Clinical Edge
St. Truiden
St. Truiden finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 2.40 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 2.40
- Overperformance
- +1.60
Jupiler Pro League · Matchday 5St. Truiden
R. Merlen 41'
R. Vanwesemael 54'
S. Bazdar 73', 78'
4 – 0
FT
HT 1–0
RAAL La Louvière
Jupiler Pro League
Matchday 5St. Truiden4–0RAAL La Louvière
2.40
Expected goals
0.44
41′54′73′78′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: ST 2.40, RLL 0.44.
Match report
St. Truiden 4-0 RAAL La Louvière
St. Truiden took apart RAAL La Louvière 4-0 at Daio Wasabi Stayen in Jupiler Pro League. Merlen opened the scoring for St. Truiden on 41', Vanwesemael made it 2-0 to St. Truiden on 54', Bazdar made it 3-0 to St. Truiden on 73' and Bazdar added his second on 78'.
Expected goals finished St. Truiden 2.40, RAAL La Louvière 0.44. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. St. Truiden held 73.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. St. Truiden graded out for clinical edge — 4 goals and 2.40 expected goals. St. Truiden graded out for box occupation — 20 of 23 shots in the box and 0.10 xg per shot.
Ryan Merlen came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 10.0 for St. Truiden from 1 goal, 1 assist and 3 key passes.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
73%Possession27%
23Shots9
2.40xG0.44
What the numbers say
4 readsBox Occupation
St. Truiden
St. Truiden kept getting bodies into the area — 87% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 20 of 23
- Share
- 87%
- xG per shot
- 0.10
Shooting From Range
RAAL La Louvière
RAAL La Louvière could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 67% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 6 of 9
- Share
- 67%
- xG per shot
- 0.05
Set-Piece Siege
St. Truiden
St. Truiden turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 12 corners.
- Corners
- 12
- Opponent
- 5
Timeline
🟨9'
Mustapha Isah
Foul
Ilias Sebaoui
Foul
🟨13'
R. Merlen — assist: K. Matsuzawa
⚽41'
Half-time
W. Janssens ↑ S. Taniguchi ↓
🔄46'
R. Vanwesemael — assist: R. Merlen
⚽54'
🔄59'
N. Gillot ↑ T. Lutonda ↓
🔄60'
A. Tajaouart ↑ E. Filet ↓
🟨61'
Shaquil Delos
Foul
S. Bazdar — assist: A. Sissako
⚽73'
J. Pupe ↑ R. Vanwesemael ↓
🔄74'
N. Ishiwatari ↑ R. Araki ↓
🔄74'
🔄74'
M. Kovacs ↑ S. Delos ↓
🔄74'
L. Rousseau ↑ M. Isah ↓
S. Bazdar — assist: K. Matsuzawa
⚽78'
N. Mbuku ↑ I. Sebaoui ↓
🔄80'
O. Diouf ↑ S. Bazdar ↓
🔄84'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueDaio Wasabi Stayen, Sint-Truiden
RefereeB. Verbeke
CompetitionJupiler Pro League
Season2026
RoundMatchday 5
StatusMatch Finished