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Union Saint Gilloise v Mechelen : Pro League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 17th Jan, 19:45 BST, Stade Joseph Mariën, Brussels

It's an away trip for Frederik Vanderbiest's Mechelen side on Saturday evening, as they head to the Stade Joseph Mariën for a Pro League showdown with David Hubert's Union Saint Gilloise. All the odds are provided directly from the bookmaker, while predictions are algorithmically generated from statistics over a 20-game period. We focus especially on Pro League match data, including head to head (H2H) performance. Hit the tabs below to explore.


Best Tip: Union SG to win

As training goes on this week and the Union SG players prepare themselves for this fixture, the bookmakers are predicting a win for them. The odds and our pre-match statistics below also point that way, as does the historical head-to-head (H2H) record we use in our predictive algorithms. The Stade Joseph Mariën has rarely been a happy hunting ground for for Mechelen in the past, and we we think that will be the case again on Saturday evening. A win / draw / win home win is the bet.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Union SG are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 64% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.30.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Union SG
64%
3/10-
Draw
21%
7/2-
Mechelen
15%
15/2-
Union SG 1-0
12%
7/1-
Union SG 2-0
12%
6/1-
Draw 1-1
10%
17/2-
Union SG 2-1
10%
15/2-
Union SG 3-0
8%
8/1-
Union SG 3-1
6%
10/1-
Draw 0-0
6%
14/1-
Mechelen 1-0
5%
22/1-
Mechelen 2-1
4%
25/1-
Draw 2-2
4%
18/1-
Union SG 4-0
4%
14/1-
Union SG 4-1
3%
16/1-
Union SG 3-2
3%
22/1-
Mechelen 2-0
2%
40/1-
Union SG 5-0
2%
25/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
4/7-
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
27/20-
Home 1st Goal
58%
1/3-
Away 1st Goal
38%
9/4-
No 1st Goal
4%
14/1-
BTTS - Yes
48%
10/11-
BTTS - No
52%
10/11-
BTTS - Home Win
26%
15/8-
BTTS - Draw
15%
5/1-
BTTS - Away Win
7%
14/1-
Home/draw
85%
1/14-
Away/draw
36%
9/4-
Home/away
79%
1/6-
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
11/8-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
8/15-
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
10/3-
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/5-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
8/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/14-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/33-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
14/1-
Home DNB
79%
1/10-
Away DNB
29%
6/1-
Union SG win to nil
38%
5/4-
Mechelen win to nil
8%
16/1-
Union SG / Union SG
44%
10/11-
Union SG / Mechelen
2%
50/1-
Union SG / Draw
5%
16/1-
Draw / Union SG
21%
3/1-
Draw / Mechelen
4%
18/1-
Draw / Draw
10%
7/1-
Mechelen / Union SG
4%
18/1-
Mechelen / Mechelen
6%
14/1-
Mechelen / Draw
4%
20/1-
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Win / draw / win Pro League table

Union SG have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Pro League league table. Union SG are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 7 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 6 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Union SG have outscored their opponents by 36 goals to 25 goals.

Home League Performance

Union SG have played 9 games at home winning 8, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 22 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 2 goals at home.

Mechelen are in 5th position in the Pro League on 31 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 11 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 14 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Mechelen have conceded 9 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Union SG
Mechelen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Union SG2012622442 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
Jan 17
2
Brugge2013251441 
Feb 1
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
Mar 22
3
St Truiden201235739 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 22
l
 
1-3F
l
 
1-0A
4
Anderlecht201055635 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
Mar 15
l
 
3-1A
5
Mechelen20875331 
Jan 17
d
 
1-1F
-
-
6
Antwerp20767327 
Feb 21
d
 
1-1A
Feb 8
l
 
2-1F
7
S. Liege20839-527 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 14
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
8
Gent20758-126 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-3F
d
 
1-1F
Mar 8
9
Genk20677-425 
Mar 7
w
 
1-2F
Feb 13
w
 
0-1F
10
Westerlo20668-224 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 1
Jan 25
w
 
0-1F
11
S.Charleroi20668-324 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
12
Z.Waregem20587-323 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-4F
Feb 28
d
 
1-1F
13
La Louviere20488-620 
Feb 8
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-2F
Feb 22
14
Leuven205510-1020 
w
 
