Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs KV Mechelen, Jupiler League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs KV Mechelen — Jupiler League at Stade Joseph Marien.
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 games · 66 pts (2025/26)
- KV Mechelen 30 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Erik Lambrechts
- Assistant 1 Jo De Weirdt
- Assistant 2 Quentin Blaise
24 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 4.5 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 10 May KV Mechelen H 3–0 W 02 May K. Sint-Truidense VV A 1–2 L 26 Apr RSC Anderlecht A 3–1 W 22 Apr KAA Gent H 0–0 D 19 Apr Club Brugge KV H 2–1 W 12 Apr KV Mechelen A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 22 Apr Club Brugge KV A 1–6 L 18 Apr RSC Anderlecht H 1–2 L 12 Apr Royale Union Saint-Gilloise H 0–1 L Season Stats
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise KV Mechelen #1 Position #5 66 Points 45 30 Played 30 19 / 9 / 2 W / D / L 12 / 9 / 9 50 Scored 39 17 Conceded 37 +33 GD +2 2.20 PPG 1.50 63% Win % 40% Key Stats
36% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history48% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season23% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this seasonRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise are 1st (66 pts). KV Mechelen are 5th (45 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise0-151/116-305/–31-453/446-601/–61-753/176+4/4■ Scored ■ ConcededKV Mechelen0-152/316-302/331-451/346-602/561-75–/676+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
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 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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and KV Mechelen has kicked off!
- 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' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 11' What a strike from Mateo Biondic! The score is 1-0.
- 16' 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.
- 21' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 26' It looks like no one’s ball. KV Mechelen is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 28' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise player sees a card in front of him.
- 33' 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.
- 38' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 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.
- 43' The travelling KV Mechelen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 48' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 48 minutes.
- 53' Bill Antonio needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 58' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 58.
- 61' GOAL! Anouar Ait El Hadj scores on 61.
- 66' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nacho Miras, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Joseph Marien with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 71' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 76' 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.
- 77' Keano Vanrafelghem is having his name booked by the referee on 77.
- 82' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is showing some good football. However, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 87' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and KV Mechelen (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
- 26
- 37
- 17
- 10
- 48
- 9
- 13
- 11
- 25
- 6
- 29
Bench
- 21
- 22
- 27
- 19
- 14
- 1
- 7
- 30
- 3
- 20
- 23
Coach David HubertKV Mechelen Lineups
5-3-2Starting XI
- 19
- 6
- 33
- 17
- 2
- 3
- 9
- 38
- 7
- 13
- 28
Bench
- 14
- 8
- 1
- 29
- 11
- 27
- 39
- 4
- 34
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Julien Ngoy 2 Marian Shved 2 Geoffry Hairemans 2 Mohammed Amoura 1 Jean Thierry Lazare 1 Promise Akinpelu 1 Teddy Teuma 1 Ahmed Touba 1 Head to Head
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form
2026-05-10 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3–0 KV Mechelen W 2026-05-02 K. Sint-Truidense VV 2–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2026-04-26 RSC Anderlecht 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2026-04-22 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0–0 KAA Gent D 2026-04-19 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Club Brugge KV W 2026-04-12 KV Mechelen 0–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise WKV Mechelen Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.11 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.45 KV Mechelen xGI would bet for: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to win 73% + Under — clean sheet likely 67%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.56Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Draw 92%Draw or KV Mechelen 27%Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or KV Mechelen 81%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 16.8%1 – 0 16%3 – 0 Actual0 – 0 9.4%1 – 1 7.8%2 – 1 7.5%4 – 0 6.1%3 – 1 5.4%4 – 1 3%0 – 1 2.8%5 – 0 2.6%2 – 2 1.7%Asian Handicap — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Handicap Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers Push KV Mechelen covers -2.5 27% — 73% -2 27% 23% 50% -1.5 50% — 50% -1 50% 25% 25% -0.5 75% — 25% +0.5 94% — 6% +1 94% 5% 1% +1.5 99% — 1% +2 99% 1% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet 64% ✓KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.