National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Racing Mechelen or Betekom that keep their silverware dream alive.
Racing Mechelen and Betekom should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Racing Mechelen form and stats
Last season, Mechelen's Belgian Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Racing Mechelen are steadily winning Amateur Division Group B games and points here at Oscar Vankesbeeck Stadion. 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games.
Racing Mechelen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sint-Lenaarts (2-4). A goal frenzy last time out for Racing Mechelen, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sint-Lenaarts. Fun stuff to watch!
Preceding that match was a Amateur Division Group B defeat to Betekom (2-3).The Mechelen manager Meynaert has got the team scoring with 34 from 15 home games in the league.
Betekom form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Grimbergen in order to reach 2nd round of Belgian Cup. Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.As the visiting team in Amateur Division Group B matches, Betekom have produced an overall stat of 7-3-5 so far.
The followers enjoyed Betekom's previous match versus Grimbergen, a Belgian Cup win (2-0) played at home.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Berlaar-Heikant in the Amateur Division Group B.Betekom has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 29 goals from 15 games. As for defending, Betekom rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous six meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Racing Mechelen, zero draws and three wins for Betekom. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Racing Mechelen missing players
Betekom missing players
| Racing Mechelen | Betekom | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 50 | 24 | Scored | S | 23 | 47 | ||
| 31 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Racing Mechelen | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 59 |
| 2 | Esperanza Pelt | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 58 |
| 3 | Diest | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 56 |
| 4 | Lille | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 63 | 55 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 54 |
| 5 | Turnhout | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 25 | 49 |
| 6 | Sint-Lenaarts | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 47 |
| 7 | Zwarte Leeuw | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 46 |
| 8 | Wellen | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 46 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 44 |
| 9 | Eendracht Termien | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -1 | 42 |
| 10 | Beringen | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 41 |
| 11 | Betekom | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 53 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 41 |
| 12 | Nijlen | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 32 | -3 | 41 |
| 13 | Witgoor Sport | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -6 | 35 |
| 14 | De Kempen | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 31 | -27 | 22 |
| 15 | Berlaar-Heikant | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 70 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 45 | -43 | 21 |
| 16 | Weerstand Koersel | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 30 | 93 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 49 | -63 | 11 |
