Pro League 2026/27, matchday 2: every number from the 9 matches

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GoalSoon · built 05 September 2026, 09:53 UTC · every figure is our own count from our own database

28 goals in 9 matches — 3.11 a game, against 2.67 across all 320 matches of 2025/26. 2 home wins, 3 draws, 4 away wins. 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.
Cercle Brugge KSV 3–3 St. Truiden	1–2	4.15–2.04	26–13	8–7	55%
Royale Union SG 0–0 Waregem	0–0	—–—	3–1	1–0	53%
Kortrijk 0–3 Antwerp	0–1	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Leuven 0–3 Club Brugge KV	0–1	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Genk 3–2 Westerlo	2–2	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Beveren 1–0 Anderlecht	1–0	0.64–1.11	10–14	3–6	40%
RAAL La Louviere 1–2 Gent	1–1	0.54–1.18	11–8	5–3	45%
KV Mechelen 3–3 St. Liege	0–0	0.07–0.55	2–7	0–4	42%
Lommel SK 0–1 Charleroi	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—

The heaviest match was Cercle Brugge KSV 3–3 St. Truiden with 6 goals. 4 of 9 matches had both clubs scoring, 6 went over 2.5 goals, and 6 clubs failed to score. 12 goals came before half-time and 16 after it; 3 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 0 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute 1, the latest in minute 65. 0 of the 9 goals were penalties and 0 were own goals; the round produced 3 yellow cards and 0 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 9 of the 28 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

Cercle Brugge KSV 3–3 St. Truiden 2026-08-14 18:45 UTC · half-time 1–2 · 3-4-1-2 v 4-2-3-1

Jan Breydel Stadion

Goals

1' Ryan Merlen St. Truiden assist Ilias Sebaoui
28' Steve Ngoura Cercle Brugge KSV
37' Ryan Merlen St. Truiden assist Robert-Jan Vanwesemael
47' Nelson Ishiwatari St. Truiden assist Ilias Sebaoui

Cards

🟨 18' Nelson Ishiwatari St. Truiden
🟨 57' Joedrick Pupe St. Truiden

Best rated

8.6 Leo Kokubo St. Truiden · 6 saves
8.6 Ryan Merlen St. Truiden · 2 goals, 4 shots, 3/6 duels
7.9 Nelson Ishiwatari St. Truiden · 1 goal, 2 shots, 9/18 duels

Cercle Brugge KSV · St. Truiden

4.15	xG	2.04
2.20	xG first half	0.82
26	Shots	13
8	On target	7
20	Shots in the box	8
4	Blocked	4
10	Corners	3
55%	Possession	45%
473	Passes	401
390	Passes completed	321
3	Saves	6
7	Fouls	9
1	Offsides	4
0	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Royale Union SG 0–0 Waregem 2026-08-15 14:00 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 3-4-1-2 v 4-3-2-1

Stade Joseph Marien

Goals

none

Royale Union SG · Waregem

3	Shots	1
1	On target	0
2	Corners	1
53%	Possession	47%
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0

source: live feed (no player detail yet)

Kortrijk 0–3 Antwerp 2026-08-15 16:15 UTC · half-time 0–1

Guldensporen Stadion

Goals

none

Kortrijk · Antwerp

no match statistics

source: events only

Leuven 0–3 Club Brugge KV 2026-08-15 18:45 UTC · half-time 0–1

Den Dreef

Goals

none

Leuven · Club Brugge KV

no match statistics

source: events only

Genk 3–2 Westerlo 2026-08-15 18:45 UTC · half-time 2–2

Cegeka Arena

Goals

none

Genk · Westerlo

no match statistics

source: events only

Beveren 1–0 Anderlecht 2026-08-16 11:30 UTC · half-time 1–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-3-3

Freethiel Stadion

Goals

14' Yoni Gomis Beveren assist Ferre Slegers

Best rated

10.0 Johannes Schenk Beveren · 8 saves
8.9 Yoni Gomis Beveren · 1 goal, 1 shots, 5/7 duels
7.5 Léo Pétrot Anderlecht · 9/13 duels

Beveren · Anderlecht

0.64	xG	1.11
0.30	xG first half	0.65
10	Shots	14
3	On target	6
7	Shots in the box	10
3	Blocked	4
1	Corners	12
40%	Possession	60%
375	Passes	571
284	Passes completed	480
8	Saves	1
9	Fouls	15
1	Offsides	2
0	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

