Mechelen vs Union Saint-Gilloise

19 August 2023 · Belgian Pro League · 2023/24

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Kerim Mrabti 38’
Geoffry Hairemans 78’
Rafik Belghali 89’
David Robert Bates 90+5’

Match summary

Mechelen won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Union Saint-Gilloise. Mechelen led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kerim Mrabti put Mechelen ahead in the 38th minute. In the second half, Geoffry Hairemans made it 2-0 in the 78th minute, Rafik Belghali made it 3-0 in the 89th minute, and David Robert Bates made it 4-0 with a header in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Mechelen created 0.88 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Union Saint-Gilloise 0.59 from 14.

Match stats

10 Shots 14

7 Shots on Target 1

4 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.88 xG 0.59

0.88 Non-penalty xG 0.59

Key events

Mechelen Union Saint-Gilloise

Kick-off

Kerim Mrabti

1-0

38’

Half-time1-0

Geoffry Hairemans

2-0

78’

Rafik Belghali

3-0

89’

David Robert Bates

4-0

90+5’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Union Saint-Gilloise

Lazare Amani
Cameron Puertas

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Mechelen 0.88 xGUnion Saint-Gilloise 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Union Saint-Gilloise attacking Mechelen attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players


Gaëtan Coucke	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sandy Walsh Taken off	73′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordi Vanlerberghe	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
David Robert Bates	90′	1	–	1	0.15	–	–	–
Daam Foulon	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ngal'ayel Mukau Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rob Schoofs	90′	–	–	3	0.15	–	–	–
Geoffry Hairemans	90′	1	–	2	0.21	–	–	–
Kerim Mrabti Taken off	73′	1	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Nikola Storm Taken off	81′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Lion Lauberbach	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jannes Van Hecke Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Toon Raemaekers Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rafik Belghali Came on as a substitute	17′	1	–	1	0.21	–	–	–
Yonas Malede Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players15 players


Anthony Moris	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kevin Mac Allister Taken off	89′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Christian Burgess	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Koki Machida	90′	–	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Casper Terho Taken off	77′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Lazare Amani	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charles Vanhoutte	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Loïc Lapoussin	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Mathias Rasmussen Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Cameron Puertas	90′	–	–	9	0.38	–	–
Dennis Eckert Ayensa Taken off	70′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gustaf Nilsson Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Elton Kabangu Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Henok Teklab Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Noah Sadiki Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Mechelen win 21% Avg odds 4.44

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.02

Union Saint-Gilloise win 55% Avg odds 1.70

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Mechelen D W D L L

Union Saint-Gilloise W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Mechelen, 19 Mar 23 Next meeting: Union Saint-Gilloise 1-0 Mechelen, 17 Dec 23 All Mechelen vs Union Saint-Gilloise meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.