Topic: Belgian Pro League 2022/23 Season [SM] (Read 318 times)

-The last champion is Antwerp. There is a possibility to play against Galatasaray for the Champions League.
-New season there will be 16 teams competing in Belgian Pro League.
-Seraing, Zulte Waregem and Oostende are relegated.
-RWD Molenbeek is promoted.

The season is over. I think  the thread should be locked and a new one should be opened.

In my opinion, this league is not very interesting because it does not follow the same criteria as leagues such as Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Portuguese League, Turkish League, so why do they not follow these same criteria to determine the league champion? people are not interested in following a league with that kind of strange criteria that they use, in my opinion it doesn't make sense those criteria that they use in that league, normally the racing genk that managed to get 75 points and finished at the top had to be champion,, but in this league there is still another criterion which makes it not even make sense every season

what's the point of teams playing 34 games, a team staying at the top with a big difference in points so instead of being declared champion it will have to play more with other teams and not be champion, I don't see any sense, in that league the champion is the team with the luckiest and not the team that made a lot of effort throughout the season, that's why with those criteria it won't attract people's attention and what happens is that in European competitions they don't get very far, they don't become champions, they don't attract attention of many big players or investors who want to buy the team. I don't know why the leaders of this league don't see this

Since the play-offs were made after the regular season in the Belgian league, it looks different compared to other leagues.
Genk and Union Saint-Gilloise finished the regular season with 75 points, without the playoffs, the champion would have been determined by the difference in average. Now all 3 teams in the Championship Group have a chance to win. Even Royal Antwerp can become champions. It actually looks very competitive, but there are not many people watching this league.

Actually I still don't understand clearly how the Belgian league works lol, but I'm interested in their football development. yesterday was the championship round match and antwerp vs saint gilloise ended in a draw while genk managed to win over brugge.

In the match played weekend, Genk draw opponent and made 75 points. Genk have same points with the closest rival Saint-Gilloise. There is a play-off system at the end of the league. The play-off process will begin. Points before the start of the play-offs. Except for Club Brugge, other teams seem to have an equal chance of title.

The struggle for leadership continues between Genk and Saint-Gilloise. Genk is the leader with 74 points. Saint-Gilloise follows with 72 points. Antwerp is in 3rd place with 69 points. The league will end after one game. But there is a play-off system at the end of the league. Club Brugge and Standard Liege are not as strong as they used to be. They share the 5th and 6th place.

In the match played today, Genk defeated Anderlecht 5-2 and made 74 points. There is a difference of 4 points with the closest rival, but the leader of the nu league does not immediately become the champion. There is a play-off system at the end of the league. Points earned during the regular season are divided into two. As such, it is the strongest candidate for the championship in U.S Gilloise and Antwerp, which are in the top 3 places. I would very much like U.S Gilloise to be the champion, although he finished the leader last year but could not become the champion.

club brugge has sacked coach Scott Parker after yesterday's 1-5 defeat in the cl quarterfinal second leg against benfica.
the former england international had only been appointed head coach on new year's eve. however, SP lost two champions league games and collected only two wins in the belgian jupiler pro league (with six draws and two defeats). for the management of the reigning belgian champions, who are currently fourth in the table and threaten to slip further, it was too much and therefore this decision was necessary.

the results of today's games left me surprised, especially genk's game against antwerp, genk didn't manage to score at least one goal, I'm not a person who has deep knowledge about the belgium league but from what I can follow in the my opinion this was a game where a draw was more expected or at least a genk win was expected, but this losing result was a surprise for me, I'm glad I didn't bet anything on this game because I would have lost money if I had bet on this game

It is interesting that 2 of the 3 teams that are in the relegation zone have tied, I'm talking about Oostende against zulte - waregem, with that result nothing has changed for the two teams that are still in the relegation zone, but one thing is clear to me: no I see genk not becoming champion, he has a good gap in points, even with today's defeat nothing will change

Genk disappointed many today after losing to Antwerp in the Belgium senior league it was devastating to many seeing a good side losing at home to an average team, Genk really need to buckle up in other not to allow this shocking incident to occur again, I use to know genk defense as a good one despite that they conceive goal most times, genk is not suppose to drop any point at the stage this stage of the league but thats football, but repeatation of this action has to be avoided.

They started the season very badly and although they recovered later, it can be said that the season is over for them as they no longer have a claim. They will still win as many matches as they can. For example, they played very well against Sint-Truiden today. I expect them to win games like this. They are different, especially when playing at home. Islam Slimani, whom we know well, went to his second match today and scored his goal. Dreyer also started his goals. They will get better.

