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Sint-Truiden

Pro League Belgium

Belgian Cup Belgium

Second Amateur Division: VFV B World

Club Friendlies 3

Founded:	1924
Stadium:	Stadion Stayen
Coach:	Marc Brys
Pro League Form:
Overall Form:

Sint-Truiden home ground venue is Stadion Stayen.

Marc Brys is the current coach for Sint-Truiden.

Sint-Truiden Pro League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Sint-Truiden have played a total of 30 matches in Belgium Pro League. Their current statistics is 12 win, 11 draw and 7 lose.

Sint-Truiden did not win their last three matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Sint-Truiden results for their home or away matches in Pro League 2018/2019.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Sint-Truiden	30	12	11	7

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
17/03/2019	Sint-Truiden	0 - 2	Gent	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	17' Roman Yaremchuk
		0 - 2	60' Roman Yaremchuk
Elton Acolatse 64'
Takahiro Sekine 64'
Samy Mmaee 69'
K. Kinoshita 69'
			74' J. David
			74' Brecht Dejaegere
A. De Sart 82'
Alexandre De Bruyn 82'
			82' J. Dompé
			82' Sigurd Rosted
			85' Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
I. Sankhon 85'
			88' Roman Yaremchuk
			88' R. Bezus
			90+2' Thomas Kaminski
10/03/2019	Royal Excel Mouscron	1 - 1	Sint-Truiden	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	15' Daichi Kamada
Mërgim Vojvoda 27'
Giorgos Galitsios 27'
T. Awoniyi 33'		1 - 1
Frank Boya 37'
			56' Y. Boli
Benjamin Van Durmen 57'
N. Antonov 57'
N. Gulan 58'
			70' Samy Mmaee
			70' Alexandre De Bruyn
T. Awoniyi 75'
F. Pierrot 75'
			77' Pol García
			83' A. De Sart
			83' Mamadou Sylla
			90+3' Pol García
			90+3' Steven De Petter
02/03/2019	Club Brugge	1 - 0	Sint-Truiden	0-0	H2H	O	+
Benoît Poulain 43'
			45+1' Y. Boli
			53' Jorge Teixeira
			59' I. Sankhon
			59' A. De Sart
			70' I. Sankhon
			70' Steven De Petter
			74' Steven De Petter
Hans Vanaken 76'		1 - 0
			82' A. De Sart
			82' Cristian Ceballos
Thibault Vlietinck 86'
Dion Cools 86'
Wesley Moraes 87'
Jelle Vossen 87'
Siebe Schrijvers 89'
M. Nakamba 89'
			89' J. Botaka
Krépin Diatta 89'
24/02/2019	Sint-Truiden	3 - 1	Sporting Charleroi	2-1	H2H	O	+
Y. Boli 4'		1 - 0
			27' Dorian Dessoleil
Y. Boli 31'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	37' Victor Osimhen
			46' Massimo Bruno
			46' J. Perbet
			60' Marco Ilaimaharitra
Y. Boli 69'		3 - 1
			72' C. Diandy
			72' A. Niané
Daichi Kamada 76'
Alexandre De Bruyn 76'
			83' Ali Gholizadeh
			83' David Henen
J. Botaka 90'
Jorge Teixeira 90'
Y. Boli 90+3'
Mamadou Sylla 90+3'
16/02/2019	Zulte-Waregem	1 - 1	Sint-Truiden	0-0	H2H	O	+
E. Pletinckx 15'
I. Seck 16'
			28' Elton Acolatse
Marvin Baudry 34'
			67' Jorge Teixeira
			67' Steven De Petter
Stef Peeters 75'		1 - 0
			76' A. De Sart
			76' Mamadou Sylla
		1 - 1	82' Y. Boli
Nill De Pauw 86'
Henrik Björdal 86'
Marco Bürki 89'
M. Soisalo 89'
09/02/2019	Sint-Truiden	2 - 1	SK Beveren	1-1	H2H	O	+
			17' Maximiliano Caufriez
J. Botaka 18'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	22' Francesco Forte
			36' Franko Andrijasevic
			45+1' N. Ampomah
			45+1' B. Badibanga
I. Sankhon 65'
Cristian Ceballos 65'
			76' Milan Massop
			76' F. Vanzo
			85' D. Bizimana
			85' P. Keita
J. Botaka 86'
K. Kinoshita 86'
Maximiliano Caufriez 88'		2 - 1
Y. Boli 90+1'
