KV Mechelen vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Jupiler League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
KV Mechelen vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — Jupiler League at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne.
- KV Mechelen 30 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 games · 66 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Nicolas Laforge
- Assistant 1 Laurent Conotte
- Assistant 2 Vito Di Vincenzo
22 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 3.3 goals/gameStandings
# 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 12 Apr Royale Union Saint-Gilloise H 0–1 L 06 Apr KAA Gent A 1–1 D 22 Mar Club Brugge KV A 1–4 L 15 Mar RSC Anderlecht H 1–0 W 08 Mar KAA Gent A 1–3 L 28 Feb SV Zulte-Waregem H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Apr KV Mechelen A 1–0 W 04 Apr K. Sint-Truidense VV H 1–0 W 22 Mar K. Sint-Truidense VV A 3–1 W 14 Mar FC Verbroedering Dender EH H 2–0 W 07 Mar KRC Genk H 2–1 W 01 Mar KVC Westerlo A 0–0 D Season Stats
KV Mechelen Royale Union Saint-Gilloise #5 Position #1 45 Points 66 30 Played 30 12 / 9 / 9 W / D / L 19 / 9 / 2 39 Scored 50 37 Conceded 17 +2 GD +33 1.50 PPG 2.20 40% Win % 63% Key Stats
36% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history23% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this season48% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this seasonKV Mechelen are 5th (45 pts). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are 1st (66 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
KV Mechelen0-152/316-302/331-451/346-602/561-75–/676+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise0-151/116-305/–31-453/446-601/–61-753/176+4/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
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 Royale Union Saint-GilloiseKevin Rodriguez 10 G 1 A Promise Akinpelu 8 G 1 A Raul Florucz 7 G 1 A Ross Sykes 5 G Rob Schoofs 4 G 4 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne that hosts another battle between KV Mechelen and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.
- 5' KV Mechelen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' 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.
- 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 4 times this season with Royale Union Saint-Gilloise winning 75% of all matches.
- 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 25' Kevin Rodriguez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' It looks like no one’s ball. KV Mechelen is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 35' The travelling Royale Union Saint-Gilloise supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
- 45' Tommy St. Jago has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 47' GOAL! Ross Sykes scores on 45. Assisted by Rob Schoofs
- 52' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise looks like a favorite considering 3 games won in last 4 matches with its main striker Anouar Ait El Hadj scoring 1 goals.
- 53' It’s a booking for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise player. Christian Burgess gets a card.
- 58' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Mohammed Fuseini suffering a number of foals already.
- 63' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 65' The Royale Union Saint-Gilloise manager makes a substitution. Kevin Rodriguez departs to be replaced by Raul Florucz.
- 70' It’s high time Frédéric Vanderbiest made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 71' Frederic Vanderbiest was booked on 71.
- 74' Another substitution for KV Mechelen to replace Tommy St. Jago by Bouke Boersma on 74 minute.
- 76' Kamiel Van De Perre has so much to prove this time. He replaces Anouar Ait El Hadj on 76 minute.
- 80' Another change for KV Mechelen made on 80 minute. Benito Raman leaves to be changed by Keano Vanrafelghem.
- 81' KV Mechelen receives a card for a hard tackle on 81.
- 86' It looks surprising Royale Union Saint-Gilloise does not make any changes. Kerim Mrabti has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 88' Another change for KV Mechelen made on 88 minute. Therence Koudou leaves to be changed by Maxim Kireev.
- 90' The referee shows Royale Union Saint-Gilloise player a card on 90.
- 90' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ivan Pavlic is hanging Rob Schoofs on the field on 90 minute.
- Another three points for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.
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Lineups
KV Mechelen Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
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Tommy St. Jago ↓ Bouke Boersma 74'
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Mathis Servais ↓ Bilal Bafdili 88'
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- 3
- 9
- 38
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Therence Koudou ↓ Maxim Kireev 88'
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Bench
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Bilal Bafdili ↑ 88'
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Keano Vanrafelghem ↑ 80'
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Bouke Boersma ↑ 74'
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Maxim Kireev ↑ 88'
Coach Frédéric VanderbiestRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
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- 26
- 37
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Rob Schoofs ↓ Ivan Pavlic 90'
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- 8
- 9
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Kevin Rodriguez ↓ Raul Florucz 65'
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Bench
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- 48
- 27
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Ivan Pavlic ↑ 90'
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Mohammed Fuseini ↑ 76'
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Raul Florucz ↑ 65'
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Kamiel Van De Perre ↑ 76'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Marian Shved 2 Geoffry Hairemans 2 Julien Ngoy 2 Jean Thierry Lazare 1 Promise Akinpelu 1 Teddy Teuma 1 Ahmed Touba 1 Loic Lapoussin 1 Head to Head
KV Mechelen Form
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form
2026-04-12 KV Mechelen 0–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2026-04-04 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 K. Sint-Truidense VV W 2026-03-22 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2026-03-14 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–0 FC Verbroedering Dender EH W 2026-03-07 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 KRC Genk W 2026-03-01 KVC Westerlo 0–0 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.62 KV Mechelen xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.26 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 71% + Under — clean sheet likely 66%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.88Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 82% 18% ± 1.5 56% 44% ± 2.5 29% 71% ± 3.5 13% 87% ± 4.5 5% 95% Double Chance
KV Mechelen or Draw 52%Draw or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 79%KV Mechelen or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 69%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 1 Actual0 – 0 17.7%1 – 1 12.7%0 – 2 11.6%1 – 0 8.1%1 – 2 7.4%0 – 3 4.8%2 – 1 3.5%1 – 3 3.2%2 – 0 2.7%2 – 2 2.4%0 – 4 1.5%Asian Handicap — KV Mechelen
Handicap KV Mechelen covers Push Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 4% 96% -1.5 4% — 96% -1 4% 12% 83% -0.5 17% — 83% +0.5 50% — 50% +1 50% 27% 24% +1.5 76% — 24% +2 76% 15% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet 29% ✓Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet 54% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.