Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Beerschot-Wilrijk & Mechelen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pro League. This match was also played here at Olympisch Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Mechelen have had more rest.
Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats
Last season, Beerschot-Wilrijk's Belgian Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.Beerschot-Wilrijk have collected 21 points from their Pro League home games so far after 6-3-4.
The Beerschot-Wilrijk fans got no joy from their last match, a Pro League game also here at Olympisch Stadion: A 1-2 defeat against Antwerp.
This is expected to be a close game, with Beerschot-Wilrijk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Beerschot-Wilrijk as a small favourite), we find eight games. Beerschot-Wilrijk has won six of these, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Beerschot-Wilrijk, as the Pro League home game vs Mechelen is only three days away.
Beerschot-Wilrijk can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 26 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
Mechelen form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Mechelen, as they won the Belgian Cup.The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Antwerp game have they lost an away game, meaning Mechelen has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
200 minutes! That's how long the Mechelen goalkeeper Gaetan Coucke and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Mechelen play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Cercle Brugge. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus RWDM in the Belgian Cup.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Mechelen in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Mechelen, zero draws and zero defeats.
Mechelen has another fixture away, a Pro League game, against Beerschot-Wilrijk in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Mechelen have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Mechelen in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Beerschot-Wilrijk victories, three draws and two Mechelen wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Holzhauser 11 goals |   G. Hairemans 8 goals |  M. Suzuki 6 goals |
Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Beerschot-Wilrijk | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 47 | 23 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Conceded | C | 17 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 46% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 37 | 60 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 46 |
| 3 | Genk | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 43 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Sporting Charleroi | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -3 | 37 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 25 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Gent | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -5 | 33 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 32 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -14 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -24 | 21 |