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St. Truiden Secures Home Victory with Early Goal
Sint-Truiden (St.-Trond) – St. Truiden secured a valuable home victory against KV Mechelen in a match held at the Daio Wasabi Stayen Stadium as part of the Jupiler Pro League. The match, corresponding to matchday 19 of the 2025 regular season, was characterized by a balanced dominance in ball possession, with a slight 53% for KV Mechelen versus 47% for the home team.
The difference on the scoreboard was made by an early goal from R. Van Helden in the 8th minute, following an assist from K. Goto. Despite KV Mechelen’s attempts to equalize, with 10 total shots (2 on target and 6 off target) compared to St. Truiden’s 9 (5 on target and 2 off target), the home defense proved solid.
The match, refereed by Jan Boterberg, was marked by intensity and physical play, reflected in the 12 fouls committed by St. Truiden and the 9 by KV Mechelen. In addition, two yellow cards were shown to each team: A. Ferrari and R. Vanwesemael for St. Truiden, and M. Konate and F. Hammar for KV Mechelen. Corners also reflected the greater offensive vocation of KV Mechelen (6 versus 2 for St. Truiden), but without materializing into goals. Finally, St. Truiden claimed victory at their stadium.
Substitutions kv mechelen: at minute 57 B. Bafdili came in and H. Ozdemir went out., at minute 84 D. Salifou came in and M. Zekri went out., at minute 84 G. Diouf came in and M. Kireev went out.
Substitutions st. truiden: at minute 71 A. Muja came in and A. Ferrari went out., at minute 83 R. Ito came in and R. Merlen went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
St. Truiden
KV Mechelen
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