Kortrijk eases past Eupen

Eupen lost Jose Espinal after just seven minutes as he was dismissed for deliberate handball, and Guiseppe Rossini's 26th-minute penalty and a 42nd-minute strike from Ilombe M'Boyo set the host on its way to victory.

Kevin Vandenbergh pulled a goal back for the bottom-of-the-table visitor and Baptiste Martin was sent on his way to even up the numbers, but Sven Kums made it 3-1 with six minutes remaining.

Paulo Henrique's second-half brace earned Westerlo a 2-1 victory away to St Truidense, for whom Giel Deferm had opened the scoring after 14 minutes.

Koen Persoons' 89th-minute goal gave Lokeren a 1-0 home win over Germinal Beerschot, while Cercle Brugge won by the same scoreline at Lierse thanks to a first-half goal from Hans Cornelis.

Zulte-Waregem was held to a 1-1 home draw by Charleroi, Thomas Matton earning it a point with an 81st-minute equaliser after Hernan Losada had put the visitor ahead eight minutes earlier.