In this week 30 match on Mar 19th, Mechelen will travel to Brussels to battle Union Saint-Gilloise in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Union Saint-Gilloise is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Union Berlin. Teddy Teuma scored the first goal for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 18th minute, then Jean Thierry Lazare Amani added another in the 63rd minute In the end, Union Berlin couldn’t muster any offence and Union Saint-Gilloise ran away with the shutout win. Union Saint-Gilloise should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Mechelen, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Sint-Truiden. Geoffry Hairemans scored the first goal for Mechelen in the 84th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sint-Truiden was frustrated by Mechelen’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mechelen ended the match with the shutout victory. Mechelen is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 6th of August, Mechelen hosted Union Saint-Gilloise at the Afas-stadion Achter De Kazerne in their last match together. Mechelen won by a score of 3 to 0. Rob Schoofs scored the first goal for Mechelen in the 44th minute, then Jean Thierry Lazare Amani added another on an own goal in the 51st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Union Saint-Gilloise couldn’t manage to score, and Mechelen took the shutout win.
Mechelen’s top weapon lately has been Geoffry Hairemans, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Union Saint-Gilloise is fortunate enough to have Victor Okoh Boniface in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.