GHENT, Belgium (Interstat) — Gent II W delivered a commanding performance Wednesday, overwhelming W.S. Woluwe II W with a 5-0 victory in a first-round match of the Belgian Women’s Cup at GHELAMCO-arena.

The home side, playing under the bel-wom federation banner, needed just over half an hour to effectively decide the contest, scoring three times in a devastating five-minute span in the first half. The final result easily surpassed the pregame projection from Interstat, whose game simulator had forecast a 3-1 Gent victory.

The breakthrough came in the 22nd minute from Konstantinos Giannakou, who opened the scoring for the hosts. The floodgates opened immediately after, as Nicolas Koutsakos doubled the advantage just a minute later in the 23rd minute. The relentless offensive pressure continued, with Vitor Meer adding a third goal in the 27th minute to cap a stunningly efficient burst of scoring.

Any hope of a second-half resurgence from the visitors from Brussels was quickly extinguished. Gent II W picked up where it left off after the break, with Geovane Meurer finding the net in the 51st minute to extend the lead to 4-0. Marquinhos compounded Woluwe’s misery just five minutes later, scoring in the 56th minute to complete the rout.

The lopsided nature of the match was anticipated by statistical models, if not the sheer margin of victory. Interstat’s ELO rating system had given Gent II W a 95.10 percent probability of winning the contest.

With the result, Gent II W begins its campaign in the Women’s Cup with a perfect record, moving to 1 win and 0 losses in the competition. The team’s overall record across all competitions also improves to 1 win and 0 losses. For W.S. Woluwe II W, the loss marks a difficult start to their Cup season, as they fall to 0 wins and 1 loss in the tournament. Their overall record across all competitions mirrors that Cup record at 0 wins and 1 loss.

The match was part of the early stage of the bel-wom Women’s Cup, which features teams from various levels of women’s football in Belgium.