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

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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

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

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 11 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
KV Mechelen 11 games · 12 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Bert Put

3 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 6.3 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	11	29
2	Club Brugge KV	11	28
3	KAA Gent	11	28
4	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	11	27
5	RSC Anderlecht	11	20
6	Lommel SK	11	16
7	KRC Genk	11	15
8	Royal Standard de Liège	11	15
9	KVC Westerlo	11	14
10	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	11	12
11	KV Mechelen	11	12
12	K. Sint-Truidense VV	11	11
13	Royal Antwerp FC	11	11
14	SV Zulte-Waregem	11	11
15	SK Beveren	11	10
16	Cercle Brugge KSV	11	9
17	UR La Louvière Centre	11	7
18	KV Kortrijk	11	4

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	#11
29	Points	12
11	Played	11
9 / 2 / 0	W / D / L	3 / 3 / 5
30	Scored	13
7	Conceded	20
+23	GD	-7
2.64	PPG	1.09
82%	Win %	27%

Key Stats

36% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)

45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season

18% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this season

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are 1st (29 pts). KV Mechelen are 11th (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

4/1

46-60

6/1

61-75

4/–

76+

9/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

KV Mechelen

0-15

1/3

16-30

1/2

31-45

2/6

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/3

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Raul Florucz	5 G
Relebohile Mofokeng	4 G	2 A
Besfort Zeneli	2 G	5 A
Mateo Biondic	2 G	4 A
Guilherme Carvalho	2 G	1 A

KV Mechelen

Myron van Brederode

4 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Stade Joseph Marien. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are looking to make home advantage count against KV Mechelen.
5' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
10' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against KV Mechelen's shape.
15' Norman Bassette, a Belgium forward, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
20' Sandy Walsh is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for KV Mechelen tonight.
25' 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.
30' KV Mechelen come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
45' KV Mechelen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
50' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and KV Mechelen are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
54' GOAL! Mohammed Amoura scores on 54.
59' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alessio Castro-Montes made 199 appearances and scored 23 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
64' It’s high time Besnik Hasi made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
67' A tactical swap from Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — Casper Terho on, Alessio Castro-Montes off on 67 minutes.
68' The Royale Union Saint-Gilloise bench stirs into life. Lazare Amani is withdrawn and Mathias Rasmussen gets his opportunity.
73' The travelling KV Mechelen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
74' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise receives a card for a hard tackle on 74.
76' It is a substitution in Royale Union Saint-Gilloise team. Gustaf Nilsson is replaced by Kevin Rodriguez on 76 minute.
79' KV Mechelen ring the changes. Mory Konate has done his job and it is now time for Norman Bassette to step up.
84' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Alexander Blessin will be considering his options from the bench.
89' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
90' Controversy at the stadium! Loic Lapoussin argues furiously but the card stands.
90' Noah Sadiki gets the nod from Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. He replaces Cameron Puertas and will look to change the dynamic.
With this win, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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'
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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
Mohammed Amoura	1
Jean Thierry Lazare	1
Promise Akinpelu	1
Teddy Teuma	1
Ahmed Touba	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

2.32 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xG

Expected Goals

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

0.94 KV Mechelen xG

I would bet for: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to win 64% + Over 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise64% Draw21% KV Mechelen15%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.26

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Draw

84%

Draw or KV Mechelen

36%

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or KV Mechelen

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise48% Draw39% KV Mechelen13%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

10.3%

2 – 1

9.4%

1 – 1

9.2%

1 – 0

Actual

3 – 0

7.7%

3 – 1

7.2%

0 – 0

5.3%

4 – 0

4.4%

2 – 2

4.4%

4 – 1

4.2%

1 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Handicap	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers	Push	KV Mechelen covers
-2.5	25%	—	75%
-2	25%	20%	55%
-1.5	45%	—	55%
-1	45%	22%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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