The glass has been half empty for Mechelen so far, and that also applies to KV Oostende. These struggling sides hope for some much needed points here.
- KV Oostende have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Pro League
Mechelen have less rest than KV Oostende in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Belgian Cup game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Kortrijk, so at least Mechelen are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Mechelen form and stats
4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Mechelen so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Mechelen.
Mechelen are returning here after guesting Kortrijk in a Belgian Cup fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
A Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Zulte-Waregem.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Mechelen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 1 match, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Mechelen after this match as they are travelling to Standard Liege for a Pro League game in only three days.
The Mechelen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Mechelen have conceded 16 from these games.
KV Oostende form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for KV Oostende so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Oostende as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the RFC Seraing match.
Home advantage was not enough for KV Oostende in their previous game as they lost hosting RFC Seraing, 1-2. Attacker Batzner got a player rating of 7.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Batzner scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-3 defeat away at Union Saint-Gilloise before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Oostende when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.
Take note that 10 of this side's 11 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Antwerp in just four days.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. KV Oostende have conceded 25 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
KV Oostende - Mechelen 2-1 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Mechelen victories, one draw and four KV Oostende wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Schoofs 5 goals |   F. Hornby 5 goals |  G. Hairemans 4 goals |
Mechelen missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Mechelen | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 25 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 33 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 25 | 42 |
| 84% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 84% |
| 63% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 70% | 74% |
| 37% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 37% |
| 16% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 53% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 63% |
| 26% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 37% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 32% |
| 6.1 | 7.1 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 12.7 | 15.3 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.2 | 11.1 |
| 4.3 | 5.6 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| 32% | 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 25% |
| 12.1 | 10.2 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.9 | 13.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 4.9 |
- KV Oostende have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- KV Oostende have the most conceded goals (25) away in Pro League
- KV Oostende have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Pro League
- KV Oostende have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Pro League
- KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 49 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | KV Oostende | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -21 | 17 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 16 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -17 | 14 |
