Here's everything you need to learn, and a little bit more, ahead of the Mechelen - Cercle Brugge fixture!
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mechelen and Cercle Brugge.
Mechelen form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Mechelen have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
Mechelen's previous fixture was a Belgian Cup game also played at home, finishing 1-0 versus RFC Seraing. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that game, a nice away win at Lokeren-Temse. A Belgian Cup match.
Goals, goals, goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 most recent league games with this club has seen at least three goals.
The Mechelen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Mechelen have conceded 15 from these games.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Two away matches in a row for Cercle Brugge, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs Gent in the Belgian Cup.
Prior to that result Cercle Brugge won their away game at Sint-Truiden in the Pro League. The scoreline was 1-0.As for defending, Cercle rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams get together this season, as the history books show this recent match: Cercle Brugge - Mechelen 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Mechelen wins - draws - Cercle Brugge wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Schoofs 5 goals |   A. Denkey 5 goals |
Mechelen missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Mechelen | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 24 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 24 |
| 88% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 88% | 89% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 76% |
| 75% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 44% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 19% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 56% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 53% |
| 25% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 24% |
| 31% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 14.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 10.8 | 13.2 |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 11.8 | 9.8 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 13.8 | 11.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | Gent | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | Westerlo | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Standard Liège | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -14 | 16 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 13 |
| 17 | Kortrijk | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -17 | 11 |