Wolke Janssens 90+1'
03/02/2019	Sint-Truiden	4 - 1	KAS Eupen	2-1	H2H	O	+
Jorge Teixeira 4'
		0 - 1	9' Yuta Toyokawa
Daichi Kamada 19'		1 - 1
Y. Boli 36'		2 - 1
			49' Sulayman Marreh
			63' Yuta Toyokawa
Pol García 64'
			69' Luis García
			69' R. Mulumba
			76' R. Mulumba
Y. Boli 80'		3 - 1
			81' Cheick Keita
			81' Youssef Msakni
			84' M. Laurent
			84' Samuel Essende
Daichi Kamada 88'
Mamadou Sylla 88'
A. De Sart 90+1'		4 - 1
Y. Boli 90+2'
Wolke Janssens 90+2'
26/01/2019	Cercle Brugge	1 - 2	Sint-Truiden	1-1	H2H	O	+
J. Omolo 31'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	39' J. Botaka
			41' I. Sankhon
Lloyd Palun 56'
Paul Nardi 59'
Guevin Tormin 63'
		1 - 2	64' Y. Boli
Naomichi Ueda 71'
S. Gakpé 71'
I. Cardona 77'
Gianni Bruno 77'
			78' Daichi Kamada
			78' Mamadou Sylla
Xavier Mercier 82'
Lloyd Palun 84'
D. De Belder 84'
			90+2' Elton Acolatse
			90+2' Wolke Janssens
			90+4' Y. Boli
			90+4' Cristian Ceballos
18/01/2019	Sint-Truiden	2 - 3	Genk	1-1	H2H	O	+
J. Botaka 2'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	29' Ally Samatta
			31' Ruslan Malinovskyi
			50' Sander Berge
Y. Boli 71'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	75' Leandro Trossard
			77' S. Dewaest
		2 - 3	81' D. Ndongala
			82' Alejandro Pozuelo
Takahiro Sekine 84'
Wolke Janssens 84'
			85' Alejandro Pozuelo
			85' Bryan Heynen
Pol García 90'
			90+2' Ally Samatta
			90+2' Zinho Gano
26/12/2018	KV Oostende	1 - 1	Sint-Truiden	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	4' J. Botaka
Goran Milovic 22'
			24' J. Botaka
Laurens De Bock 33'		1 - 1
Indy Boonen 42'
			58' Wataru Endo
Kevin Vandendriessche 59'
			62' Y. Boli
			62' Elton Acolatse
			68' Wataru Endo
			68' A. De Sart
			78' Samuel Asamoah
François Marquet 83'
Jordi Vanlerberghe 83'
			84' Daichi Kamada
			84' Duckens Nazon
Indy Boonen 86'
Robbie D'Haese 86'
			90' Elton Acolatse
			90' R. Bezus
22/12/2018	Sint-Truiden	0 - 0	KV Kortrijk	0-0	H2H	O	+
Y. Boli 16'
			18' I. Mboyo
			61' I. Mboyo
			61' Kanu
R. Bezus 68'
A. De Sart 68'
			72' Bennard Kumordzi
			72' Christophe Lepoint
Casper De Norre 85'
Elton Acolatse 85'
			85' Jovan Stojanovic
			85' Charilaos Charisis
15/12/2018	Lokeren	2 - 0	Sint-Truiden	1-0	H2H	O	+
Marko Miric 33'		1 - 0
			46' A. De Sart
			46' Wataru Endo
Marko Miric 60'
M. Terki 60'
Ari Freyr Skúlason 65'
O. Ben Harush 65'
José Francisco Cevallos Jr. 78'
Killian Overmeire 81'
M. Terki 84'		2 - 0
			85' Pol García
			85' J. Legear
			86' J. Botaka
			86' Elton Acolatse
Lukas Marecek 90+4'
Khadim Rassoul 90+4'
			90+6' Elton Acolatse
08/12/2018	Sint-Truiden	1 - 1	Standard Liège	1-0	H2H	O	+
Daichi Kamada 45+1'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	59' O. Oularé
			62' Collins Fai
Pol García 69'
Samuel Asamoah 73'
R. Bezus 80'
			81' Gojko Cimirot
			81' Razvan Marin
A. De Sart 83'
Steven De Petter 83'
Y. Boli 89'
Cristian Ceballos 89'
01/12/2018	Antwerp	1 - 3	Sint-Truiden	1-2	H2H	O	+
Sinan Bolat 7'
		0 - 1	9' J. Botaka
Omar Govea 9'
Didier Lamkel Zé 9'
T. Tomiyasu 17'		1 - 1
			24' Daichi Kamada
		1 - 2	37' R. Bezus
			45' T. Tomiyasu
Daniel Opare 46'
Geoffry Hairemans 46'
			57' R. Bezus
			57' Elton Acolatse
Dino Arslanagic 64'
Ivo Rodrigues 64'
			71' Elton Acolatse
		1 - 3	74' Pol García
Jonathan Bolingi 77'
			78' Pol García
			80' Pol García
			80' Steven De Petter
			87' A. De Sart
			87' Cristian Ceballos
