Closing in on the top clubs is on the list when these mid-table clubs battle it out. Both are trying to better their league position, Gent in 8th and Mechelen in 12th spot.
- Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Pro League
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts Gent saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. That game was an away game at Djurgården, so at least Gent are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Gent form and stats
Overall Pro League statistics at home this season for Gent are 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The regulars are hoping that Gent will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away defeat in the Europa Conference League fixture against Djurgården. Hjulsager (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Hjulsager hit the woodwork once and hit six key passes.
Before that match, a Pro League win away at AS Eupen.There will be little rest for Gent after this match as they are travelling to Union Saint-Gilloise for a Pro League game in only three days.
Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 9 goals in 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gent defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Mechelen form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mechelen in their Pro League matches away.
Mechelen failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Anderlecht (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Vanlerberghe got a match rating of 7.94 in that game, top player of the team. Vanlerberghe scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Mechelen manager Buijs faced defeat when travelling to Club Brugge and losing 0-3.Take note that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
After this away game Mechelen return home for a Pro League game against Standard Liege. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Mechelen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Mechelen have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: seven wins for Gent, two draws and one win for Mechelen. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Cuypers 7 goals |  H. Hong 4 goals |   G. Hairemans 4 goals |
Gent missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Gent | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 64% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 14.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 9.8 | 11.3 |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 39% | 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 37% |
| 9.7 | 9.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 14 | 11.2 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
- All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gent have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Pro League
- Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Antwerp | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Genk | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | OH Leuven | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Gent | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | Sporting Charleroi | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | RFC Seraing | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 9 |
| 17 | AS Eupen | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -11 | 9 |
| 18 | Zulte-Waregem | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -16 | 5 |
