Preview: Anderlecht expected to win when Mechelen comes to visit

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

Anderlecht have won 46 points playing as the hosting team. Mechelen have 37 points from their away games. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14) in Pro League
  • Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Mechelen are staying put at 13th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

These are busy days for the hometeam, as they had a game only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at AZ.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Anderlecht have played 16 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-6 (wins-draws-losses).

The followers are hoping that Anderlecht will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Europa Conference League fixture against AZ. N'Diaye was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.9 out of 10. The defender N'Diaye hit one key pass and won 19 of 24 duels.

A Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 2-5 away at Genk.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Anderlecht home games with this odds we find 11 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 8 matches were won by at least two goals.

A decent goal production from Anderlecht in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Anderlecht have conceded 20 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Mechelen form and stats

Mechelen have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 3-1-12 (16 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Mechelen's last three away games as they have all been lost.

There were no winners in Mechelen's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Gent (placed 4th). Bates was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.34. The defender Bates won 3 of 5 duels.

A 1-4 defeat away at OH Leuven before that.

Mechelen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 16 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Mechelen have conceded 34 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Anderlecht have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Mechelen.

These two sides faced each other before this campaign: Mechelen - Anderlecht 1-3.

Top Goalscorers

MechelenG. Hairemans
G. Hairemans
9 goals
AnderlechtI. Slimani
I. Slimani
7 goals
AnderlechtB. Raman
B. Raman
5 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Mechelen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Anderlecht Mechelen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
13 6 4 Won W 1 3 10
7 4 0 Drew D 1 1 7
13 6 1 Lost L 3 12 16
47 25 15 Scored S 7 17 46
43 20 7 Conceded C 9 34 61
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
67% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 94% 91%
48% 50% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 69% 67%
39% 50% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 38% 39%
18% 19% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 21%
45% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 55%
33% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 19% 21%
30% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 30%
 
5.4 6.7 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.7 5.7
4.1 3.8 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.7 5.1
1.9 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.7 2
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
12.5 14.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.1 11.8
4.5 5.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.9 4.1
33% 31% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 28% 31%
 
11.3 9.7 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17 14.8 13
3.9 3.6 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.5 4.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 33 23 5 5 76 35 17 14 1 2 44 15 16 9 4 3 32 20 41 74
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 22 6 5 66 39 17 13 2 2 33 16 16 9 4 3 33 23 27 72
3 Antwerp 33 21 6 6 58 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 16 8 4 4 22 15 32 69
4 Gent 33 16 8 9 63 36 16 9 4 3 27 14 17 7 4 6 36 22 27 56
5 Club Brugge 33 15 11 7 54 36 16 9 6 1 33 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 18 56
6 Standard Liege 33 16 7 10 56 42 17 10 3 4 34 17 16 6 4 6 22 25 14 55
7 Westerlo 33 14 8 11 60 52 17 8 4 5 40 26 16 6 4 6 20 26 8 50
8 Cercle Brugge 33 12 11 10 47 44 17 8 7 2 31 18 16 4 4 8 16 26 3 47
9 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 5 14 43 50 16 7 1 8 21 25 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 47
10 Anderlecht 33 13 7 13 47 43 16 6 4 6 25 20 17 7 3 7 22 23 4 46
11 OH Leuven 33 12 9 12 53 46 16 6 5 5 26 22 17 6 4 7 27 24 7 45
12 Sint-Truiden 33 11 9 13 37 39 16 6 4 6 20 18 17 5 5 7 17 21 -2 42
13 Mechelen 33 10 7 16 46 61 17 7 6 4 29 27 16 3 1 12 17 34 -15 37
14 Kortrijk 33 8 7 18 35 57 16 4 5 7 14 25 17 4 2 11 21 32 -22 31
15 AS Eupen 33 7 7 19 40 68 17 4 4 9 22 33 16 3 3 10 18 35 -28 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 6 9 18 48 75 16 3 4 9 25 43 17 3 5 9 23 32 -27 27
17 KV Oostende 33 6 6 21 35 75 17 5 1 11 18 33 16 1 5 10 17 42 -40 24
18 RFC Seraing 33 5 4 24 27 67 16 1 3 12 7 28 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 33 23 5 5 76 35 17 14 1 2 44 15 16 9 4 3 32 20 41 74
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 22 6 5 66 39 17 13 2 2 33 16 16 9 4 3 33 23 27 72
3 Antwerp 33 21 6 6 58 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 16 8 4 4 22 15 32 69
4 Gent 33 16 8 9 63 36 16 9 4 3 27 14 17 7 4 6 36 22 27 56
5 Club Brugge 33 15 11 7 54 36 16 9 6 1 33 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 18 56
6 Standard Liege 33 16 7 10 56 42 17 10 3 4 34 17 16 6 4 6 22 25 14 55
7 Westerlo 33 14 8 11 60 52 17 8 4 5 40 26 16 6 4 6 20 26 8 50
8 Cercle Brugge 33 12 11 10 47 44 17 8 7 2 31 18 16 4 4 8 16 26 3 47
9 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 5 14 43 50 16 7 1 8 21 25 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 47
10 Anderlecht 33 13 7 13 47 43 16 6 4 6 25 20 17 7 3 7 22 23 4 46
11 OH Leuven 33 12 9 12 53 46 16 6 5 5 26 22 17 6 4 7 27 24 7 45
12 Sint-Truiden 33 11 9 13 37 39 16 6 4 6 20 18 17 5 5 7 17 21 -2 42
13 Mechelen 33 10 7 16 46 61 17 7 6 4 29 27 16 3 1 12 17 34 -15 37
14 Kortrijk 33 8 7 18 35 57 16 4 5 7 14 25 17 4 2 11 21 32 -22 31
15 AS Eupen 33 7 7 19 40 68 17 4 4 9 22 33 16 3 3 10 18 35 -28 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 6 9 18 48 75 16 3 4 9 25 43 17 3 5 9 23 32 -27 27
17 KV Oostende 33 6 6 21 35 75 17 5 1 11 18 33 16 1 5 10 17 42 -40 24
18 RFC Seraing 33 5 4 24 27 67 16 1 3 12 7 28 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 19

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