KV Mechelen vs St. Truiden 4-3

KV Mechelen came from 4-1 down to beat St. Truiden 4-3 at Veoliastadion Achter De Kazerne, with the comeback built after a poor first half and finished by late home pressure. St. Truiden led 3-1 at the break before that advantage disappeared.

K. Takai put through his own net in the 24th minute to give St. Truiden the lead, before S. Michez levelled for KV Mechelen on 34 minutes. St. Truiden then went back ahead through S. Taniguchi's own goal in the 39th minute, and S. Bazdar made it 3-1 in the 44th minute from R. Merlen's assist. It was 1-3 at half-time.

I. Sebaoui made it 4-1 on 49 minutes, but KV Mechelen responded through B. Raman in the 62nd minute from K. Corbanie's assist. Raman was replaced by C. Van Meirvenne a minute later, while St. Truiden made two changes on 46 minutes and two more on 67 minutes, with F. Soelle, who had come on in the 67th minute, scoring on 71 minutes to make it 5-2. KV Mechelen made four changes on 81 minutes and kept pressing, although no further goals were listed, and the scoreline finished 4-3.

St. Truiden had 63% possession and 501 passes to KV Mechelen's 286, with 80% pass accuracy to 69%. They also had more shots, 13 to 7, more on target, 5 to 3, more corners, 5 to 2, and a higher xG total, 0.84 to 0.64, while KV Mechelen had 4 offsides to 1 and 3 saves to 1.

K. Takai was booked in the 5th minute, M. Decherf in the 53rd, and F. Hammar deep into stoppage time on 90+5 minutes for KV Mechelen. St. Truiden's bookings went to K. Matsuzawa in the 42nd minute, N. Ishiwatari in the 84th, and S. Taniguchi in the 88th.