Sint-Truiden hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 32 points and a 15th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Mechelen holds 10th place with 42 pts.
- Sint-Truiden have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Pro League
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Sint-Truiden and Mechelen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sint-Truiden's stadium, Stayen, has a artifical turf surface. Mechelen have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Mechelen when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses from one match. They have scored 3 goals in these games and conceded 0.
Mechelen are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Sint-Truiden form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Sint-Truiden at their home stadium (Stayen) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sint-Truiden, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Sint-Truiden haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 288 minutes ago. Y. Suzuki scored that one.
Sint-Truiden drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sporting Charleroi (placed 11th). Before that game, the home loss against AS Eupen with the scoreline 0-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sint-Truiden perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sint-Truiden as a small favourite), we find six games. Sint-Truiden has won three of these, drawn one and lost two.
The manager P. Maes will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Waasland-Beveren in only three days.
The Sint-Truiden fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. Sint-Truiden's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mechelen form and stats
The visitors are W7-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Mechelen played 2-2 against OH Leuven in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Anderlecht that ended 1-1.
As mentioned above, Mechelen drew the match against OH Leuven. Manager W. Vrancken brought on Ferdy Druijf to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mechelen playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were three Mechelen wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Mechelen find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. 21 goals have been conceded by Mechelen in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Mechelen - Sint-Truiden 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Sint-Truiden wins - draws - Mechelen wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 14 goals |   G. Hairemans 8 goals | D. Nazon 6 goals |
Sint-Truiden missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Sint-Truiden | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 35 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 45 |
| 44 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 49 |
| 87% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 80% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 81% |
| 50% | 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 53% | 65% |
| 23% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 39% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 19% |
| 53% | 53% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 61% |
| 30% | 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 23% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 10.6 | 10 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 36% | 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | 34% |
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sint-Truiden have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Pro League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 31 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 45 | 70 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 54 |
| 3 | Genk | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | KV Oostende | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 31 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 49 |
| 6 | OH Leuven | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 33 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 56 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -2 | 44 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 31 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 27 | -10 | 43 |
| 9 | Gent | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 43 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -4 | 42 |
| 11 | Sporting Charleroi | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 41 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 41 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 40 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 40 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 36 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 32 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 30 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 24 | -15 | 29 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 29 | -26 | 25 |