AS Eupen vs Beerschot VA - Challenger Pro League

Season-defining implications hang over this Challenger Pro League clash at the home ground, where AS Eupen host Beerschot VA on April 10, 2026 knowing the result could shape the run-in for both clubs. The spectacle was once again on show ahead of Nice’s Europa League clash with AS Roma on Thursday, but what was supposed to be a display of power and pride quickly turned into a far more comical scene.

The two sides arrive with plenty to prove, and the Challenger Pro League contest at the home ground offers a chance to lay down a marker. When a side is winning 75% of their matches and posting WWLW in their last five, as AS Eupen have, the conversation shifts from form to silverware. The visitors have been formidable away from home, W in their last five and a win rate of 80% that puts them in elite company. Where AS Eupen have leaned on defensive discipline, Beerschot VA have often taken the initiative going forward, and that stylistic difference should shape the contest. Paulo Fonseca's men are still smarting from their Champions League play-off exit but now sit third in the table.

Set-piece efficiency could prove the difference on the night. Both AS Eupen and Beerschot VA have invested time in dead-ball situations this season, and a single corner or free-kick may settle it. Hipolito/Europa Press via Getty Images) According to Fabrizio Romano, Man United 'are not proceeding' with a move for the Brighton midfielder.

In fixtures as finely poised as this one, it often comes down to who holds their nerve in the big moments — and both camps have players who relish that responsibility. How each side deals with the other's danger men — and who takes their chances when they come — will be central to the outcome. One cannot deny that Messi once again starred for Argentina during the tournament despite the team’s extra-time defeat to Spain in the final, where Ferran Torres’s goal secured Spain’s second World Cup.

Predicting an outright winner is no easy task given how little separates the two sides on paper. Neither side holds a clear edge, and a 2-2 draw would be a fitting reflection of the balance between them. With the standings tight and form on the line, this is a fixture neither side will want to lose. And Fonseca does not place too much weight on the decision of Roberto Martinez to omit him from the World Cup squad in favour of his Benfica team-mate Tomas Araujo.