Can Mechelen outdo Union Saint-Gilloise in AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne clash?

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (13213 seats)

Mechelen look forward to contest Union Saint-Gilloise in this Pro League match. All you must learn about the match is located here!

Insights:
  • Mechelen have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (8) in Pro League

Both sides have had adequate rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an in-your-face game!

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Mechelen form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Pro League game of the season here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from Mechelen's 17 home games.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 232 minutes without scoring a league goal. Schoofs was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager Defour led his Mechelen to a defeat away at RWDM. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne.

Ahead of that match, Mechelen lost 0-1 at home to Gent.

Early season league goal statistics from Mechelen's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Pro League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 3 matches.

Union Saint-Gilloise had fun at their own home (AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne) last time out, beating OH Leuven 5-1. As mentioned above, Saint-Gilloise was the only team on the pitch versus OH Leuven in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Standard Liege.

After this away game Union Saint-Gilloise return home for a Europa League game against Lugano. That game is only four sleeps after this.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Union Saint-Gilloise has managed {1 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mechelen six wins, one draw and Union Saint-Gilloise three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Eckert Ayensa
D. Eckert Ayensa
4 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseC. Puertas
C. Puertas
2 goals
MechelenR. Schoofs
R. Schoofs
1 goals

Mechelen missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Mechelen Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 1 1 8
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 67%
67% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.7 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 13 13 5.3
4.7 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 2.7
1.7 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 24 24 17.3
2.7 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 8 6.7
12% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 12% 40%
 
16.7 11 11 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8 7
5 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Mechelen have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (8) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (4) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+7) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise is in the best form (3-0-0) in Pro League
Mechelen Last season Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 17   Played P   20 40
10 7   Won W   11 25
7 6   Drew D   6 8
16 4   Lost L   3 7
44 29   Scored S   41 78
63 27   Conceded C   28 49
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
91% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   95% 92%
67% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 68%
39% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 28%
21% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 15%
58% 65%   BTTS BTTS   85% 72%
18% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 22%
30% 18%   Failed to Score F T   5% 5%
 
5.6 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.5
5.2 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.2
1.9 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.2
5 3   Red cards R C   4 5
 
11.8 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 13.8
4.2 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.8
32% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 41%
 
13.2 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 9.2
4.5 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 9
2 Antwerp 3 2 0 1 7 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 6
3 Gent 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Sint-Truiden 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 RWDM 3 2 0 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 6
6 AS Eupen 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Club Brugge 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Genk 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3
9 Cercle Brugge 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
10 Anderlecht 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
11 Westerlo 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
12 Sporting Charleroi 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
13 Mechelen 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
14 OH Leuven 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 6 -5 1
15 Standard Liege 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
16 Kortrijk 3 0 0 3 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 9 -8 0
Last season 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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.