Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs KV Mechelen, Jupiler League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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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
23 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 4.4 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 history49% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season24% 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-Gilloise0-151/116-303/–31-451/146-60–/–61-753/–76+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededKV Mechelen0-151/316-302/–31-451/246-60–/461-75–/576+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Royale Union Saint-GilloiseKevin Rodriguez 9 G Promise Akinpelu 8 G 1 A Raul Florucz 7 G 1 A Rob Schoofs 4 G 4 A Ross Sykes 4 G KV MechelenMyron van Brederode 7 G 4 A Lion Lauberbach 6 G 1 A Kerim Mrabti 5 G 3 A -
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is hosting KV Mechelen for another epic battle.
- 5' 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.
- 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.
- 11' Mateo Biondic puts Royale Union Saint-Gilloise on the lead.
- 16' 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.
- 21' KV Mechelen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 26' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 28' It’s gonna be a card for Guilherme Carvalho.
- 33' Supporters expect more eagerness from Guilherme Carvalho, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Joseph Marien with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 38' 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.
- 43' It looks like no one’s ball. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 48' The travelling KV Mechelen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 53' 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 Bill Antonio suffering a number of foals already.
- 58' 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.
- 61' Goal! Anouar Ait El Hadj scores his 15 goal in 387 matches.
- 66' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 71' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 76' It’s high time David Hubert made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 77' That looks like a foul for a card for Keano Vanrafelghem.
- 82' Rob Schoofs has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 37 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 87' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nacho Miras made 220 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for KV Mechelen.
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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
Coach Frédéric Vanderbiest -
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Geoffry Hairemans 2 Julien Ngoy 2 Marian Shved 2 Mohammed Fuseini 1 Hugo Cuypers 1 David Bates 1 Kerim Mrabti 1 Rob Schoofs 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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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.