Sint-Truiden spent nearly half of the season in the top six, but gradually their solid campaign started hitting bumps past November and in the end the problems that the Canaries had on the road all season proved costly as they had to settle for Play-off II.
The campaign had a strange start as coach Martinez who has signed only in July was sacked after just 2 rounds because the new Japanese owners that bought the team in August and the manager failed to reach agreement on the goals for the club.
De Roeck took charge for the rest of the season and with five wins and a draw in the opening seven rounds Sint-Truiden even topped the table for one week as summer was ending.
Captain De Petter was organising the midfield very well all campaign, he even filled in as a centre-back a few times, but Sint-Truiden never found a leading striker and four players were rotating in the role with mixed success once Ceballos sustained a season-ending injury in round 2, he scored a brace in the season opener and was expected to be the key figure up front.
It was Ceballos’ absence and the injuries to several other players that unsettled Sint-Truiden and ten-game winless run was suffered between the end of October and the end of January. The Canaries drew six of these matches and at least at home they rarely suffered defeats. This held them in the top six somehow.
However, the regular season ended with just one win in seven and the forward actions really struggled in 2018, despite the fact that Akpom’s arrival in the winter saw him scoring six goals before the campaign was over. This saw Sint-Truiden eventually collapsing in the bottom half of the table.
The play-offs brought improved results and hope for the future, but unplanned defeats both home and away against Eupen ruined Sint-Truiden’s chances to challenge for the first place in their group.
