Gent come from behind to dump Charleroi out of the cup

The first half between Mechelen and Gent was an exciting affair. Yaremchuk opened the scoring after ten minutes, before Storm levelled five minutes later. Both sides had several more chances before the break, but neither could capitalise on them. Things became much more tepid after half time, with Thoelen and Bolat only having a couple of saves to make. So the game ended 1-1, with both sides picking up a point.

Yaremchuk came close to putting Gent into an early lead at home against R Excel Mouscron, but had to wait until the 28th minute to get on the scoresheet. The Buffalos then looked to increase their lead, but Kums struck the post and Koffi made a number of great stops. They finally got a second in the 70th minute, through substitute Tissoudali. In the closing stages, Yaremchuk chalked up two more goals, both from Odjidja assists. Thanks to this hat-trick, the striker's second of the season, Gent ran out comfortable 4-0 winners.  

Gent went behind early on against KAS Eupen to a Prevljak strike, although it should have been adjudged offside. By the half hour mark, the Buffalos had completely turned the tables: new signing Bezus Tissoudali scoring twice in the box to round off some good attacking play. The home side were on top after half time, but it was Eupen who scored next, through Prevljak's spot kick. Then Tissoudali thought he had got his hat trick, but after several minutes of deliberation VAR ruled the goal out for offside, despite this not being visible from the replays. So the game ended 2-2, leaving the Buffalos feeling aggrieved at not having picked up three points.