In a weekend match in week 3, on Saturday Aug 6th, Mechelen and Union Saint-Gilloise will play a match in Mechelen in a clash of the Pro League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 17th placed Mechelen, recorded a 1-2 loss against KV Oostende. David Atanga struck first for KV Oostende in the 17th minute, then David Atanga added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Nick Batzner. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while union Saint-Gilloise sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Rangers. Teddy Teuma struck first for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 27th minute, then Dante Vanzeir added another in the 76th minute on a penalty At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rangers couldn’t manage to score, and Union Saint-Gilloise took the shutout win. Union Saint-Gilloise is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Union Saint-Gilloise’s most prolific scorer has been Ross Sykes. The English defender has netted two goals over the last five matches. Geoffry Hairemans and Jorge Hernandez are the top scorers for Mechelen in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.