Club Brugge, managed by Croatian coach Ivan Leko, beat Zulte Waregem 4-2 away in the 10th round of the Belgian championship. It was the sixth consecutive league victory for Brugge, with which the club has at least temporarily taken first place in the table.
Leko’s team has 27 points after 10 matches played, with nine wins and just one defeat. The only loss came at the end of August on the road at Gent (2-1), and since then they have stringed together six league wins.
The match in Waregem was rich in goals. Hugo Vetlesen put the visitors ahead in the third minute, and Tobias Hedl equalised in the 32nd minute. Carlos Forbs restored Brugge’s lead in the 34th minute, Nicolò Tresoldi scored in the 36th minute to make it 1-3, and Hans Vanaken increased the lead to 1-4 in the 45th minute. Hedl set the final score at 2-4 with his second goal.
Club Brugge has matched their performance from the 2017/18 season with 27 points from the first 10 league matches, when the team was also managed by Ivan Leko and won the Belgian title. The best start in the club’s recent history, however, belongs to the team of Norwegian coach Trond Sollied, who won 28 of the first 30 possible points in the 2002/03 season.
Good form is not limited to the domestic championship. Club Brugge achieved a 4-3 victory against Inter in Milan, and in the previous Champions League round they beat Lens 3-0 at home. Brugge also beat Sporting Lokeren in the Belgian Cup, so they now have six consecutive wins in all competitions.
In the table, Brugge has taken the top spot from Gent, who have 25 points and a game in hand. Third is Union Saint-Gilloise with 23 points, also with a game in hand. In the next league round, Leko’s team faces a derby against Anderlecht.