RAAL La Louviere 1–2 Gent 2026-08-16 14:00 UTC · half-time 1–1 · 5-3-2 v 4-3-3

Easi Arena

Goals

none

Best rated

8.3 Ismaila Coulibaly RAAL La Louviere · 1 shots, 3/8 duels
8.2 Mustapha Isah RAAL La Louviere · 1 goal, 2 shots, 7/8 duels
7.5 Ibrahima Cisse Gent · 1 goal, 1 shots, 3/8 duels

RAAL La Louviere · Gent

0.54	xG	1.18
0.37	xG first half	0.18
11	Shots	8
5	On target	3
4	Shots in the box	4
3	Blocked	1
6	Corners	3
45%	Possession	55%
477	Passes	588
406	Passes completed	506
1	Saves	4
12	Fouls	5
3	Offsides	3
1	Yellow cards	0

source: full match archive

KV Mechelen 3–3 St. Liege 2026-08-16 16:30 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Achter de Kazerne

Goals

9' Bernard Nguene St. Liege assist Marlon Fossey
24' Adnane Abid St. Liege assist Casper Nielsen
45+4' Thérence Koudou KV Mechelen assist Malcolm Lohunanu-Mbasi
65' Adnane Abid St. Liege assist Casper Nielsen

Cards

🟨 33' Gustav Mortensen St. Liege

KV Mechelen · St. Liege

0.07	xG	0.55
0.07	xG first half	0.55
2	Shots	7
0	On target	4
1	Shots in the box	5
0	Blocked	1
0	Corners	1
42%	Possession	58%
129	Passes	170
88	Passes completed	131
2	Saves	0
4	Fouls	5
1	Offsides	2

source: live feed (no player detail yet)

Lommel SK 0–1 Charleroi 2026-08-16 17:15 UTC · half-time None–None

Soevereinstadion

Goals

none

Lommel SK · Charleroi

no match statistics

source: events only

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
Antwerp	A	Kortrijk	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Club Brugge KV	A	Leuven	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Genk	H	Westerlo	3–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Gent	A	RAAL La Louviere	2–1	1.18	8	3	4	3	55%	588	4	5	0
Beveren	H	Anderlecht	1–0	0.64	10	3	7	1	40%	375	8	9	0
Charleroi	A	Lommel SK	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Cercle Brugge KSV	H	St. Truiden	3–3	4.15	26	8	20	10	55%	473	3	7	0
KV Mechelen	H	St. Liege	3–3	0.07	2	0	1	0	42%	129	2	4	0
St. Liege	A	KV Mechelen	3–3	0.55	7	4	5	1	58%	170	0	5	0
St. Truiden	A	Cercle Brugge KSV	3–3	2.04	13	7	8	3	45%	401	6	9	3
Royale Union SG	H	Waregem	0–0	—	3	1	—	2	53%	—	—	—	0
Waregem	A	Royale Union SG	0–0	—	1	0	—	1	47%	—	—	—	0
Westerlo	A	Genk	2–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
RAAL La Louviere	H	Gent	1–2	0.54	11	5	4	6	45%	477	1	12	1
Anderlecht	A	Beveren	0–1	1.11	14	6	10	12	60%	571	1	15	1
Lommel SK	H	Charleroi	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Kortrijk	H	Antwerp	0–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Leuven	H	Club Brugge KV	0–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0

Anderlecht had the most of the ball (60 per cent) at Beveren; Cercle Brugge KSV took the most shots (26).

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
KV Mechelen	St. Liege	3	0.07	+2.93	3	0.55	-2.45
St. Liege	KV Mechelen	3	0.55	+2.45	3	0.07	-2.93
St. Truiden	Cercle Brugge KSV	3	2.04	+0.96	3	4.15	+1.15
Gent	RAAL La Louviere	2	1.18	+0.82	1	0.54	-0.46
RAAL La Louviere	Gent	1	0.54	+0.46	2	1.18	-0.82
Beveren	Anderlecht	1	0.64	+0.36	0	1.11	+1.11
Anderlecht	Beveren	0	1.11	-1.11	1	0.64	-0.36
Cercle Brugge KSV	St. Truiden	3	4.15	-1.15	3	2.04	-0.96

KV Mechelen scored 2.93 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Cercle Brugge KSV scored 1.15 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 (Cercle Brugge KSV–St. Truiden +0.44, Beveren–Anderlecht -0.15, RAAL La Louviere–Gent -0.03, 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

