RWDM receive Mechelen for another engrossing Pro League match here at Edmond Machtens-Stadion.
This should be an exciting match with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's go!
RWDM form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Pro League game of the season here at Edmond Machtens-Stadion. Last season these fans witnessed 12 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss from RWDM's 16 home games.
A strong away win for RWDM against OH Leuven the last match, as Biron (2) were on target. The forward Biron was named "man of the match" for RWDM with a rating of 8.4/10. Biron scored two goals.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Genk (0-4).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how RWDM have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 2.
RWDM has scored {0 goals} so far and conceded {4 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Mechelen form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Pro League away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 4 wins, 1 draw and 12 defeats.
The manager Defour was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne. Mechelen suffered a 0-1 loss to Gent (placed 2nd). Foulon, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.35. Foulon won 4 of 6 duels.
Before that, Mechelen travelled to Club Brugge and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Mechelen in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Mechelen, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
{1 goals} so far away for Mechelen, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the last two meetings): RWDM won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Mechelen got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two.
Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Biron 2 goals | ![]() R. Schoofs 1 goals |
RWDM missing players
Mechelen missing players
| RWDM | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 24 | 29 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 21 | 16 |
| 8 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
| RWDM | Last season | Mechelen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 12 | 16 | ||
| 65 | 37 | Scored | S | 15 | 44 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 36 | 63 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 67% | ||
| 34% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 39% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 21% | ||
| 62% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 18% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 30% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| 9.4 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.1 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Gent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sint-Truiden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | AS Eupen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Genk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Cercle Brugge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Antwerp | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | RWDM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Westerlo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Sporting Charleroi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Standard Liege | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 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 | RWDM | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 36 | 69 |
| 2 | Waasland-Beveren | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 76 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 42 | 68 |
| 3 | Club Brugge II | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 3 | 49 |
| 4 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 49 |
| 5 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 53 | 59 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 32 | -6 | 46 |
| 6 | RSC Anderlecht II | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 56 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 27 | -10 | 37 |
| 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 |