This might well be yet another appealing contest at Het Kuipje in the Pro League. Westerlo is in 15th position and host Mechelen in 11th spot. Learn more about the match here!
- Mechelen have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
Westerlo and Mechelen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Westerlo form and stats
0-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Westerlo so far this season.
Westerlo lost their last game at Anderlecht (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline.
Preceding that match was the home game against Gent that was lost 1-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Westerlo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Westerlo as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Westerlo has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Westerlo at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Mechelen form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Pro League for Mechelen with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
The followers enjoyed Mechelen's previous fixture versus Union Saint-Gilloise (placed 3rd), a 4-0 win played at home. That win felt sweet as this club had gone three league games without winning. As you can tell from the results above, Mechelen was very dominant against Union Saint-Gilloise, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Bates, Mrabti, Belghali and Hairemans providing the goals. Midfield player Hairemans was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.41/10. Hairemans scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting RWDM's place.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.
It's early days yet, but Mechelen has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Westerlo victories, zero draws and six Mechelen wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Hautorp Madsen 2 goals |  E. Jordanov 1 goals |  L. Stassin 1 goals |
Westerlo missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Westerlo | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 5.5 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.8 | 13.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 10.2 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 18.8 | 19 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19.5 | 16 |
| 7.5 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 4 |
- Mechelen have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
| Westerlo | Last season | Mechelen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 12 | 16 | ||
| 71 | 47 | Scored | S | 15 | 44 | ||
| 68 | 34 | Conceded | C | 36 | 63 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 57% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 67% | ||
| 42% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 39% | ||
| 30% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 21% | ||
| 60% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 18% | ||
| 18% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 30% | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11.7 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| 13.9 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.1 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 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 | Club Brugge | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| 2 | Gent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Genk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | AS Eupen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | RWDM | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| 14 | Standard Liege | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Westerlo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 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 |
