Football match preview: Mechelen U21 vs Club Brugge U21

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Competition: Belgium Reserve Pro League
Competition: Mon 24.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)

Receiving guests at their own home feels comfortable and good for Mechelen U21, but Club Brugge U21 are fully determined and able to go home as winners. What happens?

Insights:
  • Mechelen U21 have the fewest scored goals (7) in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Reserve Pro League

Mechelen U21 and Club Brugge U21 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.

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Mechelen U21 form and stats

Mechelen U21's struggle is real here with only 1 point collected from 6 Reserve Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-1-5.

A strong away win for Mechelen U21 against Gent U21 the last match.

Ahead of that match, Mechelen U21 lost 0-2 at home to Standard Liège U21.

The lack of attacking qualities in Mechelen U21 means that they have only scored 3 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Mechelen have allowed the opposition to score 16 goals here.

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Club Brugge U21 form and stats

3-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Club Brugge U21, who have the most scored goals (16) away in Reserve Pro League, in their Reserve Pro League matches away.

It's the second away game in a row for Club Brugge U21, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Sporting Charleroi U21 (placed 6th) in the Reserve Pro League Cup last time out.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Genk U21 in the Reserve Pro League.

The Club Brugge U21 manager has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 16 goals in 4 league matches away. Club Brugge U21 are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

These two sides encountered each other earlier this campaign: Club Brugge U21 - Mechelen U21 7-0. Previous three meetings involving these contenders: Mechelen U21 won zero, Club Brugge U21 triumphed in two and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Mechelen U21 missing players

Club Brugge U21 missing players

Mechelen U21 Club Brugge U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 4 9
1 0 0 Won W 1 3 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
9 5 2 Lost L 0 1 2
9 3 0 Scored S 2 16 28
38 16 7 Conceded C 0 2 6
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 56%
58% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
42% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 33%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 56%
67% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
3.4 3 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.8 6.6
6.3 7.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2.5 3.6
2.1 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
5.1 6.2 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.2 12.1
2.6 3.3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.5 5.4
24% 15% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 73% 68%
 
14 15.7 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 7.2 7.7
6.5 6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.5 2.3
Key stats in Reserve Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge U21's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Club Brugge U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge U21 have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Club Brugge U21 have scored more than double the goals of Mechelen U21.
  • Club Brugge U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have the most scored goals (16) away in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Club Brugge U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mechelen U21 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Mechelen U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mechelen U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Mechelen U21 have the fewest points (1) at home in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the fewest scored goals (7) in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the most conceded goals (37) in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have yet to win a game at home.
  • Mechelen U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Anderlecht U21 10 9 1 0 27 6 6 5 1 0 20 5 4 4 0 0 7 1 21 28
2 Genk U21 9 8 1 0 31 6 5 5 0 0 21 4 4 3 1 0 10 2 25 25
3 Standard Liège U21 12 8 1 3 22 15 6 4 1 1 13 7 6 4 0 2 9 8 7 25
4 Club Brugge U21 9 6 1 2 28 6 5 3 1 1 12 4 4 3 0 1 16 2 22 19
5 Gent U21 10 5 3 2 22 16 4 2 1 1 9 7 6 3 2 1 13 9 6 18
6 Sporting Charleroi U21 11 4 2 5 10 19 5 3 0 2 8 12 6 1 2 3 2 7 -9 14
7 Zulte-Waregem U21 12 4 1 7 21 30 6 3 1 2 10 13 6 1 0 5 11 17 -9 13
8 Sint-Truiden U21 10 3 2 5 11 16 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 2 0 3 5 10 -5 11
9 OH Leuven U21 10 3 1 6 14 18 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 2 0 3 9 10 -4 10
10 Cercle Brugge U21 12 2 3 7 16 25 5 2 0 3 8 7 7 0 3 4 8 18 -9 9
11 Antwerp U21 12 2 2 8 11 26 6 1 1 4 4 12 6 1 1 4 7 14 -15 8
12 Mechelen U21 11 0 2 9 7 37 6 0 1 5 3 16 5 0 1 4 4 21 -30 2

Read more about Reserve Pro League

The Belgian Reserve Pro League is the top league for reserve teams in Belgium, featuring the reserve teams of most of Belgium’s biggest football clubs. 16 teams participate, playing a regular season of 15 fixtures before splitting the league table into a championship and a relegation group for 14 more fixtures.