Ten minutes before the break Sieben Dewaele fell out with an injury. The youth product of Purple & White moaned in pain and it seemed serious, but during the press conference after the game, coach Frank Vercauteren said that at first sight it seems to be better than expected. Read more »
A stupid ball against the arm of Elias Cobbaut caused the return for AA Gent. No intentional hands, but unintentionally a ball against the arm is a fault since this season. "As soon as the referee stopped the game, I knew what time it was," said Cobbaut after the game. Read more »
With two goals in three minutes, Kemar Roofe seemed to become the match winner against Ghent. Unfortunately, Anderlecht still gave away the victory. "It's nice to score, but that only applies if we win," he sighed afterwards. Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck is not surprised by the large number of injuries at Anderlecht. He said that at Play Sports yesterday. According to him, the fault lies with Marc Coucke. "Coucke kicks on big names. Sometimes an injury depends on it or they don't have the engine you hoped for." Read more »
After two wins, Anderlecht have now played a draw for the second time in a row. After two goals of Kemar Roofe, the Purple & White seemed on the way to victory. Anderlecht gave it away in the final minutes. Play-Off 1 continues to go away. Read more »
How would things be with Landry Dimata and his knee? It is already silent for months about the striker's injury. La Dernière Heure journalist Christophe Franken attributes this to Dimata's entourage. According to him, they forbid Anderlecht to communicate about Dimata's health condition. Read more »
The next player of Anderlecht who has to go to the surgery table is Philippe Sandler. That's what Christophe Franken, Anderlecht follower for La Dernière Heure, answers to a question he was asked via Twitter this afternoon. Read more »
A lot of injuries these days in Anderlecht. After Trebel, Kompaore also followed. But according to coach Vercauteren, it is by no means the fault of the medical staff. Does pharmacist Coucke bring healing medicine to the team? Read more »
Anderlecht and AA Gent close the thirteenth matchday tonight. After the weak draw in Eupen, Anderlecht hope to do again what it did in the two games before: win. Ghent did not win away this season. Jeremey Doku will be there again. Read more »
Bad luck for Nathanio Junior Kompaore, the young, newest addition to Anderlecht. The 18-year-old striker from Burkino Faso has sustained a serious injury to the cruciate ligaments and will be on the sidelines for months. Read more »
At the press conference for tomorrow's game against AA Ghent, Frank Vercauteren said that Trebel must undergo knee surgery. The Frenchman, who has only recently started to play regularly, would be out of action for a month with the necessary optimism. Vercauteren also came back to the game against Eupen and of course looked ahead to tomorrow. Read more »
Derrick Luckassen is doubtful for tomorrow's game. Yesterday, he didn't train due to an ankle problem. He also received a visit from the national coach of Ghana and is even considering playing for the African country. His parents are actually from Ghana. Read more »
It seems that we only report news about injuries nowadays because Adrien Trebel is now also standing on the sidelines. The French player will certainly miss the next three games because of a knee injury. Michel Vlap and Peter Zulj are his possible substitutes. Read more »
They cost around five million euros, but where are Kenny Saief (photo), Yevheni Makarenko and Knowledge Musona? Although they are fit, none of the three have stood on the field for a minute. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht may add another name to the list of injured players: Pieter Gerkens. He has been struggling for a while with annoyance to the Achilles tendon, apparently caused by his studs. They change the position of his foot, resulting in inflammation of the Achilles tendon. Read more »
Nacer Chaldi sustained a muscle injury that only occured on training last Thursday and therefore had to miss out on the match at Eupen. After investigation, the injury appears to be less serious than initially thought. Further investigations are on the program today. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht brought in Nathanio Kompaore for three seasons last week. A file that was already on Luc Devroe's desk last year. It was the former Purple & White manager who wanted to bring him in last year, but that was not possible because the Burkinese was still a minor. Read more »
Frank Arnesen underwent knee surgery. For the aftercare of that operation he can count on the doctors of RSC Anderlecht. Krisof Sas and Geert Declercq continue to follow Arnesen, even after his resignation. He is therefore still regularly in Neerpede for the aftercare, where he is welcome. Read more »
Frank Vercauteren may also not be able to rely on Philippe Sandler and Vincent Kompany for Thursday's game against AA Ghent. Both players are still struggling with injuries. Sandler on the knee and Kompany on the hamstrings and they don't want to take the risk that they will resume too soon. Read more »
There is light at the end of the tunnel for Zakaria Bakkali. After being operated on the knee in the mid-season, he trained individually for the first time this week with the ball. If everything goes well, Bakkali would be ready to play by the return round. Read more »
After the game against Eupen, Frank Vercauteren spoke to the press. He talked about the choices for Edo Kayembe and Adrien Trebel and the injury of Nacer Chadli. He saw positive and negative aspects of the game. "We played more constant football, but it was not enough offensively. Read more »
This morning, Het Nieuwblad reports that Anderlecht is thinking of Jordan Lukaku to strengthen the defense. The offensive left rear of Lazio Roma was slowed down by injuries last year, but is now fully fit again. Jordan still has a commitment to the Romans until mid-2022, making a loan seem more realistic than a final transfer. Read more »
