K. Sint-Truidense VV vs RSC Anderlecht, Jupiler League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Match Preview
K. Sint-Truidense VV vs RSC Anderlecht — Jupiler League at Staaien.
- K. Sint-Truidense VV 30 games · 57 pts (2025/26)
- RSC Anderlecht 30 games · 44 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Simon Bourdeaud'hui (Belgium)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 66 2 Club Brugge KV 30 63 3 K. Sint-Truidense VV 30 57 4 KAA Gent 30 45 5 KV Mechelen 30 45 6 RSC Anderlecht 30 44 7 KRC Genk 30 42 8 Royal Standard de Liege 30 40 9 KVC Westerlo 30 39 10 Royal Antwerp FC 30 35 11 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 30 34 12 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 30 34 13 SV Zulte-Waregem 30 32 14 UR La Louviere Centre 30 31 15 Cercle Brugge KSV 30 31 16 FC Verbroedering Dender EH 30 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 Apr RSC Anderlecht H 2–0 W 19 Apr KAA Gent A 0–0 D 11 Apr Club Brugge KV H 1–2 L 04 Apr Royale Union Saint-Gilloise A 0–1 L 22 Mar Royale Union Saint-Gilloise H 1–3 L 15 Mar KRC Genk A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 Apr K. Sint-Truidense VV A 0–2 L 18 Apr KV Mechelen A 2–1 W 12 Apr KAA Gent H 3–1 W 06 Apr Club Brugge KV A 2–4 L 22 Mar Cercle Brugge KSV H 2–3 L 15 Mar KV Mechelen A 0–1 L Season Stats
K. Sint-Truidense VV RSC Anderlecht #3 Position #6 57 Points 44 30 Played 30 18 / 3 / 9 W / D / L 12 / 8 / 10 47 Scored 43 35 Conceded 39 +12 GD +4 1.90 PPG 1.47 60% Win % 40% Key Stats
53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history25% Clean Sheets
K. Sint-Truidense VV this season28% Clean Sheets
RSC Anderlecht this seasonK. Sint-Truidense VV are 3rd (57 pts). RSC Anderlecht are 6th (44 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Staaien. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Nathan-Dylan Saliba suffering a number of foals already.
- 9' RSC Anderlecht receives a card for a hard tackle on 9.
- 14' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 19' Moussa Diarra has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 30 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 24' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 24 minutes.
- 29' Ali Maamar needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 34' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Tristan Degreef made 385 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 39' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 44' Supporters expect more eagerness from Shogo Taniguchi, as he is very good at scoring at Staaien with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 49' It looks surprising K. Sint-Truidense VV does not make any changes. Coba da Costa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 54' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 3 times this season with RSC Anderlecht winning 33.33% of all matches.
- 59' It’s high time Wouter Vrancken made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 64' RSC Anderlecht started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 64.
- 66' A meaty challenge results in booking for Moussa Diarra on 66.
- 66' Another change for K. Sint-Truidense VV made on 66 minute. Joedrick Pupe leaves to be changed by Simen Juklerod.
- 70' The RSC Anderlecht manager makes a substitution. Ali Maamar departs to be replaced by Ilay Camara.
- 71' Time for substitution for K. Sint-Truidense VV. Rihito Yamamoto is replaced by Ryan Merlen.
- 75' K. Sint-Truidense VV is taking the lead after the goal scored by Keisuke Goto on 75.
- 80' Coba da Costa has so much to prove this time. He replaces Adriano Bertaccini on 80 minute.
- 85' It is a substitution in K. Sint-Truidense VV team. Kaito Matsuzawa is replaced by Oumar Diouf on 85 minute.
- 90' Ryan Merlen was booked on 90.
- Another three points for K. Sint-Truidense VV.
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K. Sint-Truidense VV
Starting XI- 8
- 5
- 26
- 13
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6
Rihito Yamamoto ↓ Ryan Merlen 71'
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23
Joedrick Pupe ↓ Simen Juklerod 66'
- 10
- 60
- 16
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38
Kaito Matsuzawa ↓ Oumar Diouf 85'
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42
Keisuke Goto ↓ Loic Mbe Soh 85'
Bench- 22
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18
Simen Juklerod ↑ 66'
- 12
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4
Loic Mbe Soh ↑ 85'
- 11
- 21
- 33
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14
Ryan Merlen ↑ 71'
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77
Oumar Diouf ↑ 85'
- 99
Coach Wouter VranckenRSC Anderlecht
Starting XI- 6
- 26
- 10
- 93
- 91
- 54
- 24
- 13
- 83
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79
Ali Maamar ↓ Ilay Camara 70'
- 9
Bench- 23
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11
Thorgan Hazard ↑ 70'
- 55
- 32
- 3
- 4
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77
Coba da Costa ↑ 80'
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7
Ilay Camara ↑ 70'
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Coach Jérémy Taravel -
Head to Head
K. Sint-Truidense VV Form
2026-04-23 K. Sint-Truidense VV 2–0 RSC Anderlecht W 2026-04-19 KAA Gent 0–0 K. Sint-Truidense VV D 2026-04-11 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–2 Club Brugge KV L 2026-04-04 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 K. Sint-Truidense VV L 2026-03-22 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2026-03-15 KRC Genk 1–0 K. Sint-Truidense VV L