10 of the 28 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (2 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
Adnane Abid	St. Liege	2	0
Ryan Merlen	St. Truiden	2	0
Bernard Nguene	St. Liege	1	0
Ibrahima Cisse	Gent	1	0
Momodou Sonko	Gent	1	0
Mustapha Isah	RAAL La Louviere	1	0
Nelson Ishiwatari	St. Truiden	1	0
Steve Ngoura	Cercle Brugge KSV	1	0
Thérence Koudou	KV Mechelen	1	0
Yoni Gomis	Beveren	1	0
Casper Nielsen	St. Liege	0	2
Ilias Sebaoui	St. Truiden	0	2
Ferre Slegers	Beveren	0	1
Malcolm Lohunanu-Mbasi	KV Mechelen	0	1
Mame Wade	RAAL La Louviere	0	1
Marlon Fossey	St. Liege	0	1
Robert-Jan Vanwesemael	St. Truiden	0	1
Siebe Van Der Heyden	Gent	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 3 matches whose player detail has arrived; 124 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Johannes Schenk	Beveren	10.0	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	1	8
Yoni Gomis	Beveren	8.9	90	1	0	1	0	5/7	3	4	0
Leo Kokubo	St. Truiden	8.6	90	0	0	0	0	0/1	0	0	6
Ryan Merlen	St. Truiden	8.6	87	2	0	4	2	3/6	0	0	0
Ismaila Coulibaly	RAAL La Louviere	8.3	90	0	0	1	1	3/8	1	3	0
Mustapha Isah	RAAL La Louviere	8.2	90	1	0	2	1	7/8	1	0	0
Nelson Ishiwatari	St. Truiden	7.9	87	1	0	2	0	9/18	7	0	0
Steve Ngoura	Cercle Brugge KSV	7.6	81	1	0	3	2	4/11	1	0	0
Geoffrey Kondo	Cercle Brugge KSV	7.5	90	0	0	0	2	0/3	0	0	0
Léo Pétrot	Anderlecht	7.5	90	0	0	0	0	9/13	1	1	0
Ibrahima Cisse	Gent	7.5	58	1	0	1	0	3/8	1	0	0
Viggo Martens	Cercle Brugge KSV	7.3	73	0	0	2	1	2/5	0	0	0
Laurent Jans	Beveren	7.3	90	0	0	0	1	8/10	5	1	0
Lukáš Ambros	Anderlecht	7.3	90	0	0	1	3	2/7	0	0	0
Ferre Slegers	Beveren	7.3	87	0	1	1	3	6/13	2	1	0
Momodou Sonko	Gent	7.3	88	1	0	1	0	2/10	0	0	0
Tibe De Vlieger	Gent	7.3	31	0	0	0	2	4/7	1	3	0
Robert-Jan Vanwesemael	St. Truiden	7.2	90	0	1	0	4	0/0	0	0	0
Bruno Godeau	Beveren	7.2	90	0	0	0	0	4/9	4	2	0
Moussa Ndiaye	Anderlecht	7.2	19	0	0	0	1	6/7	3	1	0
Nathan-Dylan Saliba	Anderlecht	7.2	87	0	0	0	1	7/10	3	1	0
Christian Burgess	Gent	7.2	90	0	0	0	0	4/7	0	0	0
Abdoulaye Sissako	St. Truiden	7.0	90	0	0	1	0	3/7	2	1	0
Nunes Erick	Cercle Brugge KSV	7.0	17	1	0	1	0	0/1	0	0	0
Christian Brüls	Beveren	7.0	87	0	0	1	1	7/16	4	0	0

Matchday 2 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 2	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	3.11	2.67	+0.44
Goals in the first half, per match	1.33	1.22	+0.11
Shots per club	9.5	13.2	-3.7
Shots on target per club	3.7	4.5	-0.8
xG per club	1.29	1.44	-0.15
Corners per club	3.9	5.1	-1.2
Passes per club	398	415	-17
Fouls per club	8.2	11.4	-3.2
Yellow cards per club	0.50	1.94	-1.44
Saves per club	3.1	3.1	+0.0
Home wins (share)	0.22	0.41	-0.18
Draws (share)	0.33	0.26	+0.08

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 5 of 9 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 9, player-level detail for 3. Crowds and referees are as published for the 0 matches that carry them . Nothing on this page is a projection.

What is missing, stated plainly. the event feed is missing 19 of the 28 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; 6 of the 9 matches (Royale Union SG–Waregem, Kortrijk–Antwerp, Leuven–Club Brugge KV, Genk–Westerlo, KV Mechelen–St. Liege, Lommel SK–Charleroi) have team figures but no player-level detail yet — the archive feed delivers those a day later, so player ratings below cover 3 matches, not 9; attendance is published for 0 of 9 matches, so there is no average to give; the 2025/26 xG baseline is measured on 313 of 320 matches.

The rest of the season on the same data: all 18 clubs, their matches and their players · the free season packs.

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