Antwerp favourites for feisty fight facing Mechelen

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

2nd spot in the Pro League table for Antwerp right now, a strong achievement. The match-going supporters hope for more entertainment as 7th-placed Mechelen visit Bosuilstadion.

Insights:
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Pro League
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (16) in Pro League

Mechelen could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pro League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Genk. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Antwerp form and stats

Antwerp have collected 24 points from their Pro League home games so far after 7-3-3.

Antwerp enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at RFC Seraing's place. The match ended 1-0. Almeida was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.13 out of 10. The defender Almeida hit one key pass and won 9 of 14 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Union Saint-Gilloise with the scoreline 0-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Antwerp have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won six times, drawn four and lost two.

Antwerp have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bosuilstadion with 25 goals in 13 league matches. Antwerp have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Mechelen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

Two away games in a row for Mechelen, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Genk. Vanlerberghe, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Vanlerberghe hit two key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.

Before that, Mechelen secured a home win against KV Oostende with the score 3-0.

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, two draws and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Mechelen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 17 goals have been scored. Mechelen have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the teams met earlier this campaign; Mechelen - Antwerp 3-2. Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Antwerp won five games, one match ended in a draw and Mechelen got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpM. Frey
M. Frey
18 goals
MechelenN. Storm
N. Storm
14 goals
MechelenK. Mrabti
K. Mrabti
10 goals

Antwerp missing players

Mechelen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Antwerp Mechelen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 12 26
16 7 1 Won W 1 4 13
5 3 2 Drew D 0 1 3
6 3 1 Lost L 3 7 10
47 25 7 Scored S 4 17 46
28 15 6 Conceded C 11 27 45
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
48% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 58% 62%
22% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 50% 50%
19% 23% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 33% 27%
56% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 58% 62%
37% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 19%
7% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 19%
 
5.3 5.5 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.5 5.4
6.7 6.4 7.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7.5 6.6
2.2 1.8 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2
6 4 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.1 13 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.2 10.6
4.6 4.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 4.2
38% 40% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 37% 43%
 
14.1 12.2 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 15.2 14.3
5.2 4.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.9 5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (16) in Pro League
  • Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 19 3 5 59 22 14 9 1 4 26 13 13 10 2 1 33 9 37 60
2 Antwerp 27 16 5 6 47 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 9 2 3 22 13 19 53
3 Club Brugge 27 14 9 4 49 32 14 7 6 1 27 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 17 51
4 Anderlecht 27 13 9 5 58 32 13 6 5 2 30 18 14 7 4 3 28 14 26 48
5 Gent 27 12 7 8 39 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 5 4 5 14 12 12 43
6 Sporting Charleroi 27 12 7 8 42 35 13 5 4 4 16 13 14 7 3 4 26 22 7 43
7 Mechelen 26 13 3 10 46 45 14 9 2 3 29 18 12 4 1 7 17 27 1 42
8 Genk 27 12 5 10 54 39 14 8 3 3 32 17 13 4 2 7 22 22 15 41
9 OH Leuven 26 9 9 8 39 42 13 6 3 4 19 20 13 3 6 4 20 22 -3 36
10 Cercle Brugge 27 10 5 12 38 34 13 4 2 7 15 16 14 6 3 5 23 18 4 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 10 4 13 30 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 14 6 2 6 13 17 -7 34
12 Kortrijk 27 8 10 9 32 34 13 4 4 5 14 17 14 4 6 4 18 17 -2 34
13 Standard Liege 26 7 8 11 29 42 13 2 5 6 13 21 13 5 3 5 16 21 -13 29
14 KV Oostende 27 8 4 15 27 52 13 4 1 8 15 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -25 28
15 AS Eupen 27 7 6 14 32 46 13 3 3 7 13 22 14 4 3 7 19 24 -14 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 6 8 13 37 56 14 3 4 7 19 30 13 3 4 6 18 26 -19 26
17 RFC Seraing 27 7 2 18 26 53 14 5 2 7 15 22 13 2 0 11 11 31 -27 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 26 4 4 18 27 55 14 4 1 9 13 25 12 0 3 9 14 30 -28 16

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 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 19 3 5 59 22 14 9 1 4 26 13 13 10 2 1 33 9 37 60
2 Antwerp 27 16 5 6 47 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 9 2 3 22 13 19 53
3 Club Brugge 27 14 9 4 49 32 14 7 6 1 27 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 17 51
4 Anderlecht 27 13 9 5 58 32 13 6 5 2 30 18 14 7 4 3 28 14 26 48
5 Gent 27 12 7 8 39 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 5 4 5 14 12 12 43
6 Sporting Charleroi 27 12 7 8 42 35 13 5 4 4 16 13 14 7 3 4 26 22 7 43
7 Mechelen 26 13 3 10 46 45 14 9 2 3 29 18 12 4 1 7 17 27 1 42
8 Genk 27 12 5 10 54 39 14 8 3 3 32 17 13 4 2 7 22 22 15 41
9 OH Leuven 26 9 9 8 39 42 13 6 3 4 19 20 13 3 6 4 20 22 -3 36
10 Cercle Brugge 27 10 5 12 38 34 13 4 2 7 15 16 14 6 3 5 23 18 4 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 10 4 13 30 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 14 6 2 6 13 17 -7 34
12 Kortrijk 27 8 10 9 32 34 13 4 4 5 14 17 14 4 6 4 18 17 -2 34
13 Standard Liege 26 7 8 11 29 42 13 2 5 6 13 21 13 5 3 5 16 21 -13 29
14 KV Oostende 27 8 4 15 27 52 13 4 1 8 15 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -25 28
15 AS Eupen 27 7 6 14 32 46 13 3 3 7 13 22 14 4 3 7 19 24 -14 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 6 8 13 37 56 14 3 4 7 19 30 13 3 4 6 18 26 -19 26
17 RFC Seraing 27 7 2 18 26 53 14 5 2 7 15 22 13 2 0 11 11 31 -27 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 26 4 4 18 27 55 14 4 1 9 13 25 12 0 3 9 14 30 -28 16

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