National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mechelen or RWDM that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mechelen form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Mechelen at their home stadium (AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Waasland-Beveren and winning 3-2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mechelen as they are travelling to their away game against Cercle Brugge in the Pro League. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Mechelen in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mechelen defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
RWDM form and stats
RWDM was sent out of Belgian Cup in the 4th round last season.RWDM have only collected 6 points from their away games in the First Division B, after 2-0-6 (8 played).
Prior to that match, the RWDM manager V. Euvrard faced defeat when travelling to Lommel United and losing 2-3.
The schedule is very tough for RWDM now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A First Division B game at Deinze is waiting in only four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far RWDM have scored 8 goals in 8 league games away. RWDM have conceded 17 goals 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
Top Goalscorers
  G. Hairemans 8 goals |  K. Mrabti 5 goals |   N. Rommens 5 goals |
Mechelen missing players
RWDM missing players
| Mechelen | RWDM | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 30 | 48 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Conceded | C | 32 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 45% | ||
| 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Genk | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Gent | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 41 |
| 2 | Westerlo | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Lommel United | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Deinze | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | RWDM | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 22 |
| 7 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 13 |
| 8 | Club Brugge II | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 27 | -27 | 7 |