In a weekend match on Fri Mar 4th, in week 30, Sint-Truiden will play host to Mechelen in a meeting of these two closely matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Sint-Truiden is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against KV Oostende. KV Oostende had 11 on net, and Sint-Truiden had 7, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Sint-Truiden should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while mechelen is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Cercle Brugge. Hugo Cuypers scored the first goal for Mechelen in the 31st minute, then Vinicius Costa added another in the 37th minute on a feed from Geoffry Hairemans. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Mechelen should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Nov 6th, Sint-Truiden was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 17000 spectators. Lucas Bijker scored the first goal for Sint-Truiden on an own goal in the 34th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Mechelen was frustrated by Sint-Truiden’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sint-Truiden ended the match with the shutout victory.
Hugo Cuypers has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Mechelen. Sint-Truiden is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Christian Bruls and Daichi Hayashi each having 2 goals in their last 5.