Another action-packed fixture in Pro League as Mechelen welcome Anderlecht

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 09.August
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (13213 seats)

It's a new Pro League campaign and Mechelen are eager to get started here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne. Anderlecht are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

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Mechelen form and stats

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Mechelen friendly games in pre-season: Mechelen played five friendlies, won 0, drew 2 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Mechelen scored 1 goal and conceded 12 in these five games.

Last season, Mechelen's league statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Pro League. Over these 29 matches they scored 46 goals and conceded 43. Playing at home last season Mechelen managed 6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 24 conceded.

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Anderlecht form and stats

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Anderlecht have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from three fixtures.

Let's have a look at how Anderlecht performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 10 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 16/17 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mechelen two wins, six draws and Anderlecht two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Mechelen missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Mechelen Anderlecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
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%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Mechelen Last season Anderlecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   14 29
13 6   Won W   4 11
5 4   Drew D   5 10
11 5   Lost L   5 8
46 25   Scored S   16 45
43 24   Conceded C   17 29
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 76%
90% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 66%
69% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 52%
38% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 21%
14% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 21%
55% 60%   BTTS BTTS   57% 52%
24% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 41%
24% 20%   Failed to Score F T   36% 31%
 
4.3 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.4
5.9 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.3
1.8 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
225 164   Total Shots T S   74 227
103 75   Shots on Target S O   36 110
45% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 41%

  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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Standard Liege 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Antwerp 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Royal Excel Mouscron 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Waasland-Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Club Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 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 Liege 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

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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.