Union Saint-Gilloise vs KV Mechelen Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Union Saint-Gilloise

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Union Saint-Gilloise will be looking for a repeat result of the 3-0 Europa League success against Union Berlin.

In that game, Union Saint-Gilloise managed 55% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Union Saint-Gilloise, the goals were scored by Teddy Teuma (18'), Lazare Amani (63') and Loïc Lapoussin (94'). Union Berlin got 6 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

Three or more goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Union Saint-Gilloise have participated. Their opponents scored 10 times in this period whereas Union Saint-Gilloise amassed a tally of 12.

KV Mechelen

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KV Mechelen will go into this match following a 1-0 First Division A win to beat Sint-Truidense VV in their last game.

In that match, KV Mechelen had 58% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for KV Mechelen was Geoffry Hairemans (84'). At the other end, Sint-Truiden had 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Steven Defour's KV Mechelen have seen their goal attempts be successful 7 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 9.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 01/04/2017 shows that Union Saint-Gilloise have won 2 of these games and KV Mechelen 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

In all, 16 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 7 from Les Unionistes and 9 belonging to Mechelen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The previous league meeting between these sides was First Division A match day 3 on 06/08/2022 when it ended KV Mechelen 3-0 Union Saint-Gilloise.

That time, KV Mechelen managed 41% possession and 6 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Rob Schoofs (44') and Julien Ngoy (59').

Union Saint-Gilloise got 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. Lazare Amani (51' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Jasper Vergoote.

📋 Team News: Union Saint-Gilloise

The Union Saint-Gilloise boss Karel Geraerts has zero fitness concerns at all before this match thanks to a fully healthy squad available to select from.

In our view, Les Unionistes will possibly opt for a 3-5-2 system and select Anthony Moris, Siebe Van Der Heyden, Koki Machida, Ismael Kandouss, Bart Nieuwkoop, J. Thierry Lazare, Senne Lynen, Teddy Teuma, Simon Adingra, Gustaf Nilsson and Victor Boniface.

🗞️ Team News: KV Mechelen

KV Mechelen manager Steven Defour has multiple availability issues to deal with. Rayane Falchou (Surgery), Sandy Walsh (Pelvis Injury), Rob Schoofs (Ankle Injury), Kerim Mrabti (Hamstring Injury) and Boli Bolingoli (Abdominal muscles injury) are not ready for selection.

It’s our belief that KV Mechelen could decide to begin the game with a 4-5-1 formation with a starting lineup of Gaëtan Coucke, Jannes Van Hecke, David Bates, Dries Wouters, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Geoffry Hairemans, Birger Verstraete, Alessio da Cruz, Dimitri Lavalée, Nikola Storm and Julien Ngoy.

🔮 Prediction

It’s looking like KV Mechelen could really find it hard to be scoring even one goal against a Union Saint-Gilloise lineup who have the quality to control this match over the entire pitch.

Our selection here is for a very comfortable 3-0 winning scoreline for Union Saint-Gilloise at the end of the 90 minutes.

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Lucas Pereira, 02:41 15/03/2023