K. Sint-Truidense VV vs KV Mechelen, Jupiler League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
K. Sint-Truidense VV vs KV Mechelen — Jupiler League at Staaien.
- K. Sint-Truidense VV 30 games · 57 pts (2025/26)
- KV Mechelen 30 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jasper Vergoote
- Assistant 1 Michael Geerolf
- Assistant 2 Michele Seeldraeyers
25 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 5.5 goals/game 🟥 3 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 66 2 Club Brugge KV 30 63 3 K. Sint-Truidense VV 30 57 4 KAA Gent 30 45 5 KV Mechelen 30 45 6 RSC Anderlecht 30 44 7 KRC Genk 30 42 8 Royal Standard de Liege 30 40 9 KVC Westerlo 30 39 10 Royal Antwerp FC 30 35 11 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 30 34 12 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 30 34 13 SV Zulte-Waregem 30 32 14 UR La Louviere Centre 30 31 15 Cercle Brugge KSV 30 31 16 FC Verbroedering Dender EH 30 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 May KV Mechelen H 3–0 W 21 May RSC Anderlecht A 1–3 L 16 May KAA Gent H 1–1 D 09 May Club Brugge KV A 0–2 L 02 May Royale Union Saint-Gilloise H 2–1 W 26 Apr KV Mechelen A 4–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 May K. Sint-Truidense VV A 0–3 L 21 May Club Brugge KV H 2–2 D 17 May RSC Anderlecht A 2–2 D 10 May Royale Union Saint-Gilloise A 0–3 L 03 May KAA Gent H 1–0 W 26 Apr K. Sint-Truidense VV H 1–4 L Season Stats
K. Sint-Truidense VV KV Mechelen #3 Position #5 57 Points 45 30 Played 30 18 / 3 / 9 W / D / L 12 / 9 / 9 47 Scored 39 35 Conceded 37 +12 GD +2 1.90 PPG 1.50 60% Win % 40% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history25% Clean Sheets
K. Sint-Truidense VV this season23% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this seasonK. Sint-Truidense VV are 3rd (57 pts). KV Mechelen are 5th (45 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
K. Sint-Truidense VV0-15–/116-302/231-452/246-601/261-755/176+4/3■ Scored ■ ConcededKV Mechelen0-152/316-302/331-451/346-602/561-75–/676+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
K. Sint-Truidense VVKeisuke Goto 12 G 7 A Ryotaro Ito 10 G 5 A Arbnor Muja 6 G 3 A Rihito Yamamoto 5 G 7 A Ilias Sebaoui 5 G 6 A KV MechelenMyron van Brederode 9 G 5 A Lion Lauberbach 6 G 1 A Kerim Mrabti 5 G 3 A Therence Koudou 5 G 2 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: KV Mechelen gets underway.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. KV Mechelen needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' It looks like no one’s ball. K. Sint-Truidense VV is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 15' Shogo Taniguchi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 24' K. Sint-Truidense VV is taking the lead after the goal scored by Arbnor Muja on 24.
- 29' KV Mechelen seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 34' K. Sint-Truidense VV looks like a favorite considering 3 games won in last 4 matches with its main striker Ryan Merlen scoring 2 goals.
- 39' It’s high time Frédéric Vanderbiest made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 40' That looks like a foul for a card for Massimo Decoene.
- 45' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 48' GOAL! Taiga Hata scores on 45. Assisted by Arbnor Muja
- 48' The referee calls foul for Redouane Halhal. He receives a card.
- 53' The travelling KV Mechelen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 58' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Myron van Brederode made 300 appearances and scored 13 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 63' KV Mechelen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 63.
- 68' It looks surprising KV Mechelen does not make any changes. Mathis Servais has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 69' Robert-Jan Vanwesemael is having his name booked by the referee on 69.
- 71' What a strike from Ryan Merlen! The score is 3-0.
- 76' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 76 minutes.
- 81' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 86' KV Mechelen is showing some good football. However, KV Mechelen are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 87' K. Sint-Truidense VV player sees a card in front of him.
- With this win, K. Sint-Truidense VV is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
K. Sint-Truidense VV Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 8
- 5
- 26
- 6
- 3
- 10
- 7
- 21
- 60
- 14
- 42
Bench
- 22
- 18
- 12
- 4
- 23
- 33
- 16
- 38
- 77
- 99
Coach Wouter VranckenKV Mechelen Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
- 1
- 19
- 6
- 17
- 2
- 3
- 29
- 9
- 7
- 28
- 39
Bench
- 14
- 8
- 11
- 38
- 27
- 15
- 4
- 10
- 18
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Gianni Bruno 3 Ryotaro Ito 3 Andres Ferrari 2 Geoffry Hairemans 2 Aster Vranckx 2 Ryan Merlen 2 Yuma Suzuki 2 Samuel Asamoah 1 Head to Head
K. Sint-Truidense VV Form
2026-05-24 K. Sint-Truidense VV 3–0 KV Mechelen W 2026-05-21 RSC Anderlecht 3–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV L 2026-05-16 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–1 KAA Gent D 2026-05-09 Club Brugge KV 2–0 K. Sint-Truidense VV L 2026-05-02 K. Sint-Truidense VV 2–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2026-04-26 KV Mechelen 1–4 K. Sint-Truidense VV W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.1 K. Sint-Truidense VV xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.87 KV Mechelen xGI would bet for: K. Sint-Truidense VV to win 65% + Over 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: K. Sint-Truidense VV winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.97Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 56% 44% ± 3.5 34% 66% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
K. Sint-Truidense VV or Draw 86%Draw or KV Mechelen 35%K. Sint-Truidense VV or KV Mechelen 79%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: K. Sint-Truidense VV win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 11.2%1 – 0 10.3%1 – 1 10.1%2 – 1 9.5%3 – 0 Actual0 – 0 6.8%3 – 1 6.6%2 – 2 4.1%4 – 0 4%1 – 2 3.9%0 – 1 3.7%4 – 1 3.6%Asian Handicap — K. Sint-Truidense VV
Handicap K. Sint-Truidense VV covers Push KV Mechelen covers -2.5 21% — 79% -2 21% 20% 59% -1.5 41% — 59% -1 41% 23% 36% -0.5 64% — 36% +0.5 86% — 14% +1 86% 9% 4% +1.5 96% — 4% +2 96% 3% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
K. Sint-Truidense VV keeps clean sheet 43% ✗KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.