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KV Mechelen

0 — 4 Sep 05, 2026 · 09:45 PM IST

Westerlo

Belgian Pro League · Round 5

Venue Achter De Kazerne, Mechelen (Malines)

Referee Lothar D'Hondt

Attendance 11,322

Player of the Match Shunsuke Saito 9.1 73' played

Match Events

7' Away ⚽ Isa Sakamoto — 0-1

24' Away Cisse Sandra

27' Away ⚽ Shunsuke Saito — 0-2

29' Home ↔ Bouke Boersma → Adeshina Ayodele

42' Away Isa Sakamoto

HT

46' Home ↔ Bill Antonio → Cedric Van Meirvenne

67' Away ⚽ Shunsuke Saito — 0-3

73' Away ↔ Nikola Storm → Shunsuke Saito

77' Home Keano Vanrafelghem

78' Home ↔ Benito Raman → José Marsà

78' Home ↔ Marco Decherf → Dennis Praet

82' Home Marco Decherf

84' Away ↔ Pape Diong → Norman Bassette

86' Home Fredrik Hammar

88' Home ↔ Massimo Decoene → Mike Eerdhuijzen

88' Away ⚽ Nikola Storm — 0-4

90' Away ↔ Naoufal Bohamdi-Kamoni → Cameron Congreve

90' Away ↔ Thomas Van den Keybus → Isa Sakamoto

FT

Match Stats

55 45

Ball possession

0.64 2.49

Expected goals (xG)

8 21

Total shots

1 6

Shots on target

23 32

Touches in opposition box

2 5

Big chances

2 3

Big chances missed

343 (78%) 261 (74%)

Accurate passes

3 2

Yellow cards

5 6

Corners

Lineups

KV Mechelen (3-4-2-1)

Coach: Frédéric Vanderbiest

Starting XI

13 Nacho Mirás 5.3

2 Luc Marijnissen 5.3

3 José Marsà 5.8

44 Mike Eerdhuijzen 5.8

7 Thérence Koudou 6.4

26 Dennis Praet 6.9

6 Fredrik Hammar 7.1

17 Cedric Van Meirvenne 5.7

16 Adeshina Ayodele 6

9 Myron van Brederode 6.5

27 Keano Vanrafelghem 6.4

Substitutes

28 Bouke Boersma 6.1

29 Bill Antonio 6.3

30 Marco Decherf 6

14 Benito Raman 6

39 Massimo Decoene

1 Ortwin de Wolf

11 Bilal Bafdili

19 Malcolm Lohunanu-Mbasi

23 Simion Michez

Westerlo (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Issame Charaï

Starting XI

99 Andreas Jungdal 7.2

2 Lasse Flø 8.5

5 Seiji Kimura 7.1

4 Amando Lapage 7.1

28 Dylan Ourega 7.7

45 Ibrahim Fofana 8.5

14 Cisse Sandra 7.2

20 Cameron Congreve 8.5

13 Isa Sakamoto 8.6

7 Shunsuke Saito 9.1

9 Norman Bassette 6.8

Substitutes

10 Nikola Storm 7.1

26 Pape Diong

11 Naoufal Bohamdi-Kamoni

39 Thomas Van den Keybus

21 Bill Lathouwers

40 Botond Balogh

88 Fabio Ferraro

23 Lucas Mbamba

17 David Amegnaglo