📊 Form Guide

KV Mechelen

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KV Mechelen will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 6-1 Pro League Play Offs defeat last time out to Club Brugge.

In that match, KV Mechelen had 38% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for KV Mechelen was Mory Konaté (10'). On the other side, Club Brugge got 23 attempts at goal with 11 on target. Hugo Vetlesen (4'), Aleksandar Stanković (46'), Forbs (56'), Nicolò Tresoldi (60'), Hans Vanaken (78') and Christos Tzolis (95') scored for Club Brugge.

It’s been seldom in recent games where KV Mechelen have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that KV Mechelen have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 14 goals along the way. Regardless, it remains to be seen whether the trend will persist in this game.

Sint-Truidense VV

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Sint-Truidense VV will go into the meeting following a 2-0 Pro League Play Offs win against RSC Anderlecht in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Sint-Truidense VV had 54% possession and 16 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Sint-Truidense VV, the goalscorers were Keisuke Gotō (75') and Ryan Merlen (92'). At the other end, Anderlecht got 19 shots at goal with 5 on target.

It is worth noting that Sint-Truidense VV have made hard work of scoring goals in their past six clashes, contributing the disappointing return of only 4. In those matches, De Kanaries have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 7.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into their past head to head results going back to 05/04/2024 reveals that these encounters have been disappointments for KV Mechelen. They have not managed to get themselves any wins at all while Sint-Truidense VV have been too good for them, running out winners in 83 per cent of those matches played.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them from Mechelen and 12 belonging to De Kanaries. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league contest featuring the two was First Division A match day 19 on 21/12/2025 when it finished Sint-Truidense VV 1-0 KV Mechelen.

In that match, Sint-Truidense VV had 47% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Rein Van Helden (8').

At the other end, KV Mechelen got 10 shots at goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Jan Boterberg.

ℹ️ Team News: KV Mechelen

Benito Raman (Hamstring injury), Redouane Halhal (Calf injury) and Moncef Zekri (Ankle injury) will be missing for KV Mechelen boss Frédéric Vanderbiest.

In our view, KV Mechelen will possibly go for a 3-4-1-2 formation for the game, handing starts to Nacho Miras, Tommy St. Jago, Mory Konaté, José Marsà, Bill Antonio, Fredrik Hammar, Mathis Servais, Therence Koudou, Kerim Mrabti, Bouke Boersma and Myron van Brederode.

📰 Team News: Sint-Truidense VV

We believe De Kanaries seem most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Leo Kokubo, R. Vanwesemael, Shogo Taniguchi, Visar Musliu, Taiga Hata, Rihito Yamamoto, Abdoulaye Sissako, Kaito Matsuzawa, Ryotaro Ito, Ilias Sebaoui and Keisuke Goto.

💡 Prediction

Here is a game where KV Mechelen might well have a job on their hands to score against this Sint-Truidense VV side who should score one, at least.

We’re therefore anticipating a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 win for Sint-Truidense VV when all is said and done.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

Lucas Pereira, 06:00 26/04/2026