After around ten days of winter break, Belgian football clubs are back in action in 2025 with the Belgian Cup. However, only eight privileged people will put on their crampons between Tuesday and Thursday, to try to reach the last four of the competition.
On Wednesday, Antwerp and the Union will play a ‘remake’ of last year’s final, which smiled on the people of Brussels. Two meetings will take place first on Tuesday, at 8:45 p.m. Club Brugge, currently 2nd in the Jupiler Pro League standings, will host Oud Heverlee Leuven at the Jan Breydel stadium. At the same time, Sint-Truiden and Genk will face off in a Limburg derby in the heart of Stayen.
The first duel of the season between Bruges and Louvain smiled on the former, winners at Den Dreef (0-1) at the beginning of November. In the north-east of the country, Genk’s trip to Sint-Truiden, a little over a month ago, kept all its promises with a score (2-2) snatched in stoppage time by the leader.
The poster child for these quarter-finals undoubtedly remains the revenge of the 2024 final, which will take place on Wednesday at 8:45 p.m. at Bosuil. The Unionists, in great shape since the end of October, hope to continue this dynamic. On the other hand, the Great Old went through a bumpy end to the year after an excellent period. In their stadium, Antwerp won (2-0) at the start of the season, but the Union responded at the start of December (2-1).
Thursday at 8:45 p.m., Sporting Anderlecht will close the quarters with a trip to Beerschot. Rats supporters will seek consolation in the middle of a particularly difficult season where they seem doomed to failure. The RSCA will want to be full of confidence after having conceded two defeats to close 2024.
The program for the 1/4 finals
Tuesday, 8:45 p.m.: Club de Bruges – OHL
Wednesday, 8:45 p.m.: Antwerp-Union (LIVE RTL Club and RTL Play); Saint-Trond-Genk
Thursday, 8:30 p.m.: Beerschot-Anderlecht (LIVE RTL Club and RTL Play).
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