Pandas lose 1–2 at home to Virton
KAS Eupen suffered their second consecutive home defeat on Sunday evening. A week after their 1–2 loss to Beerschot, the Pandas, having led 1–0 at half-time, were also beaten 1–2 by Excelsior Virton.
In front of 1,408 spectators, Ba-Muaka Simakala put KAS Eupen 1–0 up in the 43rd minute by converting a penalty.
In the 58th minute, Junior Ntenda equalised to make it 1–1 with a long-range shot. Whilst KAS Eupen pushed for another lead, Virton struck a second time, taking a 2–1 lead in the 81st minute with another long-range shot from Ihab Goudani. KAS Eupen threw everything forward once more in the closing stages, but could not find an equaliser.
Next weekend, KAS Eupen will play their away match at Lierse SK.
Teams
KAS Eupen
Marco Hiller
Yentl Van Genechten
Nicolas Gavory
Chris-Kévin Nadje
Ba-Muaka Simakala (82‘ Kikas)
Lorenzo Youndje (71’ Bertan Caliskan)
Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (62‘ Isaac Nuhu)
Mark Müller (71‘ Théo Maréchal)
Rune Paeshuyse
Igor Plastun
Mathias Fixelles (82’ Aron Sulejmani)
Excelsior Virton
Célestin De Schrevel
Allan Tchaptchet
Ehsan Kari
Maxime Guillaume
Gaëtan Arib
Paul Wade
Abdelsamad Hachem
Alliou Dembele
Junior Ntenda
Ihab Goudani
Essola Assengue
Goals
43’: 1:0 Ba-Muaka Simakala
58’: 1:1 Junior Ntenda
81’: 1:2 Ihab Goudani