Antwerp had most of the possession in the first half, and created the better chances. After only 4 minutes, Antwerp were denied a penalty when Trenson fell in the box. Immediately afterwards,  Janssens missed from under the crossbar from a header from De Witte. Antwerp had a couple of other good chances, before Jarju hit the underside of the bar with an effort from outside the area on 22′.
On 28′ Olguin beat a couple of Lierse players down the right, and crossed low into the area. Van der Jeugt was only able to parry the ball into the path of Utaka - 1-0
On 38′, a corner for Antwerp was headed in at the near post by Utaka -2-0. On the stroke of halftime, Olguin missed an excellent chance to put the result beyond any doubt for Antwerp.

At halftime, Cavens replaced Samir, but Lierse struggled to get a hold on the game.
On 70′ the match was decided when Olguin beat Van der Jeugt with a header. Lierse never totally gave up hope of at least a consolation goal, but it wasn’t to be. The Lierse fans sang their support to the end, but it’s Antwerp who will compete in the play-offs.
Another season in 2nd division beckons for Lierse.

Referee:  Gumienny

Antwerp : Ristovic, Van Hemert, Fränkel, Pivaljevic (’80 Baert), Utaka, Slovic, Addo Akwei, Trenson, Carratta, Jelicic, (’71 Geeroms), Olguin (’83 Glouftsis)
Subs:  : Wauthy, Baert, Glouftsis, Geeroms 
Lierse: Van der Jeugt, Bojovic , Buyens (’80 Van der Zijl), De Corte, De Witte, Frans, Janssens, Jarju, Miller, Samir (’45 Cavens), Wahed (’60 Rimkus)
Subs Lierse: Goris, Cavens, Rimkus, Vanderzijl

Goals:  1-0 Utaka 28′, 2-0 Utaka 38′, 3-0 Olguin 70′
Booked :  Frans, Jarju, Carratta

Attendance: 11500