Pro League 2026/27, matchday 1: every number from the 9 matches

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30 goals in 9 matches — 3.33 a game, against 2.67 across all 320 matches of 2025/26. 6 home wins, 2 draws, 1 away win. Results, goals by minute, cards, shots, possession, xG and player ratings — all of it on one page.

Results

Match	HT	xG	Shots	On target	Home poss.	Crowd
Club Brugge KV 3–0 Kortrijk	1–0	3.49–1.02	20–9	8–3	74%	23300
St. Liege 2–2 Cercle Brugge KSV	0–0	2.61–1.45	20–17	5–2	56%	—
Westerlo 1–5 Royale Union SG	1–1	0.76–1.79	12–19	3–10	55%	—
St. Truiden 1–1 Lommel SK	0–1	1.91–1.49	32–9	4–2	66%	—
Gent 2–0 KV Mechelen	2–0	1.16–0.34	15–5	8–2	53%	—
Waregem 2–1 Genk	0–1	0.51–0.54	11–10	5–3	38%	—
Charleroi 3–1 Leuven	1–1	3.16–1.30	24–12	10–3	59%	—
Anderlecht 2–1 RAAL La Louviere	0–0	3.07–0.74	33–5	7–2	74%	—
Antwerp 2–1 Beveren	0–1	2.20–0.95	19–10	7–4	50%	—

The heaviest match was Westerlo 1–5 Royale Union SG with 6 goals. 7 of 9 matches had both clubs scoring, 7 went over 2.5 goals, and 2 clubs failed to score. 10 goals came before half-time and 20 after it; 1 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 3 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute 13, the latest in minute 86. 3 of the 23 goals were penalties and 0 were own goals; the round produced 22 yellow cards and 1 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 23 of the 30 goals, so every count in this paragraph is a floor, not a total; the scores and half-time scores above are complete.

Every match, in detail

Club Brugge KV 3–0 Kortrijk 2026-08-07 18:45 UTC · half-time 1–0 · 4-3-3 v ?

Jan Breydel Stadion · 23,300 in

Goals

30' Hugo Vetlesen Club Brugge KV
68' Carlos Forbs Club Brugge KV
74' Nicolo Tresoldi (pen) Club Brugge KV

Cards

🟨 44' James Ndjeungoue Kortrijk
🟨 59' Freddie Potts Club Brugge KV

Best rated

8.9 Han-Beom Lee Club Brugge KV · 12/15 duels
8.6 Mamadou Diakhon Club Brugge KV · 1 assist, 1 shots, 5/11 duels
8.3 Brandon Mechele Club Brugge KV · 2 shots, 11/12 duels

Club Brugge KV · Kortrijk

3.49	xG	1.02
1.50	xG first half	0.72
20	Shots	9
8	On target	3
13	Shots in the box	5
5	Blocked	4
6	Corners	1
74%	Possession	26%
773	Passes	270
700	Passes completed	187
2	Saves	5
6	Fouls	10
2	Offsides	1
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

St. Liege 2–2 Cercle Brugge KSV 2026-08-08 16:15 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 3-4-3 v 3-4-3

Maurice Dufrasnestadion · referee J. Vergoote

Goals

41' Lukas Mondele Cercle Brugge KSV
45+5' Dennis Eckert Ayensa St. Liege

Cards

🟨 33' Adnane Abid St. Liege
🟨 38' K. Valy Cercle Brugge KSV

Best rated

9.0 Dennis Eckert Ayensa St. Liege · 2 goals, 2 shots, 6/11 duels
8.3 Christiaan Ravych Cercle Brugge KSV · 1 goal, 3 shots, 7/14 duels
8.0 Adnane Abid St. Liege · 1 assist, 2 shots, 8/17 duels

St. Liege · Cercle Brugge KSV

2.61	xG	1.45
0.83	xG first half	0.88
20	Shots	17
5	On target	2
15	Shots in the box	13
7	Blocked	5
7	Corners	11
56%	Possession	44%
486	Passes	368
386	Passes completed	291
0	Saves	2
9	Fouls	13
0	Offsides	1
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Westerlo 1–5 Royale Union SG 2026-08-08 18:45 UTC · half-time 1–1 · 3-4-2-1 v 3-4-1-2

Het Kuipje · referee B. Put

Goals

13' Norman Bassette Westerlo
28' Promise David Royale Union SG
57' Raul Florucz Royale Union SG
64' Relebohile Mofokeng Royale Union SG

