Mechelen have journeyed here for an engaging game versus the hosts Kortrijk. Get ready for the fixture with this thorough Pro League preview!
- Kortrijk have the most clean sheets (3) in Pro League
- Mechelen have lost all their away matches so far.
Kortrijk 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.
Kortrijk form and stats
Only two Pro League home games for Kortrijk so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Kortrijk, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sint-Truiden away with the result 2-0. Pape Habib Gueye and Faïz Selemani found the net in that victory. Faïz Selemani (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.81/10. Selemani scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Heartbreak before that as Kortrijk lost 0-2 at Union Saint-Gilloise's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kortrijk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won one, drawn four and lost five.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Kortrijk at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Mechelen form and stats
It's not happening yet for Mechelen on their Pro League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Mechelen have lost on their last two travels.
Mechelen go into this game after a win, the home game against Union Saint-Gilloise that ended 3-1. Midfielder Nikola Storm was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Storm scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at Gent before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Mechelen in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Mechelen, one draw and one defeat.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Mechelen has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kortrijk three wins, two draws and Mechelen five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Selemani 3 goals |  T. Chevalier 2 goals |   F. Druijf 2 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Kortrijk | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 20% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 6.8 |
| 5.6 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9.5 | 6.2 |
| 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.5 | 10.6 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 4.4 |
| 35% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 32% |
- All of Kortrijk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kortrijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Pro League
- Kortrijk have the most clean sheets (3) in Pro League
- Kortrijk have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechelen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Mechelen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Mechelen have failed to score a single goal away.
- Mechelen have lost all their away matches so far.
- Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Kortrijk | Last season | Mechelen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Scored | S | 31 | 69 | ||
| 57 | 35 | Conceded | C | 29 | 65 | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 98% | ||
| 79% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 85% | ||
| 65% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 72% | ||
| 29% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 45% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 22% | ||
| 59% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 18% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 15% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AS Eupen | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Standard Liege | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Kortrijk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | KV Oostende | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Genk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | RFC Seraing | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Zulte-Waregem | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Antwerp | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Gent | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | OH Leuven | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 1 |