25/11/2018	Sint-Truiden	4 - 2	Anderlecht	1-1	H2H	O	+
R. Bezus 8'		1 - 0
			9' Sebastiaan Bornauw
		1 - 1	38' Ivan Santini
		1 - 2	52' Ivan Santini
J. Botaka 56'
Elton Acolatse 56'
Pol García 56'
Elton Acolatse 57'
Y. Boli 61'
T. Tomiyasu 62'		2 - 2
			63' Ognjen Vranjes
Daichi Kamada 66'		3 - 2
			70' Y. Makarenko
			73' Ognjen Vranjes
			73' James Lawrence
			74' Pieter Gerkens
			74' Zakaria Bakkali
			78' Y. Verschaeren
			78' J. Doku
R. Bezus 83'
J. Legear 83'
Y. Boli 90+3'		4 - 2
10/11/2018	KAS Eupen	1 - 4	Sint-Truiden	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	13' Daichi Kamada
Rocky Bushiri 24'
			35' Y. Boli
		0 - 2	44' Casper De Norre
L. Amani 46'
D. Pollet 46'
		0 - 3	55' Daichi Kamada
Sulayman Marreh 58'
Luis García 64'		1 - 3
Cheick Keita 65'
Danijel Miličević 65'
Yuta Toyokawa 65'
Eric Ocansey 65'
Xavi Molina 66'
			68' R. Bezus
			68' I. Sankhon
		1 - 4	80' Y. Boli
			80' A. De Sart
			88' Daichi Kamada
			88' J. Legear
04/11/2018	Sint-Truiden	2 - 1	Zulte-Waregem	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	29' Théo Bongonda
Samuel Asamoah 39'
			45' Hamdi Harbaoui
Wataru Endo 46'
A. De Sart 46'
Daichi Kamada 61'		1 - 1
Y. Boli 70'
Elton Acolatse 70'
			73' Nill De Pauw
			73' H. Faik
Casper De Norre 74'
			76' Hamdi Harbaoui
			77' Mamadou Sylla
			77' M. Soisalo
Casper De Norre 81'
Mohamed Buya Turay 81'
Elton Acolatse 85'		2 - 1
			86' Théo Bongonda
			86' Chris Bedia
Kenny Steppe 90'
30/10/2018	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 0	Sint-Truiden	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' A. De Sart
			46' Cristian Ceballos
			55' Y. Boli
			63' J. Botaka
C. Benavente 66'		1 - 0
			75' Wataru Endo
			75' Steven De Petter
Javi Martos 75'
J. Perbet 83'
A. Niané 83'
			83' Elton Acolatse
			83' Casper De Norre
C. Benavente 90'
Ali Gholizadeh 90'
27/10/2018	Sint-Truiden	2 - 2	Club Brugge	1-2	H2H	O	+
T. Tomiyasu 9'
Daichi Kamada 18'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	31' Hans Vanaken
		1 - 2	41' Siebe Schrijvers
A. De Sart 60'
Cristian Ceballos 60'
			66' Krépin Diatta
			66' Dion Cools
			66' M. Nakamba
			66' Mats Rits
Jorge Teixeira 70'
J. Botaka 76'
J. Legear 76'
Mats Rits 78'		2 - 2
Elton Acolatse 84'
Mohamed Buya Turay 84'
			88' Saulo Decarli
			88' K. Rezaei
			90' Mats Rits
20/10/2018	KV Kortrijk	3 - 1	Sint-Truiden	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	7' Daichi Kamada
			25' Casper De Norre
			25' I. Sankhon
Jovan Stojanovic 25'		1 - 1
Brendan Hines-Ike 30'
L. Azouni 30'
Jovan Stojanovic 45+1'		2 - 1
			59' I. Sankhon
			59' Elton Acolatse
Jovan Stojanovic 66'
Charilaos Charisis 66'
Julien de Sart 71'
Felipe Avenatti 77'
Kanu 77'
Kanu 83'		3 - 1
			84' A. De Sart
			84' Alexandre De Bruyn
06/10/2018	Sint-Truiden	3 - 1	Royal Excel Mouscron	1-1	H2H	O	+
J. Botaka 27'		1 - 0
			34' Frank Boya
			34' Noë Dussenne
			40' Frank Boya
		1 - 1	43' Bruno Godeau
			46' Fabrice Olinga
			46' Alexandros Katranis
A. De Sart 65'
Wataru Endo 65'
Pol García 65'
J. Legear 65'
			66' D. Mohamed
			66' Benson Manuel Hedilazio
			81' Selim Amallah
Y. Boli 84'		2 - 1
			88' Alexandros Katranis
			89' Benjamin Van Durmen
			89' Mbaye Leye
			90' Noë Dussenne
Daichi Kamada 90+2'		3 - 1
Y. Boli 90+3'
Paul Gladon 90+3'
30/09/2018	Anderlecht	0 - 0	Sint-Truiden	0-0	H2H	O	+
			21' Cristian Ceballos
Sven Kums 60'
Pieter Gerkens 61'
Landry Dimata 61'
Adrien Trébel 70'
Y. Makarenko 70'