Cards

🟨 25' Kevin Mac Allister Royale Union SG
🟨 33' Raul Florucz Royale Union SG
🟨 35' Cisse Sandra Westerlo

Best rated

7.6 Darius Olaru Royale Union SG · 1 goal, 3 shots
7.6 Raul Florucz Royale Union SG · 1 goal, 1 shots, 4/7 duels
7.6 Guilherme Smith Royale Union SG · 1 goal, 2 shots, 2/5 duels

Westerlo · Royale Union SG

0.76	xG	1.79
0.27	xG first half	0.47
12	Shots	19
3	On target	10
8	Shots in the box	15
5	Blocked	4
4	Corners	5
55%	Possession	45%
532	Passes	431
438	Passes completed	340
4	Saves	2
12	Fouls	8
0	Offsides	4
1	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

St. Truiden 1–1 Lommel SK 2026-08-08 18:45 UTC · half-time 0–1 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-3-3

Daio Wasabi Stayen · referee A. Letellier

Goals

24' Ralf Seuntjens (pen) Lommel SK
64' Ilias Sebaoui St. Truiden

Cards

🟨 75' Nelson Ishiwatari St. Truiden

Best rated

8.0 Loïc Mbe Soh St. Truiden · 1 shots, 4/5 duels
7.7 Taiga Hata St. Truiden · 3/5 duels
7.6 Timothy Eyoma Lommel SK · 4/7 duels

St. Truiden · Lommel SK

1.91	xG	1.49
0.73	xG first half	1.07
32	Shots	9
4	On target	2
20	Shots in the box	7
14	Blocked	3
6	Corners	2
66%	Possession	34%
637	Passes	339
570	Passes completed	262
1	Saves	3
13	Fouls	7
3	Offsides	4
1	Yellow cards	0

source: full match archive

Gent 2–0 KV Mechelen 2026-08-09 11:30 UTC · half-time 2–0 · 5-3-2 v 3-4-3

Planet Group Arena

Goals

37' Tiago Araújo Gent
45' Josué Vergara Gent assist Momodou Sonko

Cards

🟨 85' Massimo Decoene KV Mechelen

Best rated

8.2 Nacho Miras KV Mechelen · 6 saves, 2/2 duels
8.2 Tiago Araújo Gent · 1 goal, 2 shots, 2/2 duels
7.9 Josué Vergara Gent · 1 goal, 2 shots, 5/10 duels

Gent · KV Mechelen

1.16	xG	0.34
0.78	xG first half	0.11
15	Shots	5
8	On target	2
10	Shots in the box	3
3	Blocked	1
4	Corners	1
53%	Possession	47%
514	Passes	460
437	Passes completed	381
2	Saves	6
11	Fouls	11
1	Offsides	1
0	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Waregem 2–1 Genk 2026-08-09 14:00 UTC · half-time 0–1 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-3-3

Elindus Arena

Goals

39' Rafiu Durosinmi Genk assist Junya Ito
82' Marley Aké Waregem
86' Serxho Ujka Waregem assist Anosike Ementa

Cards

🟨 42' Daan Heymans Genk
🟨 52' Anosike Ementa Waregem
🟨 81' Josue Ndenge Kongolo Genk
🟨 86' Christian Akpan Genk
🟨 90+1' Yaimar Medina Genk

Best rated

8.2 Marley Aké Waregem · 1 goal, 2 shots, 8/9 duels
7.7 Serxho Ujka Waregem · 1 goal, 1 shots, 2/4 duels
7.5 Joris Kayembe Genk · 6/9 duels

Waregem · Genk

0.51	xG	0.54
0.18	xG first half	0.28
11	Shots	10
5	On target	3
5	Shots in the box	8
2	Blocked	3
6	Corners	3
38%	Possession	62%
351	Passes	595
286	Passes completed	533
2	Saves	3
13	Fouls	16
0	Offsides	2
1	Yellow cards	4

source: full match archive

Charleroi 3–1 Leuven 2026-08-09 14:00 UTC · half-time 1–1 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Goals

24' Parfait Guiagon (pen) Charleroi
39' Óscar Gil Leuven assist Wouter George
59' Kevin Van Den Kerkhof Charleroi
79' Freddy Mbemba Charleroi assist Isaac Ismaël Cissé

Cards

🟨 20' Abdoul Karim Traoré Leuven
🟥 30' Abdoul Karim Traoré Leuven
🟨 31' Aiham Ousou Charleroi
🟨 45' Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi Leuven

