hit the closed side and left Devriendt there.

At the start of the second half, Nsimba perfectly launched a counter-attack from Dender, and slipped the ball to Scheidler towards the opposing rectangle. The attacker did not bother with unnecessary gestures and took advantage of brutal control and the rebound of the ball to fire a cannon shot into the ceiling of Coosemans (1-1, 53rd).

In the last part of the match, Anderlecht stumbled on a counterattack from Dender who nevertheless created several chances to win the match. Dolberg thought he would force the result in added time, but his goal was disallowed for offside at the base of the action. Anderlecht’s last league victory dates back to August 17.