Zulte's red card at 74 came after St Truiden had already won

St Truiden beat Zulte Waregem with a penalty and a goal in two minutes, with the red card arriving well after the damage was done.

Zulte Waregem's red card came in the 74th minute, but by then the match was already decided. Ilias Sebaoui scored from the penalty spot at 64, and Kaito Matsuzawa made it four two minutes later, giving the home side a three-goal cushion. Y. Mbodji was sent off eight minutes after that, so the visitors finished the game with ten men.

The possession figures come first. St Truiden had the ball for 68% of the match, well above the 55.7% they usually manage at home. Their chances were less unusual: 2.04 expected goals, a score for how likely each shot was to go in, is only a little above the 1.85 they average at home.

Zulte Waregem's figures look better than the scoreline. They had just 32% of the ball, against a usual away share of 44.1%, yet their 1.11 expected goals was above the 0.84 they normally create on the road. Their shots were close to their usual away level, but five of them came from inside the box, which is where good chances are made.

Goals were the real story. Five went in, in a league where games average 3.1 goals, and four of them came in the second half of the first hour. Nelson Ishiwatari scored early for the home side and was rated 8.2 for his work, while Zulte's only reply came from István Átrok at 14 minutes. Brent Gabriel made five saves for the visitors, while St Truiden's keeper had only one to make.

Defensively, Zulte's away side has been leaking goals. They conceded four here, after conceding 1.8 per away game across the season. St Truiden, meanwhile, scored four at home in a campaign where they usually score 1.8 per game, so this was an unusually productive afternoon for them in front of goal, not just in possession.

The red card changed little on the scoreboard but a great deal about how the final minutes looked. Zulte had to see out the last quarter of the game with ten men, having already conceded the penalty and the goal that followed it. Their last goal had come almost an hour earlier, and after that St Truiden simply kept the ball and kept testing them.

The table shows the wider picture. Zulte Waregem sit 12th with 11 points, built on three away wins, two draws and five defeats in ten games. St Truiden are 16th with 8 points, and their home record now stands at two wins, two draws and six defeats from ten.

Player of the matchNelson Ishiwatari1 goal8.2

Kaito Matsuzawa1 goal8.0

Ilias Sebaoui1 goal7.9

Shogo Taniguchi5 duels won7.3