Betting preview: KV Oostende vs Mechelen should be interesting

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: DIaz Arena (8400 seats)

It's the second opportunity for points this season as KV Oostende and Mechelen fight it out at DIaz Arena.

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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KV Oostende form and stats

In the previous season, KV Oostende's league stats were 10 wins, 7 draws and 17 losses, leading to 12th place in the Pro League. From these 34 matches they scored 34 goals and gave away 61. Appearing as the home side in the former season KV Oostende produced 5-3-9 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 37 conceded.

KV Oostende lost their last game at Anderlecht (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Midfield player Santos got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Santos hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting AS Eupen and winning 2-0.

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 Oostende have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 5 and lost 4.

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Mechelen form and stats

Let's have a look at how Mechelen performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 7 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded 61 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 21/37 goals scored/conceded.

The attacking players of Mechelen have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 196 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Mechelen in their previous game as they lost hosting Antwerp, 0-2. Peyre was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.23. The defender Peyre won 5 of 6 duels.

A draw for Mechelen before that, at their own venue hosting Genk (0-0).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mechelen playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Mechelen wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three KV Oostende victories, two draws and five Mechelen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

KV Oostende missing players

Mechelen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
KV Oostende Mechelen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
13 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
KV Oostende Last season Mechelen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   20 40
10 5   Won W   5 16
7 3   Drew D   3 8
17 9   Lost L   12 16
34 19   Scored S   25 63
61 37   Conceded C   45 71
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
74% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 82%
53% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 60%
29% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 48%
12% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   35% 28%
44% 59%   BTTS BTTS   60% 62%
21% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 18%
41% 29%   Failed to Score F T   30% 22%
 
5.4 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.6
5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   7 6.2
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
6 1   Red cards R C   2 5
 
11.9 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 11.6
3.5 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.5
29% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 36%
 
13 11.1   Shots against (avg) S A   16 14.8
4.8 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.9 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Anderlecht 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Antwerp 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 OH Leuven 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Westerlo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Zulte-Waregem 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Club Brugge 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Gent 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sint-Truiden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Genk 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 AS Eupen 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Mechelen 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 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 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Anderlecht 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Antwerp 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 OH Leuven 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Westerlo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Zulte-Waregem 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Club Brugge 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Gent 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sint-Truiden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Genk 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 AS Eupen 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Mechelen 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.