National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mechelen or RFC Seraing that keep their silverware dream alive.
Mechelen form and stats
Last season, Mechelen's Belgian Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.The complete Pro League statistics playing at home this season for Mechelen are 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Mechelen are returning here after guesting Lokeren-Temse in a Belgian Cup fixture and winning with a 5-0 scoreline.
Before that one, a fine away win at Lokeren-Temse. A Belgian Cup match. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Mechelen matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 4 games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pro League game versus Cercle Brugge in only three days. This game is also played here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne.
A decent goal production from Mechelen in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
RFC Seraing form and stats
Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The visitors are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Seraing lost away at OH Leuven (0-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. RFC Seraing lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one. Seraing goalkeeper Galje enjoyed a wonderful shift versus OH Leuven, but in spite of pulling off nine saves the loss could not be helped.
Before that, the victory at home against Sporting Charleroi (after extra-time) in the Belgian Cup (4-1).
After this away game RFC Seraing return home for a Pro League game against AS Eupen. That game is only three sleeps after this.
RFC Seraing are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Seraing have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding four meetings involving these two teams are: one win for Mechelen, one draw and two wins for RFC Seraing. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mouandilmadji 7 goals |   R. Schoofs 5 goals |  G. Hairemans 4 goals |
Mechelen missing players
RFC Seraing missing players
| Mechelen | RFC Seraing | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 28 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Conceded | C | 25 | 42 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 40% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 6 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 42% | ||
| 12.3 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 13 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | Gent | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | Westerlo | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Standard Liège | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 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 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -14 | 16 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 13 |
| 17 | Kortrijk | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -17 | 11 |
