On Sun Oct 2nd, Sint-Truiden hosts AS Eupen at Stadion Stayen in a meeting of these two mismatched Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 9th placed Sint-Truiden, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Zulte-Waregem. Gianni Bruno scored the first goal for Sint-Truiden in the 1st minute, then Shinji Okazaki added another in the 50th minute on a feed from Aboubakary Koita At the end of 90 a dissapointed Zulte-Waregem couldn’t manage to score, and Sint-Truiden took the shutout win. Sint-Truiden is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 15th placed AS Eupen, recorded a 1-2 loss against Union Saint-Gilloise. Simon Adingra struck first for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 8th minute on a feed from Teddy Teuma, but Lambert Boris got the equalizer for AS Eupen in the 18th minute. AS Eupen looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
AS Eupen is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Gary Magnee and Nuhu each only have 1 goal in their last five. Sint-Truiden is glad to have Gianni Bruno in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.