Club Brugge vs Mechelen preview: Away team in for a grim 90 minutes at Jan Breydelstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Club Brugge and Mechelen are both doing (very) nicely in the Pro League with their 2nd and 6th positions respectively. This could be a top game!

Insights:
  • Club Brugge is in the best form (6-0-0) in Pro League
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (20) in Pro League

Club Brugge is in the 2nd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Mechelen are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge have performed here at Jan Breydelstadion this season with 9 wins from 16 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 1. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Club Brugge has won seven games in a row. The Gent match was the last time out without a victory.

Club Brugge enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Beerschot-Wilrijk's place. The match ended 3-1 with Rits, Ketelaere and Lang scoring. Midfielder Olsen was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.55 (out of ten) in that game. Olsen signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 50 successful passes (of 60 total).

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Genk.

Goals decide football matches and Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 16 league matches.

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Mechelen form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Mechelen playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Mechelen has drawn their two previous away games.

Mechelen won their last game, 3-2 versus Kortrijk played at home. Schoofs got a match rating of 7.9 in that game, top player of the team. Schoofs served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 52 successful passes (of 62 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus AS Eupen that ended 1-1.

The visiting Mechelen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 16 games. The Mechelen manager Vrancken has some worries about the defense as 35 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived match involving both these squads is the Mechelen - Club Brugge 2-1 played not long ago this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Club Brugge won seven, Mechelen triumphed in one and we saw two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

MechelenN. Storm
N. Storm
15 goals
BruggeC. De Ketelaere
C. De Ketelaere
14 goals
MechelenH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
13 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Mechelen missing players

Club Brugge Mechelen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
20 9 1 Won W 1 5 15
9 6 2 Drew D 0 3 7
4 1 1 Lost L 3 8 11
70 34 7 Scored S 4 21 57
37 16 5 Conceded C 12 35 59
97% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 94% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
64% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 64%
48% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 44% 52%
21% 19% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 31% 27%
64% 62% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 67%
33% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 15%
6% 6% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 18%
 
6.4 7.3 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.9 5.7
4.5 3.4 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7.3 6.4
1.8 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 1.9
8 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
15.4 17 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.3 11.4
5.8 6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.3 4.4
36% 35% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 32% 40%
 
10.3 9.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 15.7 14.6
3.4 2.8 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.8 5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Club Brugge is in the best form (6-0-0) in Pro League
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (20) in Pro League
  • 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 33 23 5 5 73 27 16 9 3 4 27 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 46 74
2 Club Brugge 33 20 9 4 70 37 16 9 6 1 34 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 33 69
3 Antwerp 33 19 5 9 54 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 62
4 Anderlecht 33 17 10 6 69 34 17 10 5 2 41 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 35 61
5 Gent 33 17 8 8 51 30 16 10 3 3 32 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 21 59
6 Mechelen 33 15 7 11 57 59 17 10 4 3 36 24 16 5 3 8 21 35 -2 52
7 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 9 10 52 46 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 6 51
8 Genk 33 14 6 13 64 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 17 48
9 Sint-Truiden 33 14 6 13 39 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 -1 48
10 Cercle Brugge 33 12 8 13 48 45 17 6 4 7 23 20 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 44
11 OH Leuven 33 10 11 12 47 53 17 7 4 6 25 25 16 3 7 6 22 28 -6 41
12 Kortrijk 33 9 10 14 41 45 16 5 4 7 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 24 -4 37
13 Standard Liège 33 9 9 15 32 48 17 3 5 9 15 26 16 6 4 6 17 22 -16 36
14 KV Oostende 33 9 7 17 32 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 34
15 AS Eupen 33 8 8 17 37 59 16 4 4 8 18 27 17 4 4 9 19 32 -22 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 8 8 17 42 66 17 5 4 8 23 32 16 3 4 9 19 34 -24 32
17 RFC Seraing 33 8 4 21 30 66 16 5 3 8 16 28 17 3 1 13 14 38 -36 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 4 4 25 33 71 17 4 1 12 16 33 16 0 3 13 17 38 -38 16

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.