			73' J. Botaka
			73' Wataru Endo
Francis Amuzu 82'
K. Saief 82'
			84' Y. Boli
			84' J. Legear
			90' R. Bezus
			90' Daichi Kamada
22/09/2018	Sint-Truiden	2 - 0	Antwerp	0-0	H2H	O	+
Casper De Norre 48'		1 - 0
			58' Dino Arslanagic
			60' Lior Refaelov
			60' Geoffry Hairemans
			67' S. Yatabaré
Cristian Ceballos 71'
			73' Daniel Opare
			73' Dieumerci Mbokani
Cristian Ceballos 75'
Daichi Kamada 75'
Pol García 77'
			85' Jonathan Bolingi
			85' Amara Baby
Pol García 86'
Sascha Kotysch 86'
Daichi Kamada 90+1'		2 - 0
Y. Boli 90+2'
Mohamed Buya Turay 90+2'
16/09/2018	Gent	1 - 2	Sint-Truiden	0-1	H2H	O	+
			6' R. Bezus
		0 - 1	21' A. De Sart
			34' Jorge Teixeira
Birger Verstraete 44'
Arnaud Souquet 46'
Dylan Bronn 46'
Dylan Bronn 51'		1 - 1
			60' Elton Acolatse
			60' Daichi Kamada
Aboubakary Koita 64'
Philip Azango 64'
			67' Y. Boli
			74' Cristian Ceballos
			74' Duckens Nazon
Roman Yaremchuk 76'
J. David 76'
		1 - 2	80' Daichi Kamada
			86' R. Bezus
			90+3' Y. Boli
			90+3' Wataru Endo
01/09/2018	Sint-Truiden	1 - 0	KV Oostende	0-0	H2H	O	+
			35' J. Bataille
Mohamed Buya Turay 46'
Duckens Nazon 46'
J. Botaka 75'		1 - 0
			76' François Marquet
			76' E. Banda
			79' J. Bataille
			79' F. Sakala
			81' Goran Milovic
Y. Boli 84'
Takahiro Sekine 84'
R. Bezus 88'
Kenny Steppe 89'
			89' Richairo Živković
			89' Sidrit Guri
R. Bezus 90+1'
I. Sankhon 90+1'
25/08/2018	Standard Liège	3 - 2	Sint-Truiden	1-1	H2H	O	+
Collins Fai 7'		1 - 0
S. Pocognoli 17'
Luis Pedro Cavanda 17'
		1 - 1	17' R. Bezus
			30' R. Bezus
Collins Fai 45+2'
			52' Cristian Ceballos
Razvan Marin 53'
Mehdi Carcela-González 56'
			68' R. Bezus
			68' Elton Acolatse
		1 - 2	69' Y. Boli
M. Djenepo 69'
Orlando Sá 69'
			78' Cristian Ceballos
			78' Samuel Asamoah
Christian Luyindama 80'		2 - 2
Renaud Emond 90+3'		3 - 2
			90+3' Elton Acolatse
Renaud Emond 90+7'
Zinho Vanheusden 90+7'
18/08/2018	SK Beveren	2 - 2	Sint-Truiden	1-1	H2H	O	+
J. Van Damme 3'
N. Ampomah 9'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	32' Wataru Endo
			35' Wataru Endo
			60' T. Tomiyasu
J. Van Damme 61'
D. Jubitana 61'
Aleksandar Boljevic 63'
			66' Alexandre De Bruyn
			66' Elton Acolatse
			66' Mohamed Buya Turay
Francesco Forte 70'
M. N'Dao 70'
			74' Mohamed Buya Turay
			74' Y. Boli
		1 - 2	77' A. De Sart
D. Jubitana 79'		2 - 2
N. Ampomah 84'
B. Badibanga 84'
			84' Cristian Ceballos
			84' Duckens Nazon
A. Vukotić 90+4'
11/08/2018	Sint-Truiden	1 - 1	Lokeren	0-0	H2H	O	+
			26' Ari Freyr Skúlason
			49' Jakov Filipović
			49' Mickaël Tirpan
			62' Ari Freyr Skúlason
			62' G. Hupperts
Duckens Nazon 62'
Mohamed Buya Turay 62'
			70' Lukas Marecek
			74' Anton Saroka
		0 - 1	78' G. Hupperts
			81' M. Terki
Casper De Norre 82'
J. Legear 82'
			83' José Francisco Cevallos Jr.
			83' Marko Miric
Mohamed Buya Turay 84'		1 - 1
			85' Mijat Marić
			87' O. Ben Harush
05/08/2018	Genk	1 - 1	Sint-Truiden	0-0	H2H	O	+
			18' T. Tomiyasu
			40' Samuel Asamoah
			54' J. Legear
			54' Cristian Ceballos
Ally Samatta 60'
Zinho Gano 60'
Ruslan Malinovskyi 68'		1 - 0
			69' R. Bezus
			69' Wataru Endo
		1 - 1	71' Wataru Endo
D. Ndongala 73'
Edon Zhegrova 73'
			84' Kenny Steppe
			85' Jorge Teixeira
Joakim Maehle 85'
Bojan Nastic 85'
			89' Y. Boli
28/07/2018	Sint-Truiden	0 - 0	Cercle Brugge	0-0	H2H	O	+
			15' J. Omolo
			47' Aboud Omar
			58' Guevin Tormin
Alexandre De Bruyn 60'
J. Legear 60'
R. Bezus 65'

