About Match
16 points for Union Saint-Gilloise (3rd), 3 for Mechelen (17th): a 13-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 3.17/0.5 for Union Saint-Gilloise and 0.71/2 for Mechelen (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.5. If Union Saint-Gilloise win, their total rises to 19 and up to 1st, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Union Saint-Gilloise come in having won five on the spin. Mechelen have gone 11 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Union Saint-Gilloise 15/15, Mechelen 2/15.
Across 17 recorded meetings, Union Saint-Gilloise have 6 wins to Mechelen's 8, with 3 draws, at 2.24 goals per meeting.
Stade Joseph Mariën in Brussels stages the fixture, a ground that holds 8,432.