Match summary
Anderlecht saw off Mechelen 3-1. Anderlecht led 1-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Mario Stroeykens put Anderlecht ahead in the 14th minute. In the second half, Kasper Dolberg made it 2-0 in the 60th minute, Nikola Storm pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 73rd minute, and Francis Amuzu made it 3-1 in stoppage time.
The chances backed that up: Anderlecht created 3.04 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Mechelen's 0.89 from 13.