In this week 26 match, on Sunday Feb 19th, Sint-Truiden will host Westerlo in a clash of these two evenly matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 9th placed Sint-Truiden is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Anderlecht. Benito Raman struck first for Anderlecht in the 66th minute, then Islam Slimani added another in the 81st minute on a feed from Francis Amuzu. Sint-Truiden is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while westerlo is fresh off their 3-3 draw against Gent. Hugo Cuypers scored the first goal for Gent in the 14th minute on a penalty shot, but Maxim De Cuyper got the equalizer for Westerlo in the 16th minute on a penalty shot . Westerlo is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Oct 29th, Westerlo hosted Sint-Truiden in their last match together. Sint-Truiden took the match by a score of 3 to 2. Gianni Bruno struck first for Sint-Truiden in the 24th minute on a feed from Eric Bocat, then Gianni Bruno added another in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot.
Both Kyan Vaesen and Maxim De Cuyper have been the hottest scorers for Westerlo in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Sint-Truiden’s most prolific scorer has been Gianni Bruno. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.