MECHELEN. Mechelen estinguishes Union Saint-Gilloise 4-0 with goals of Kerim Mrabti (37′), (43′), Geoffry Hairemans (78′), (89′), Rafik Belghali (89′) and David Bates (90′).

The match was played at the AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne stadium in Mechelen on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Wim Smet with the support of Dirk Gilon and Matthias Massa. The 4th official was Ken Vermeiren. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 27.25 degrees Celsius or 81.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Mechelen was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Union Saint-Gilloise that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Union Saint-Gilloise was putting more pressure with 79 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Mechelen was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Mechelen shot 10 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 14 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Mechelen didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise received 3 yellow cards (, Jean Thierry Lazare Amani and Cameron Puertas).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Mechelen will have 4 points to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise will stay with 9 points like Anderlecht to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Mechelen will play away against Sint-Truiden on the 17th of September with a 12-11 head to head stats in favor of Mechelen (5 draws).

Union Saint-Gilloise will host Genk on the 16th of September with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Union Saint-Gilloise (2 draws).

Mechelen – Formation

Mechelen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Steven Defour decided to play with the following team: Gaëtan Coucke (7.2), Sandy Walsh (7.0), Jordi Vanlerberghe (7.3), David Bates (7.0), Daam Foulon (7.1), Ngal’ayel Mukau (7.5), Rob Schoofs (7.7), Geoffry Hairemans (7.8), Kerim Mrabti (7.2), Nikola Storm (7.1) and Lion Lauberbach (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Toon Raemaekers, Jannes Van Hecke (6.6), Julien Ngoy, Yonas Malede, Dimitri Lavalėe, Yannick Thoelen, Rafik Belghali and Frederic Soelle Soelle.

Mechelen could not rely on the presence of Jannes Van Hecke (injured) and Toon Raemaekers (injured).

Substitutions

Mechelen made 4 changes: Ngal’ayel Mukau for Jannes Van Hecke (59′), Sandy Walsh for Rafik Belghali (73′), Kerim Mrabti for Toon Raemaekers (73′) and Nikola Storm for Yonas Malede (81′).

Best player: Geoffry Hairemans​

The player that probably impressed the most for Mechelen was Geoffry Hairemans.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 37 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 10.

Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation

Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Alexander Blessin played with: Anthony Moris (6.6), Kevin Mac Allister (6.5), Christian Burgess (6.6), Koki Machida (6.9), Casper Terho (6.4), Jean Thierry Lazare Amani (7.0), Charles Vanhoutte (6.9), Loic Lapoussin (7.0), Mathias Rasmussen (6.9), Cameron Puertas (7.3) and Dennis Eckert Ayensa (6.7).

They had on the bench: Elton Kabangu (6.6), Henok Teklab, Joachim Imbrechts, Guillaume François, Noah Sadiki, Gustaf Nilsson (6.7) and Fedde Leysen.

Substitutions

Union Saint-Gilloise made 4 changes: Mathias Rasmussen for Gustaf Nilsson (46′), Dennis Eckert Ayensa for Elton Kabangu (70′), Casper Terho for Henok Teklab (77′) and Kevin Mac Allister for Noah Sadiki (89′).

Best player: Cameron Puertas​

The player that probably impressed the most for Union Saint-Gilloise was Cameron Puertas.

His rating is (7.3) with 28 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 18. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​

• Mechelen – Union Saint-Gilloise – 4-0
• Standard Liège – Cercle Brugge – 0-1