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The graph shows the performance and results of Sint-Truiden in Pro League.

Statistics & Analysis of Sint-Truiden

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	4
Longest losing streak	1
Longest run without loss	5
Longest run without win	5
Clean sheets	5
Matches over 2.25 goals	15
Matches under 2.25 goals	15
Matches First Half Over 0.5	20
Matches First Half Under 0.5	10
Matches odd	11
Matches even	19
Average goals scored	1.57
Average goals allowed	1.2
Failure to score	7
Biggest victory	1 - 4
Biggest defeat	3 - 1
Missed penalties	1
Penalty goals	5
Own goals	2
Goalless draw at home match	2 (13%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (7%)
Comeback win	3

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Sint-Truiden Squad

Detailed statistics of each Sint-Truiden player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Sint-Truiden top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
1	Kenny Steppe	2700	30	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	Thomas Doore	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
3	Takehiro Tomiyasu	2430	27	0	0	1	0	4	0	0
4	Pol García Tena	1936	22	0	5	1	0	7	0	0
5	Alexis De Sart	2232	29	3	11	3	0	3	0	0
6	Steven De Petter	1155	18	6	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	Jordan Rolly Botaka	2627	30	0	6	7	1	2	0	0
8	Ibrahima Sory Sankhon	821	12	3	3	0	0	3	0	0
9	Duckens Nazon	134	5	4	1	0		0	0	0
10	Roman Bezus	1309	16	0	8	3		6	1	0
11	Yohan Boli	2470	29	1	13	12	0	8	0	0
12	Samuel Asamoah	2262	26	1	0	0	0	4	0	0
14	Alexandre De Bruyn	174	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	Daichi Kamada	1899	24	3	5	12	0	1	0	0
18	Kosuke Kinoshita	25	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
18	Fabien Antunes	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
18	Paul Gladon	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0
19	Cristian Ceballos Prieto	730	16	8	5	0	0	2	0	1
20	Samy Mmaee A Nwambeben	229	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	Lucas Pirard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Wolke Janssens	11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Sascha Kotysch	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0
23	Rai Vloet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Casper De Norre	1540	19	1	4	2		1	0	0
24	Mamadou Sylla Diallo	35	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Yuta Koike	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Jorge Filipe Avelino Teixeira	2227	26	1	1	0	0	5	0	0
27	Jonathan Fernand Jean Legear	151	9	8	1	0		0	0	0
28	Takahiro Sekine	116	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	Elton Acolatse	1141	21	10	5	1	0	6	0	0
33	Wataru Endo	1106	17	5	3	2	0	2	0	0
77	Mohamed Buya Turay	163	6	4	2	1		1	0	0

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