On Saturday Feb 4th, Sint-Truiden will host Kortrijk in a meeting of these two closely matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Sint-Truiden is fresh off their 1-1 draw against OH Leuven. Daichi Hayashi struck first for Sint-Truiden in the 9th minute on a feed from Daiki Hashioka, then Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson tied it up for OH Leuven in the 53rd minute earning them at least the one point. Sint-Truiden is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while kortrijk sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against KV Oostende. Faïz Selemani struck first for Kortrijk in the 20th minute, but Nick Batzner got the equalizer for KV Oostende in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time . Kortrijk is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Kortrijk and Sint-Truiden battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Kortrijk nor Sint-Truiden could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 18 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Kortrijk’s most prolific scorer has been Felipe Avenatti. The attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Both Gianni Bruno and Daichi Hayashi have been the hottest scorers for Sint-Truiden in the last five each having scored 2 goals.