6th position in the Pro League table for Antwerp so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed Mechelen visits Bosuilstadion.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Antwerp form and stats
Antwerp must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Pro League games here at Bosuilstadion.
Antwerp enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kortrijk's place. The match ended 3-1 with D. Mbokani and L. Refaelov scoring. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus AS Eupen.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Antwerp handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, six draws and one defeat.
Antwerp has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. On the other hand, Antwerp have conceded 3 goals.
Mechelen form and stats
Things could have gone better for Mechelen in their Pro League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Mechelen have lost on their last two travels.
Mechelen go into this game after a win, the home game against Sint-Truiden that ended 2-0. A 1-3 defeat away at Genk before that.
Mechelen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Mechelen have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's six Antwerp victories, one draw and two Mechelen wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Vranckx 3 goals |   S. Kristiansen Juklerød 2 goals | J. Pius 2 goals |
Antwerp missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Antwerp | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | 29 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 24 | 50 |
| 32 | 19 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 34% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 42% |
- Antwerp has the most points from losing position (7) in Pro League
- Antwerp have not yet lost a game at home.
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Charleroi | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Genk | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Gent | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 2 |