Anderlecht, Club Brugge roll on with wins

Anderlecht remain seven points clear of Club Brugge at the top of the Jupiler League standings after wins for the leading pair today. Anderlecht scored three times in the second half to beat Westerlo 3-1 at home, while Club Brugge saw off KV Kortrijk 2-1. Leaders Anderlecht were sluggish out the gate in the first half, but a Dieudonne Mbokani goal brought them to life in the 55th minute before further strikes from Roland Juhasz and Milan Jovanovic, with Felix Luz getting one back for the visitors. Two goals in the space of nine minutes midway through the first half gave Club Brugge the lead as Ryan Donk and Joseph Akpala found the net, but they were forced to hang on after Steven Monrose's goal four minutes into the second half. Standard Liege missed the chance to move level on points with third-placed Gent as they went down 4-2 to Zulte-Waregem. Standard led through Michy Batshuayi's 25th-minute strike, but Davy De Fauw and Habib Habibou turned it around before half-time, and further strikes from M'Baye Leye and Habibou again gave them a commanding lead that Yoni Buyen's 70th-minute goal did little to remedy.