Does anyone know what's going on with the Anderlecht football team this season? They've been getting very unstable results this season. When I compare them with the previous years, I see that they are in a very bad condition. They have collected seven points from their last three games. They may be about to gain good momentum. This week they will host Sint Truiden. They are some favorites as they will be the hosts in this match. But they still don't give me enough confidence.

Genk won 4-0 when they faced Seraing a few hours ago, Seraing didn't have a significant chance because Genk's defense was pretty good.

Genk is getting stronger at the top and union saint-gilloise is ranked 2nd.

Genk 1 - 0 kortrijk

I confess that it was a result that surprised me, despite Genk having a great advantage in points, I confess that I did not expect them to relax and lose points in this game, mainly because the opponent was a very weak team that came into this game in a sequence of bad results, being that they were with consecutive defeats, but even so they managed to beat Genk, and a surprise for me

Club Bruges 1 - 1 OH Leuven

well, Club Bruges is a team that came to this game with 3 draws in 5 games, usually when a team that has a lot of draws plays against another team that also has a lot of draws, then the game between these two teams ends in a draw, Leuven came to this game also with 3 draws in 5 games, I am not surprised with this result

Union St.Gilloise 3 - 0 Oostende

well, this was an expected result, the difference in quality between these two teams is too big, I wouldn't expect another result if not this one

Inconsistency cost U.S. Gilloise the top spot in the Pro-league last season. But it seems they have learned from their mistakes and are not taking any chances this season. From the last six matches, they have lost only two points because they won all of them and drew only the match against Bruggs. If they continue this way, they might still make a difference. But I still doubt that they would be able to catch up with Genk because of the eight points gap and the quality of the Genk team. But ending the season in the second position would still be a big achievement because they might have the opportunity of playing in the champions league this time if they put in more effort. But last season's opportunity to win the league that was lost was the club's best chance.

It surprised me that U.S Gilloise was not among the champion candidates. Because while this team led the league by far last year, it has experienced a serious decline in the last weeks. If there was no play-off system in this league at the end of the season, the league champion would have been Gilloise, but Club Brugge came from behind and became the champion. This year, Gilloise is in great shape again and they are definitely my contender for the championship. The low form continues in Club Brugge. He did not win the match he played at home today. Despite leading 1-0 in the 44th minute, 90+4. He left the field with a score of 1-1 and lost 2 points.

There is Sporting Charleroi - Anderlecht match in the Belgian League today. Anderlecht have been performing far from their old days this season, but their play in the last games has shown signs of improvement. In their last match, they performed well against Genk in the Belgian Cup. I had the opportunity to watch a part of that match. They are in a really bad situation in the league this season, but these matches can turn into an opportunity for them. Otherwise they will fall towards the bottom of the league. Sporting Charleroi lost 4-1 to Genk in their last league game and they are close to Anderlecht in the league. I predict Anderlecht will win this match. They cannot continue to play bad football forever. Their positive appearances in the last matches could be a harbinger of series wins.

The first half of the Belgian league is over. After the World Cup, the second half of the season will begin. Genk, which was at the top at the end of the 6th week, is still at the top. However Genk is on top this time alone. Also, Standard Liege is still not very good this season.

In four matches Anderlecht has lost three and drew one. It's not an encouraging result for a team that is playing in the Europa Conference League. The team lost some players in the transfer window such as the outstanding defender Sergio Gómez to Manchester City. They also lost Josh Cullen to Burnley and Elias Cobbaut to Parma. But also got a whole lot of good signings such as the 20year old Moussa N'Diaye from Barça Atlètic, Ishaq Abdulrazak from Norrköping and Adrien Trébel from Lausanne-Sport. This team is going through a lot of restructuring and rebuilding. They have a good and young team that has the ability to compete for the Belgian league top position.

Westerlo has not also been a better side in recent times having lost three of their four matches and winning one. In their last match against Antwerp they conceded three goals. I agree there might be a goal of rain in this match. Both teams would want to win back the confidence of their management and fans.

Anderlecht have lost eight points in their last three games. As in previous seasons, they moved away from the summit race. Westerlo plays effectively at home. They were effective in their home matches against Standard Liege and Cercle Brugge. The Anderlecht defense is sounding the alarm. The probability of a goal scoring match is high. I think both teams will score against each other.