Lierse Kempenzonen beat Cappellen 6-0 in a Club Friendly on 2 August 2026. The visitors took control early and never looked back, running in three goals in the opening half before adding three more after the break. Cappellen, playing at home, could not find a way back into the game and ended the day with nothing to show for their efforts.
And here's the thing — K. Himpe struck twice in quick succession to set the tone. His first came in the thirtieth minute, his second five minutes later, and Cappellen paid for a sloppy opening. The hosts tried to respond but the visitors were already two clear.
By then Lierse had shifted into a different gear. Four goals followed in the second half: one in the fifty-eighth, a second in the fifty-ninth, then two more in the seventy-first and seventy-third minutes. The scoring stopped only because the clock ran out, not because the visitors tired of finding the net.
The statistics tell the story without embellishment. Lierse registered 68 attacks to Cappellen's 41, while possession split 55-45 in the visitors' favour. Cappellen earned three corners; Lierse managed two. Many shots with one goal means chances went begging — though here the imbalance was far more pronounced.
Cappellen's recent record offers little comfort. They lost 3-0 to Hoogstraten last year and 1-0 to Elsloo the year after, while their last meeting with Lierse ended 1-3 in 2024. This time they were outclassed, and the margin tells you everything.
Lierse arrive with mixed form — a loss to HESden, a draw with Anderlecht, defeats against Ostend Leuven and Fortuna Sittard, but also a 4-0 win over Nijlen. This friendly does not change the line much, but it shows the visitors are closing in on a deal with their attacking play.