After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Gent and Mechelen in this fresh Pro League season. Read our match preview!
Gent and Mechelen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Gent form and stats
Gent's first Pro League home game here at GHELAMCO-arena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 15 matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Gent to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Gent in their previous match, an away game at Antwerp that ended in defeat 0-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Kortrijk (1-2).
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Gent's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn one and lost zero.
Gent has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Mechelen form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Pro League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 7 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from 14 matches.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Cercle Brugge with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Mechelen won their away game at Royal Excel Mouscron. The scoreline was 1-0.
1 goal so far away for Mechelen, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Gent-Mechelen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gent four wins, Mechelen three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Plastun 2 goals |   J. Vanlerberghe 1 goals | A. Vranckx 1 goals |
Gent missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Gent | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 6.7 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 20 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 14 | 11 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 14% | 9% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 56% |
- Gent has the most conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Gent is in the worst form (0-0-3)
| Gent | Last season | Mechelen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 59 | 38 | Scored | S | 21 | 46 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 43 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 90% | ||
| 55% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 69% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 38% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 59% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | ||
| 34% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 216 | 138 | Total Shots | T S | 61 | 225 | ||
| 102 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 103 | ||
| 58% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Sporting Charleroi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Cercle Brugge | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Genk | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Antwerp | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Club Brugge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Zulte-Waregem | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Waasland-Beveren | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | OH Leuven | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Gent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 44 | 70 |
| 2 | Gent | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 55 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 54 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 53 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 49 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Genk | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 44 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 43 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 32 | -8 | 36 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -17 | 33 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -23 | 30 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 29 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 31 | -27 | 23 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 31 | -29 | 22 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -39 | 20 |