MECHELEN. Mechelen prevails over Sint-Truiden 1-0 after G. Hairemans scored a penalty (82′). Mechelen took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne stadium in Mechelen on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Wim Smet who had the assistance of Dirk Gilon and Martijn Tiesters. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.6 degrees Celsius or 43.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 8 Total 7
- 4 On Target 1
- 2 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 115 Attack 104
- 55 Dangerous attack 31
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Mechelen had a superior ball possession 58% while Sint-Truiden was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Mechelen had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Mechelen won the match.
Mechelen shot 8 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Sint-Truiden shot 7 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Mechelen received 1 yellow card (Dimitri Lavalée). On the opposite side, Sint-Truiden received 2 yellow cards (Gianni Bruno and T. Hara).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Mechelen will have 33 points to hold in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Sint-Truiden will stay with 36 points like Anderlecht to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Mechelen will play away with Union Saint-Gilloise on the 19th of March with a 8-3 head to head stats in favor of Mechelen (4 draws).
Sint-Truiden will host RFC Seraing on the 18th of March with a 3-2 head to head in favor of RFC Seraing (1 draw).
Mechelen – Formation
Mechelen
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Mechelen started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Steven Defour decided to play with the following team: Gaëtan Coucke , Jannes Van Hecke , David Bates , Dries Wouters , Alec Van Hoorenbeeck , Birger Verstraete , Alessio Da Cruz , Dimitri Lavalėe , Geoffry Hairemans , Julien Ngoy and Nikola Storm .
The home team had on the bench: Jordi Vanlerberghe , Yannick Thoelen, Iebe Swers, Lucas Bijker, Enock Agyei , Yonas Malede and Ngal’ayel Mukau.
Substitutions
Mechelen made 4 changes: Alec Van Hoorenbeeck for Enock Atta Agyei (46′), Julien Ngoy for Yonas Malede (46′), David Bates for Jordi Vanlerberghe (61′) and Nikola Storm for Lucas Bijker (86′).
Best player: Geoffry Hairemans
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Mechelen was Geoffry Hairemans.
His rating is with 1 goal, 57 passes (73% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 11 crosses.
Sint-Truiden – Formation
Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Bernd Hollerbach played with: Daniel Schmidt , Matte Smets , Jorge Teixeira , Wolke Janssens , Daiki Hashioka , Shinji Okazaki , Mory Konate , Eric Bocat , Gianni Bruno , Daichi Hayashi and Rocco Reitz .
They had on the bench: Aboubakary Koita, Taichi Hara , Jo Coppens, Andrea Librici, Fatih Kaya, Olivier Dumont and Stan Van Dessel .
Substitutions
Sint-Truiden made 3 changes: Daichi Hayashi for Stan Van Dessel (59′), R. Reitz for Taichi Hara (59′) and Eric Junior Bocat for Aboubakary Koita (85′).
Best player: Matte Smets
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sint-Truiden was Matte Smets.
His rating is with 42 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- AS Eupen – KV Oostende – 4-4
- Westerlo – Kortrijk – 3-1
- Mechelen – Sint-Truiden – 1-0
- RFC Seraing – Antwerp – 0-2
