Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs KV Mechelen, Jupiler League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2024-25

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

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KV Mechelen

Sun 16 Feb 2025 · 15:00 UTC Stade Joseph Marien HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 43' Ahmed Touba

Promise Akinpelu 50' Y

Sofiane Boufal 80' Y

Ross Sykes 86' Y

Noah Sadiki 90' Y

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 Nicolas Laforge

3 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 14.0 goals/game

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

2025-02-16 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0–1 KV Mechelen 2024-11-02 KV Mechelen 1–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 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

Recent Form

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Feb	KV Mechelen	H	0–1	L
13 Feb	AFC Ajax	H	0–2	L
09 Feb	KV Kortrijk	A	2–1	W
02 Feb	K. Sint-Truidense VV	H	2–1	W
30 Jan	Rangers FC	A	1–2	L
26 Jan	Beerschot VA	A	4–0	W

KV Mechelen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Feb	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	A	1–0	W
07 Feb	KAA Gent	H	3–3	D
31 Jan	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	A	0–1	L
26 Jan	RSC Anderlecht	A	1–4	L
18 Jan	KRC Genk	H	1–2	L
12 Jan	Cercle Brugge KSV	A	0–1	L

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' We are underway at Stade Joseph Marien. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined KV Mechelen backline.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Besnik Hasi will be considering his options from the bench.
20' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and KV Mechelen are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
25' It looks like no one’s ball. KV Mechelen is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
30' Jose Marsa, a Spain , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
35' Belgium international Rob Schoofs has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 2 assists in the Array this season.
40' The energy levels are beginning to show. Besnik Hasi might look to freshen things up shortly.
42' What a strike from Benito Raman! The score is 0-1.
43' Controversy at the stadium! Ahmed Touba argues furiously but the card stands.
48' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
50' It’s a booking for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise player. Promise Akinpelu gets a card.
55' Supporters expect more eagerness from Bill Antonio, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Joseph Marien with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
60' It’s high time Sébastien Pocognoli made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
63' A change in the Royale Union Saint-Gilloise ranks — Mohammed Fuseini exits the field as Anouar Ait El Hadj enters on 63.
64' Daam Foulon gets the nod from KV Mechelen. He replaces Bill Antonio and will look to change the dynamic.
69' It looks surprising KV Mechelen does not make any changes. Anthony Moris has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
74' Koki Machida is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for KV Mechelen tonight.
75' The supporters are chanting for Kerim Mrabti. He replaces Nikola Storm on 75 minute.
76' KV Mechelen ring the changes. Rob Schoofs has done his job and it is now time for Aziz Ouattara to step up.
77' A tactical swap from Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — Sofiane Boufal on, Mathias Rasmussen off on 77 minutes.
80' The referee calls foul for Sofiane Boufal. He receives a card.
82' The KV Mechelen manager makes a substitution. Benito Raman departs to be replaced by Julien N'Goy.
86' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise player sees a card in front of him.
86' Fresh legs for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise! Kevin Rodriguez comes on to replace Koki Machida.
90' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Noah Sadiki on 90 minutes.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0-1 KV Mechelen.

Lineups

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups

Starting XI

26
Ross Sykes
28
Koki Machida ↓ Kevin Rodriguez 86'
5
Kevin Mac Allister ↓ Marc Giger 77'
4
Mathias Rasmussen ↓ Sofiane Boufal 77'
48
Fedde Leysen
49
Anthony Moris
27
Noah Sadiki
77
Mohammed Fuseini ↓ Anouar Ait El Hadj 63'
25
Anan Khalaili
12
Promise Akinpelu
9
Franjo Ivanovic

Bench

Coach Sébastien Pocognoli

KV Mechelen Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Besnik Hasi

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Marian Shved	2
Geoffry Hairemans	2
Julien Ngoy	2
Anouar Ait El Hadj	1
Mateo Biondic	1
Nikola Storm	1
Mohammed Fuseini	1
Hugo Cuypers	1

Head to Head

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form

2025-02-16 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0–1 KV Mechelen L 2025-02-13 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0–2 AFC Ajax L 2025-02-09 KV Kortrijk 1–2 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2025-02-02 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV W 2025-01-30 Rangers FC 2–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2025-01-26 Beerschot VA 0–4 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W

KV Mechelen Form

2025-02-16 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0–1 KV Mechelen W 2025-02-07 KV Mechelen 3–3 KAA Gent D 2025-01-31 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–0 KV Mechelen L 2025-01-26 RSC Anderlecht 4–1 KV Mechelen L 2025-01-18 KV Mechelen 1–2 KRC Genk L 2025-01-12 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–0 KV Mechelen L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.81 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xG

Expected Goals

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

0.69 KV Mechelen xG

I would bet for: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to win 69% + Over 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise69% Draw18% KV Mechelen13%

Actual: KV Mechelen win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 3.5

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Draw

87%

Draw or KV Mechelen

31%

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or KV Mechelen

82%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise60% Draw33% KV Mechelen7%

Actual: KV Mechelen win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–1 not predicted

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

12.1%

3 – 0

10.9%

1 – 0

8.6%

2 – 1

4 – 0

7.6%

3 – 1

7.4%

1 – 1

6.5%

4 – 1

5.3%

5 – 0

4.3%

0 – 0

4.2%

5 – 1

2 – 2

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Handicap	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers	Push	KV Mechelen covers
-2.5	38%	—	62%
-2	38%	22%	40%
-1.5	60%	—	40%
-1	60%	20%	20%
-0.5	80%	—	20%
+0.5	94%	—	6%
+1	94%	4%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet

51% ✗

KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet

7% ✗

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