National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lokeren-Temse or Mechelen that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lokeren-Temse and Mechelen.
Lokeren-Temse form and stats
Last season, Lokeren-Temse's Belgian Cup journey ended in the 5th round.Lokeren-Temse travelled for their previous game, a trip to Oostkamp that ended 1-1.
Before that, Lokeren-Temse drew at home versus Gullegem.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Harelbeke are coming to town in three days.
Mechelen form and stats
Mechelen's mission in Belgian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mechelen so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Mechelen's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Zulte-Waregem. Drawing 2-2 against Zulte-Waregem after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Buijs needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Midfield player Verstraete was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.42/10. Verstraete scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 56 successful passes (of 64 total).
A 1-3 defeat away at Genk before that.The schedule is very tough for Mechelen now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pro League game at Sporting Charleroi is waiting in only three days.
Mechelen have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Schoofs 5 goals |  G. Hairemans 4 goals |  J. Ngoy 3 goals |
Lokeren-Temse missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Lokeren-Temse | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 12 | 34 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 26 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 12.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Gent | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
