Soccer fixture guide: Home crowds with big optimism before Antwerp - Mechelen

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Antwerp warm up for Mechelen with faith in picking up all three points. Can they? Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Pro League
  • Mechelen have the fewest scored goals (10) away in Pro League

The hosts Antwerp saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Belgian Cup. This match was also played here at Bosuilstadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Mechelen have had more rest.

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Antwerp form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Bosuilstadion as Antwerp have scored 28 goals to get 32 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 10-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Antwerp's previous fixture was a Belgian Cup game also played at their home, finishing 1-0 vs Union Saint-Gilloise. The home team hope to to build on that result.

Before that, Antwerp played out a Pro League draw 1-1 when visiting OH Leuven.

Betting people who enjoy looking for low-scoring matches might be interested to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).

The Antwerp manager van Bommel has got the team scoring with 28 from 13 home games in the league. Antwerp are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bosuilstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Mechelen form and stats

There's been little loot from Mechelen's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 12 away games in the Pro League. Mechelen only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw.

The club members enjoyed Mechelen's previous match versus Zulte-Waregem, a Belgian Cup win (1-0) played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus RFC Seraing at their stadium, the result 2-0.

The attacking power of Mechelen when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Mechelen have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. Mechelen has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived meeting between these sides is the Mechelen - Antwerp 0-2 played previously this season. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Antwerp won four games, one match ended with a tie and Mechelen managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpV. Janssen
V. Janssen
15 goals
MechelenG. Hairemans
G. Hairemans
7 goals
MechelenR. Schoofs
R. Schoofs
5 goals

Antwerp missing players

Mechelen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Antwerp Mechelen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
16 10 4 Won W 0 2 8
6 2 0 Drew D 0 2 7
5 1 0 Lost L 4 9 12
46 28 8 Scored S 1 10 37
24 9 1 Conceded C 11 23 46
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 89%
74% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 89%
48% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 54% 63%
22% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 37%
15% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
37% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 56%
52% 62% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 22%
22% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 54% 33%
 
4.8 4.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.6 5.9
4.4 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 6.2 5.2
1.8 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 5
 
12.9 14.2 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.9 12.7
4.5 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 2.6 4.3
38% 49% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 33%
 
10 7.8 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 14.5 12.7
3.1 2.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.7 3.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mechelen have scored away.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (14) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Pro League
  • Mechelen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Mechelen have the fewest scored goals (10) away in Pro League
  • Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 27 21 3 3 65 25 14 12 1 1 36 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 40 66
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 17 5 5 55 33 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 8 3 3 30 21 22 56
3 Antwerp 27 16 6 5 46 24 13 10 2 1 28 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 22 54
4 Club Brugge 27 12 10 5 47 32 14 7 6 1 29 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 15 46
5 Gent 27 12 6 9 46 32 13 7 3 3 22 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 14 42
6 Westerlo 27 12 6 9 53 45 14 7 3 4 35 22 13 5 3 5 18 23 8 42
7 Standard Liege 27 12 6 9 44 36 13 7 2 4 25 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 8 42
8 Cercle Brugge 27 9 10 8 37 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 4 4 6 15 22 0 37
9 Anderlecht 27 10 6 11 40 37 14 5 3 6 23 20 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 36
10 Sporting Charleroi 26 10 5 11 34 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -3 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 9 8 10 26 30 13 4 3 6 11 15 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 35
12 OH Leuven 27 8 9 10 39 39 13 4 5 4 18 17 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 33
13 Mechelen 26 8 6 12 37 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 12 2 1 9 10 23 -9 30
14 Kortrijk 27 7 6 14 33 50 13 3 4 6 13 24 14 4 2 8 20 26 -17 27
15 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 34 53 14 4 3 7 17 23 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 5 8 14 35 57 14 3 4 7 23 35 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 23
17 KV Oostende 27 5 5 17 26 57 13 4 1 8 13 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -31 20
18 RFC Seraing 27 5 4 18 24 51 14 1 3 10 7 21 13 4 1 8 17 30 -27 19

Table
  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 27 21 3 3 65 25 14 12 1 1 36 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 40 66
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 17 5 5 55 33 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 8 3 3 30 21 22 56
3 Antwerp 27 16 6 5 46 24 13 10 2 1 28 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 22 54
4 Club Brugge 27 12 10 5 47 32 14 7 6 1 29 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 15 46
5 Gent 27 12 6 9 46 32 13 7 3 3 22 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 14 42
6 Westerlo 27 12 6 9 53 45 14 7 3 4 35 22 13 5 3 5 18 23 8 42
7 Standard Liege 27 12 6 9 44 36 13 7 2 4 25 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 8 42
8 Cercle Brugge 27 9 10 8 37 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 4 4 6 15 22 0 37
9 Anderlecht 27 10 6 11 40 37 14 5 3 6 23 20 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 36
10 Sporting Charleroi 26 10 5 11 34 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -3 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 9 8 10 26 30 13 4 3 6 11 15 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 35
12 OH Leuven 27 8 9 10 39 39 13 4 5 4 18 17 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 33
13 Mechelen 26 8 6 12 37 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 12 2 1 9 10 23 -9 30
14 Kortrijk 27 7 6 14 33 50 13 3 4 6 13 24 14 4 2 8 20 26 -17 27
15 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 34 53 14 4 3 7 17 23 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 5 8 14 35 57 14 3 4 7 23 35 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 23
17 KV Oostende 27 5 5 17 26 57 13 4 1 8 13 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -31 20
18 RFC Seraing 27 5 4 18 24 51 14 1 3 10 7 21 13 4 1 8 17 30 -27 19

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