The Purple & White U-21 team took on KV Mechelen at the Sports complex ‘De Nekker’ on Monday 3rd October 2011. As Sporting’s first team were to play a friendly match against Woluwe Zaventem a day later, on Tuesday 4th October, no players of the Purple & White first team played for the U-21. Geert Emmerechts’ team beat KV Mechelen 1-4.

The Purple & White took control of the game from the beginning on and already took the lead after five minutes of play. Andreas Luckermans passed the ball to Brandon Deville, who put the 0-1 on the scoreboard. Ten minutes before half-time, however, the equalizer was scored. The Purple & White defence were not able to get rid of the ball after a corner and Nicolas Mombaerts put in the 1-1.

Sporting took the lead again early on in the second half when captain Karim Tarfi converted a penalty after hands: 1-2. KV Mechelen did react, but the Purple & White increased their lead thanks to goals by Mehdi Tarfi, after sixty minutes of play, and Elis Koulibaly during the final minutes – and two assists by Brandon Deville, for that matter. Final score: 1-4.