5-0F
Jan 24
d
 
1-1F
Feb 1
15
Cercle B20389-517 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-3F
16
Dender202711-1813 
Mar 14
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3F
Championship Round
UEFA Conference League Play Offs
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
16
Union SG have not lost in 16 consecutive home league games
Union SG 1ST
20 league games
Home
16
Overall
Goals: Scored
45
Conceded
9
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
16
D
3
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Union SG2 - 0Z.Waregem
Union SG1 - 1Gent
Union SG2 - 0Cercle B
Union SG2 - 0St Truiden
Union SG3 - 1S.Charleroi
Union SG2 - 0Westerlo
Union SG2 - 0Anderlecht
Union SG3 - 0S. Liege
Union SG5 - 0Leuven
Union SG3 - 1Gent
Union SG1 - 0Genk
Union SG0 - 0Brugge
Union SG2 - 0Anderlecht
Union SG5 - 1Antwerp
Union SG3 - 0S. Liege
Union SG4 - 1Dender
Union SG0 - 1Mechelen
Union SG2 - 1St Truiden
Union SG1 - 0Leuven
Union SG2 - 2Brugge
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
Draw
6
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AUnion SG1 - 1Cercle B
HUnion SG2 - 0Z.Waregem
AUnion SG1 - 1S.Charleroi
HUnion SG1 - 1Gent
AUnion SG0 - 1Anderlecht
HUnion SG2 - 0Cercle B
AUnion SG1 - 1Mechelen
AUnion SG4 - 1Z.Waregem
HUnion SG2 - 0St Truiden
HUnion SG3 - 1S.Charleroi
AUnion SG0 - 1Brugge
HUnion SG2 - 0Westerlo
AUnion SG2 - 1Genk
AUnion SG1 - 0Dender
HUnion SG2 - 0Anderlecht
AUnion SG0 - 0La Louviere
HUnion SG3 - 0S. Liege
AUnion SG3 - 2Gent
HUnion SG5 - 0Leuven
AUnion SG1 - 1Antwerp
Mechelen 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St Truiden1 - 0Mechelen
Cercle B2 - 3Mechelen
Genk0 - 1Mechelen
Anderlecht3 - 1Mechelen
Dender1 - 3Mechelen
S.Charleroi0 - 2Mechelen
S. Liege1 - 1Mechelen
Antwerp2 - 1Mechelen
Westerlo0 - 1Mechelen
Z.Waregem1 - 1Mechelen
Dender2 - 2Mechelen
Leuven1 - 2Mechelen
Westerlo2 - 2Mechelen
S.Charleroi3 - 0Mechelen
S. Liege2 - 2Mechelen
S.Charleroi0 - 1Mechelen
Beerschot1 - 0Mechelen
Union SG0 - 1Mechelen
Leuven1 - 0Mechelen
Anderlecht4 - 1Mechelen
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMechelen1 - 1Dender
AMechelen0 - 1St Truiden
AMechelen3 - 2Cercle B
HMechelen1 - 0S.Charleroi
HMechelen0 - 1S. Liege
AMechelen1 - 0Genk
HMechelen1 - 1Union SG
AMechelen1 - 3Anderlecht
HMechelen1 - 1Leuven
AMechelen3 - 1Dender
HMechelen1 - 3St Truiden
AMechelen2 - 0S.Charleroi
HMechelen0 - 0Cercle B
AMechelen1 - 1S. Liege
HMechelen3 - 2La Louviere
AMechelen1 - 2Antwerp
HMechelen1 - 1Gent
AMechelen1 - 0Westerlo
HMechelen2 - 1Brugge
AMechelen1 - 1Z.Waregem
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Union SG since 2017
Union SG
Mechelen
Goals: Scored
8
2
Games: Scored
4 / 5
2 / 5
Clean sheets
3 / 5
1 / 5
USG
4
MEC
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Union SG
0 - 1Mechelen
Union SG1 - 0
Union SG2 - 1
Union SG2 - 0
Union SG3 - 0
League games at Mechelen since 2017
Mechelen
Union SG
Goals: Scored
13
3
Games: Scored
6 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
0 / 6
D
2
MEC
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mechelen
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Mechelen4 - 0
Mechelen3 - 0
Mechelen3 - 1
Mechelen1 - 0
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is decent for Union Saint Gilloise in their meeting with Mechelen, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 15 consecutive Pro League games.

Union SG 1st Mechelen 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
28%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Union SG will score 1 or more goals
0
44%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 80% probability of Mechelen scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Union SG’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-3
Mechelen’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.3
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.5
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2025/2026 season
Union SG
PG (predicted goals)
Mechelen
2
0.8
Attack rating
10%
better
USG
MEC
view stats
Games scored17
17
Failed to score3
3
Scored first15
14
Goals scored36
25
Avg. goals scored1.8
1.3
Avg. shots per game12
8
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.9
1.2
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
27%
better
USG
MEC
view stats
Games conceded11
15
Clean sheets9
5
Conceded first4
5
Goals conceded12
22
Avg. goals conceded0.6
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded6
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded11
10
Conversion rate against10%
10%
Avg. XG against1
1.8
KickOff rating
+27%

Union SG v Mechelen Pro League lLine ups will show here when available.

Union SG Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18836
A KhalailiP DavidC Burgess C Burgess 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Khalaili MID202
4
-
A Hadj MID192
2
-
K Rodríguez FWD1971
1
-
C Burgess  DEF183
5
1
A Zorgane MID1813
2
-
O. Niang MID1823
5
-
P David FWD188
1
-
K Scherpen GLK17
-
F Leysen DEF1711
2
-
K Allister DEF1711
4
-
M Rasmussen MID1521
1
-
R Florucz FWD1573
-
L Patris DEF141
1
-
R Sykes DEF1411
4
-
R Schoofs MID1413
2
-
K. Van de Perre MID142
4
-
M. Giger FWD1331
2
-
S Boufal MID91
-
V Chambaere GLK3
-
G Carvalho FWD2
1
-
C. Makate Bokoya FWD2
-
M Fuseini FWD2
-
M. Barry DEF1
-
G François DEF1
-
I Pavlic MID1
-
Mechelen Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19636
L LauberbachL LauberbachB RamanF Hammar
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Lauberbach FWD2061
4
-
F Hammar MID191
6
-
T Koudou DEF184
4
-
M Konaté  MID1611
4
-
I. Mirás Blanco GLK15
2
-
G Diouf DEF1511
5
-
R Halhal DEF151
3
-
B Bafdili MID1512
2
-
M. Zekri DEF14
1
-
M Servais MID1412
2
-
K Mrabti  MID1422
4
-
M Brederode FWD1431
2
-
B Raman FWD1413
-
J Martínez DEF1311
2
-
B Antonio FWD131
-
T Jago DEF11
1
-
D Salifou MID8
1
-
H. Özdemir FWD7
1
-
O Wolf GLK5
1
-
R Teague MID5
-
H Bandé FWD3
-
M. Kireev MID2
-
M Decoene MID1
-
K. Vanrafelghem FWD1
-