AA Gent had been given a simpler assignment in the eighth finals with second division team Lommel, so the football gods intervened in the draw for the quarter finals. With Standard, it faces a tough opponent.
But Ghent did fill up with a solid portion of confidence for the confrontation in the Ghelamco Arena last weekend, because it only gave the Liège players a 3-1 defeat in the competition, with the help of star Tarik Tissoudali.
Club Brugge will face OHL in the quarterfinals, which eliminated 1B club Westerlo with difficulty. Club Brugge and OHL can also warm up for their cup match, because more than a week earlier they already look each other in the eye in the competition in Leuven.
Anderlecht escaped unscathed in the penalties against Seraing and will not let it get that far in the quarterfinals against KV Kortrijk. Although… At the end of November, they were already stuck in a 1-1 draw in the competition.
KV Mechelen receives Eupen in the last quarterfinal. The matches are scheduled for Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 December. The semi-finals will be played back and forth on 1-3 February and 1-3 March.
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