Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs KV Mechelen, Jupiler League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2023-24

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

1 – 0

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KV Mechelen

Sun 17 Dec 2023 · 15:00 UTC Stade Joseph Marien HT 45' · FT 45'

Gustaf Nilsson 74' Y

Loic Lapoussin 90' Y

Y 90' Bilal Bafdili

Overview

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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs KV Mechelen — Jupiler League at Stade Joseph Marien.

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 7 games · 19 pts (2026/27)
KV Mechelen 7 games · 3 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Bert Put

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	7	19
2	KAA Gent	7	19
3	Club Brugge KV	7	18
4	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	7	18
5	RSC Anderlecht	7	13
6	SV Zulte-Waregem	7	11
7	Royal Standard de Liège	7	11
8	KVC Westerlo	7	10
9	KRC Genk	7	9
10	SK Beveren	7	9
11	K. Sint-Truidense VV	7	8
12	Lommel SK	7	8
13	Royal Antwerp FC	7	7
14	UR La Louvière Centre	7	4
15	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	7	4
16	Cercle Brugge KSV	7	3
17	KV Mechelen	7	3
18	KV Kortrijk	7	3

Head-to-Head

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 11 games · Avg 2.3 goals KV Mechelen

Last 5 meetings

2023-12-17 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 KV Mechelen 2023-08-19 KV Mechelen 4–0 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2023-03-19 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 KV Mechelen 2022-08-06 KV Mechelen 3–0 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2021-08-22 KV Mechelen 3–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Recent Form

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Dec	KV Mechelen	H	1–0	W
14 Dec	Liverpool FC	H	2–1	W
10 Dec	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	A	3–1	W
03 Dec	Cercle Brugge KSV	H	2–1	W
30 Nov	Toulouse FC	A	0–0	D
26 Nov	KAA Gent	A	1–1	D

KV Mechelen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Dec	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	A	0–1	L
10 Dec	Club Brugge KV	H	0–0	D
03 Dec	K. Sint-Truidense VV	H	0–2	L
26 Nov	KV Kortrijk	A	3–0	W
11 Nov	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	H	1–0	W
05 Nov	Royal Standard de Liège	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise		KV Mechelen
#1	Position	#17
19	Points	3
7	Played	7
6 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 3 / 4
21	Scored	5
3	Conceded	14
+18	GD	-9
2.71	PPG	0.43
86%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

36% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)

45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

71% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season

14% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this season

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are 1st (19 pts). KV Mechelen are 17th (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/1

31-45

3/1

46-60

4/–

61-75

3/–

76+

6/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

KV Mechelen

0-15

1/3

16-30

–/2

31-45

1/5

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/2

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Raul Florucz	4 G
Relebohile Mofokeng	3 G	1 A
Besfort Zeneli	2 G	4 A
Mateo Biondic	2 G	4 A
Guilherme Carvalho	1 G	1 A

KV Mechelen

Myron van Brederode

3 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to score. At the same time, KV Mechelen does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' 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.
15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and KV Mechelen are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
20' Kevin Mac Allister has been relatively quiet despite scoring 16 goals in his last 174 appearances.
25' 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.
30' A quiet spell here at Stade Joseph Marien. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
35' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
40' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
45' Mory Konate needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
50' KV Mechelen have won 304 goals from 227 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
54' What a moment for Mohammed Amoura! That strike on 54 puts his side firmly in control.
59' It looks surprising Royale Union Saint-Gilloise does not make any changes. Gaetan Coucke has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
64' KV Mechelen come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
67' The supporters are chanting for Casper Terho. He replaces Alessio Castro-Montes on 67 minute.
68' The Royale Union Saint-Gilloise bench stirs into life. Lazare Amani is withdrawn and Mathias Rasmussen gets his opportunity.
73' KV Mechelen fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
74' Gustaf Nilsson is having his name booked by the referee on 74.
76' Another change for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise made on 76 minute. Gustaf Nilsson leaves to be changed by Kevin Rodriguez.
79' KV Mechelen ring the changes. Mory Konate has done his job and it is now time for Norman Bassette to step up.
84' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 84.
89' 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.
90' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise player sees a card in front of him.
90' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise make a change. Cameron Puertas trudges off to be replaced by Noah Sadiki on 90 minutes.
It finishes all square. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and KV Mechelen share the spoils 1-0.

Lineups

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups

Starting XI

16
Christian Burgess
10
Loic Lapoussin
28
Koki Machida
24
Charles Vanhoutte
5
Kevin Mac Allister
8
Lazare Amani ↓ Mathias Rasmussen 68'
21
Alessio Castro-Montes ↓ Casper Terho 67'
29
Gustaf Nilsson ↓ Kevin Rodriguez 76'
49
Anthony Moris
23
Cameron Puertas ↓ Noah Sadiki 90'
47
Mohammed Amoura ↓ Dennis Eckert 76'

Bench

26
Ross Sykes
9
Dennis Eckert ↑ 76'
14
Joachim Imbrechts
4
Mathias Rasmussen ↑ 68'
7
Elton Kabangu
17
Casper Terho ↑ 67'
27
Noah Sadiki ↑ 90'
13
Kevin Rodriguez ↑ 76'
–
Tiago Gomes

Coach Alexander Blessin

KV Mechelen Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Besnik Hasi

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

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form

2023-12-17 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 KV Mechelen W 2023-12-14 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Liverpool FC W 2023-12-10 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2023-12-03 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Cercle Brugge KSV W 2023-11-30 Toulouse FC 0–0 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise D 2023-11-26 KAA Gent 1–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise D

KV Mechelen Form

2023-12-17 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 KV Mechelen L 2023-12-10 KV Mechelen 0–0 Club Brugge KV D 2023-12-03 KV Mechelen 0–2 K. Sint-Truidense VV L 2023-11-26 KV Kortrijk 0–3 KV Mechelen W 2023-11-11 KV Mechelen 1–0 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi W 2023-11-05 Royal Standard de Liège 1–1 KV Mechelen D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.88 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.82 KV Mechelen xG

I would bet for: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to win 72% + Over 2.5 goals 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise72% Draw17% KV Mechelen11%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 3.7

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Draw

88%

Draw or KV Mechelen

28%

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or KV Mechelen

83%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise59% Draw33% KV Mechelen8%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

10.5%

3 – 0

9.7%

2 – 1

8.2%

3 – 1

7.8%

1 – 0

Actual

4 – 0

6.9%

1 – 1

6.5%

4 – 1

5.6%

5 – 0

0 – 0

3.6%

5 – 1

3.3%

2 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Handicap	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers	Push	KV Mechelen covers
-2.5	38%	—	62%
-2	38%	21%	41%
-1.5	59%	—	41%
-1	59%	19%	22%
-0.5	78%	—	22%
+0.5	93%	—	7%
+1	93%	5%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet

45% ✗

KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.