Best rated

8.9 Dani van den Heuvel Leuven · 6 saves, 1/1 duels
8.7 Freddy Mbemba Charleroi · 1 goal, 1 shots, 5/7 duels
8.2 Aiham Ousou Charleroi · 10/12 duels

Charleroi · Leuven

3.16	xG	1.30
1.41	xG first half	1.05
24	Shots	12
10	On target	3
18	Shots in the box	9
7	Blocked	3
6	Corners	2
59%	Possession	41%
496	Passes	340
420	Passes completed	266
2	Saves	6
7	Fouls	13
5	Offsides	1
1	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	1

source: full match archive

Anderlecht 2–1 RAAL La Louviere 2026-08-09 16:30 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 3-1-4-2

Lotto Park

Goals

54' Mustapha Isah RAAL La Louviere
69' Joshua Nga Kana Anderlecht assist Ali Maamar

Cards

🟨 5' Mame Wade RAAL La Louviere
🟨 52' Joël Ito RAAL La Louviere
🟨 59' Joël Ito RAAL La Louviere

Best rated

8.3 Patrick Nkoa RAAL La Louviere · 1 shots, 3/5 duels
8.2 Lukáš Ambros Anderlecht · 1 shots, 8/12 duels
8.0 Giulian Biancone Anderlecht · 8/15 duels

Anderlecht · RAAL La Louviere

3.07	xG	0.74
0.95	xG first half	0.17
33	Shots	5
7	On target	2
20	Shots in the box	5
13	Blocked	0
10	Corners	1
74%	Possession	26%
686	Passes	239
605	Passes completed	158
1	Saves	5
12	Fouls	12
0	Offsides	2
2	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	1

source: full match archive

Antwerp 2–1 Beveren 2026-08-09 17:15 UTC · half-time 0–1 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Bosuilstadion

Goals

29' Chris Lokesa Beveren assist Christian Brüls

Cards

🟨 29' Chris Lokesa Beveren
🟨 40' Sieben Dewaele Beveren

Best rated

8.3 Michael Frey Antwerp · 2 goals, 4 shots, 11/16 duels
8.2 Johannes Schenk Beveren · 5 saves
7.9 Chris Lokesa Beveren · 1 goal, 1 shots, 10/18 duels

Antwerp · Beveren

2.20	xG	0.95
0.34	xG first half	0.69
19	Shots	10
7	On target	4
15	Shots in the box	7
5	Blocked	3
5	Corners	3
50%	Possession	50%
472	Passes	482
379	Passes completed	376
3	Saves	5
15	Fouls	7
1	Offsides	1
1	Yellow cards	4

source: full match archive

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
Royale Union SG	A	Westerlo	5–1	1.79	19	10	15	5	45%	431	2	8	2
Club Brugge KV	H	Kortrijk	3–0	3.49	20	8	13	6	74%	773	2	6	1
Charleroi	H	Leuven	3–1	3.16	24	10	18	6	59%	496	2	7	1
Gent	H	KV Mechelen	2–0	1.16	15	8	10	4	53%	514	2	11	0
Anderlecht	H	RAAL La Louviere	2–1	3.07	33	7	20	10	74%	686	1	12	2
Antwerp	H	Beveren	2–1	2.20	19	7	15	5	50%	472	3	15	1
Waregem	H	Genk	2–1	0.51	11	5	5	6	38%	351	2	13	1
Cercle Brugge KSV	A	St. Liege	2–2	1.45	17	2	13	11	44%	368	2	13	1
St. Liege	H	Cercle Brugge KSV	2–2	2.61	20	5	15	7	56%	486	0	9	1
Lommel SK	A	St. Truiden	1–1	1.49	9	2	7	2	34%	339	3	7	0
St. Truiden	H	Lommel SK	1–1	1.91	32	4	20	6	66%	637	1	13	1
Beveren	A	Antwerp	1–2	0.95	10	4	7	3	50%	482	5	7	4
Genk	A	Waregem	1–2	0.54	10	3	8	3	62%	595	3	16	4
RAAL La Louviere	A	Anderlecht	1–2	0.74	5	2	5	1	26%	239	5	12	3
Leuven	A	Charleroi	1–3	1.30	12	3	9	2	41%	340	6	13	2
KV Mechelen	A	Gent	0–2	0.34	5	2	3	1	47%	460	6	11	1
Kortrijk	A	Club Brugge KV	0–3	1.02	9	3	5	1	26%	270	5	10	1
Westerlo	H	Royale Union SG	1–5	0.76	12	3	8	4	55%	532	4	12	1

Club Brugge KV had the most of the ball (74 per cent); Anderlecht took the most shots (33).

