Mechelen 3-1 Union Saint-Gilloise: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 22 August 2021
Result
Mechelen 3-1 Union Saint-Gilloise
Pro League · Sunday 22 August 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Mechelen 3-1 Union Saint-Gilloise: match report
Mechelen beat Union Saint-Gilloise 3-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 22 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.
Dante Vanzeir opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Mechelen's goals came from Hugo Cuypers (13'), Maryan Shved (55') and Nikola Storm (77'). Union Saint-Gilloise scored through Dante Vanzeir (1').
Discipline: Mechelen received 2 yellow cards; Union Saint-Gilloise received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Mechelen were 16th on 3 points from 4 and Union Saint-Gilloise 4th on 9 points from 4. Mechelen went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Union Saint-Gilloise 2nd with 81.
Mechelen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Union Saint-Gilloise in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nikola Storm of Mechelen (8.2), ahead of Rob Schoofs (8.1).
Going into the match Mechelen's last five read L-L-L-W and Union Saint-Gilloise's W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Dante Vanzeir
- 8'Yellow card · Vinicius Souza
- 13'Goal · Hugo Cuypers
- 55'Goal · Maryan Shved
- 64'Yellow card · Maryan Shved
- 69'Yellow card · Dante Vanzeir
- 77'Goal · Nikola Storm
- 90+1'Yellow card · Matthew Sorinola
- 90+3'Yellow card · Bart Nieuwkoop
Team news
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Mechelen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, Thibaut Peyre, Sheldon Bateau, Lucas Bijker, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Rob Schoofs, Kerim Mrabti, Maryan Shved, Nikola Storm, Hugo Cuypers
Union Saint-Gilloise line-up (3-5-2)
Anthony Moris, Jonas Bager, Ismaël Kandouss, Siebe Van der Heyden, Guillaume François, Senne Lynen, Casper Nielsen, Teddy Teuma, Loïc Lapoussin, Dante Vanzeir, Deniz Undav