Goals against xG

xG is the provider's shot-quality model, not ours; we publish it because it is the same measure across every match here. One matchday is far too small to call anyone lucky — this is a record of what happened, not a verdict.

Club	Opponent	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Conceded	xG faced	Saved against xG
Royale Union SG	Westerlo	5	1.79	+3.21	1	0.76	-0.24
Waregem	Genk	2	0.51	+1.49	1	0.54	-0.46
Gent	KV Mechelen	2	1.16	+0.84	0	0.34	+0.34
Cercle Brugge KSV	St. Liege	2	1.45	+0.55	2	2.61	+0.61
Genk	Waregem	1	0.54	+0.46	2	0.51	-1.49
RAAL La Louviere	Anderlecht	1	0.74	+0.26	2	3.07	+1.07
Westerlo	Royale Union SG	1	0.76	+0.24	5	1.79	-3.21
Beveren	Antwerp	1	0.95	+0.05	2	2.20	+0.20
Charleroi	Leuven	3	3.16	-0.16	1	1.30	+0.30
Antwerp	Beveren	2	2.20	-0.20	1	0.95	-0.05
Leuven	Charleroi	1	1.30	-0.30	3	3.16	+0.16
KV Mechelen	Gent	0	0.34	-0.34	2	1.16	-0.84
Lommel SK	St. Truiden	1	1.49	-0.49	1	1.91	+0.91
Club Brugge KV	Kortrijk	3	3.49	-0.49	0	1.02	+1.02
St. Liege	Cercle Brugge KSV	2	2.61	-0.61	2	1.45	-0.55
St. Truiden	Lommel SK	1	1.91	-0.91	1	1.49	+0.49
Kortrijk	Club Brugge KV	0	1.02	-1.02	3	3.49	+0.49
Anderlecht	RAAL La Louviere	2	3.07	-1.07	1	0.74	-0.26

Royale Union SG scored 3.21 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Anderlecht scored 1.07 fewer. The last column is the same subtraction at the other end: how many goals a club conceded against the xG of the shots it faced.

One column we removed. The feed also carries a field called “goals prevented”, which looks like a goalkeeping measure. In all 9 matches of this round it is identical for both clubs (Club Brugge KV–Kortrijk +0.55, St. Liege–Cercle Brugge KSV -0.16, Westerlo–Royale Union SG -0.10, and so on), so it cannot be a per-club number and we do not publish it rather than guess at what it means.

Scorers and assists

19 of the 30 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (9 matches) and from the live event feed otherwise, which records fewer of them — so this is a floor, not a count.

Player	Club	Goals	Assists
Dennis Eckert Ayensa	St. Liege	2	0
Michael Frey	Antwerp	2	0
Promise David	Royale Union SG	1	1
Adriano Bertaccini	Anderlecht	1	0
Carlos Forbs	Club Brugge KV	1	0
Chris Lokesa	Beveren	1	0
Christiaan Ravych	Cercle Brugge KSV	1	0
Darius Olaru	Royale Union SG	1	0
Freddy Mbemba	Charleroi	1	0
Guilherme Smith	Royale Union SG	1	0
Hugo Vetlesen	Club Brugge KV	1	0
Ilias Sebaoui	St. Truiden	1	0
Joshua Nga Kana	Anderlecht	1	0
Josué Vergara	Gent	1	0
Kevin Van Den Kerkhof	Charleroi	1	0
Lukas Mondele	Cercle Brugge KSV	1	0
Marley Aké	Waregem	1	0
Mustapha Isah	RAAL La Louviere	1	0
Nicolo Tresoldi	Club Brugge KV	1	0
Norman Bassette	Westerlo	1	0
Parfait Guiagon	Charleroi	1	0
Rafiu Durosinmi	Genk	1	0
Ralf Seuntjens	Lommel SK	1	0
Raul Florucz	Royale Union SG	1	0
Relebohile Mofokeng	Royale Union SG	1	0
Serxho Ujka	Waregem	1	0
Tiago Araújo	Gent	1	0
Óscar Gil	Leuven	1	0
Adnane Abid	St. Liege	0	1
Ali Maamar	Anderlecht	0	1
Anosike Ementa	Waregem	0	1
Besfort Zeneli	Royale Union SG	0	1
Casper Nielsen	St. Liege	0	1
Christian Brüls	Beveren	0	1
Dante Vanzeir	Cercle Brugge KSV	0	1
Isa Sakamoto	Westerlo	0	1
Isaac Ismaël Cissé	Charleroi	0	1
Jules Ahoka	Antwerp	0	1
Junya Ito	Genk	0	1
Mamadou Diakhon	Club Brugge KV	0	1
Mohammed Fuseini	Royale Union SG	0	1
Momodou Sonko	Gent	0	1
Nelson Ishiwatari	St. Truiden	0	1
Rob Schoofs	Royale Union SG	0	1
Thibo Somers	Antwerp	0	1
Wouter George	Leuven	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 9 matches whose player detail has arrived; 364 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Dennis Eckert Ayensa	St. Liege	9.0	71	2	0	2	1	6/11	0	0	0
Han-Beom Lee	Club Brugge KV	8.9	90	0	0	0	0	12/15	3	0	0
Dani van den Heuvel	Leuven	8.9	90	0	0	0	0	1/1	0	0	6
Freddy Mbemba	Charleroi	8.7	16	1	0	1	1	5/7	1	0	0
Mamadou Diakhon	Club Brugge KV	8.6	77	0	1	1	3	5/11	0	2	0
Brandon Mechele	Club Brugge KV	8.3	90	0	0	2	0	11/12	5	0	0
Christiaan Ravych	Cercle Brugge KSV	8.3	90	1	0	3	1	7/14	1	1	0
Patrick Nkoa	RAAL La Louviere	8.3	90	0	0	1	0	3/5	2	3	0
Michael Frey	Antwerp	8.3	90	2	0	4	0	11/16	0	1	0
Nacho Miras	KV Mechelen	8.2	90	0	0	0	0	2/2	0	0	6
Tiago Araújo	Gent	8.2	90	1	0	2	0	2/2	0	1	0
Marley Aké	Waregem	8.2	90	1	0	2	0	8/9	4	0	0
Aiham Ousou	Charleroi	8.2	90	0	0	0	0	10/12	6	3	0
Parfait Guiagon	Charleroi	8.2	74	1	0	3	3	5/9	3	0	0
Lukáš Ambros	Anderlecht	8.2	90	0	0	1	6	8/12	1	1	0
Johannes Schenk	Beveren	8.2	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	5
Adnane Abid	St. Liege	8.0	90	0	1	2	4	8/17	2	0	0
Loïc Mbe Soh	St. Truiden	8.0	99	0	0	1	0	4/5	2	3	0
Giulian Biancone	Anderlecht	8.0	90	0	0	0	1	8/15	2	3	0
Joshua Nga Kana	Anderlecht	8.0	79	1	0	2	2	7/14	1	1	0
Carlos Forbs	Club Brugge KV	7.9	90	1	0	1	2	5/9	1	0	0
Gary Magnee	Cercle Brugge KSV	7.9	90	0	0	0	5	6/12	2	3	0
Josué Vergara	Gent	7.9	80	1	0	2	0	5/10	0	0	0
Kevin Van Den Kerkhof	Charleroi	7.9	90	1	0	1	1	6/15	3	0	0
Antoine Bernier	Charleroi	7.9	83	0	0	1	2	8/11	3	0	0

Matchday 1 against the whole of 2025/26

One round is 9 matches and last season was 320. Every difference below is well inside what 9 matches can produce by chance; it is here as a record, not as a trend.

Measure	Matchday 1	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	3.33	2.67	+0.66
Goals in the first half, per match	1.11	1.22	-0.11
Shots per club	15.7	13.2	+2.5
Shots on target per club	4.9	4.5	+0.4
xG per club	1.58	1.44	+0.14
Corners per club	4.6	5.1	-0.5
Passes per club	471	415	+55
Fouls per club	10.8	11.4	-0.6
Yellow cards per club	1.50	1.94	-0.44
Saves per club	3.0	3.1	-0.1
Home wins (share)	0.67	0.41	+0.26
Draws (share)	0.22	0.26	-0.03

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 9 of 9 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 9, player-level detail for 9. Crowds and referees are as published for the 1 matches that carry them (23,300 people in total, 23,300 on average). Nothing on this page is a projection.

What is missing, stated plainly. the event feed is missing 7 of the 30 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; attendance is published for 1 of 9 matches, so there is no average to give; the 2025/26 xG baseline is measured on 313 of 320 matches.

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