Mechelen vs Anderlecht full preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (13213 seats)

Which side will win when Anderlecht visit Mechelen? In this match guide you'll find all the relevant info and data required to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Pro League

The visiting Anderlecht played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match.

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Mechelen form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Mechelen have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.

Mechelen are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Schoofs).

Mechelen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Club Brugge (0-3). Mechelen's goalkeeper Coucke was extremely busy against Club Brugge, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.

Before that, Mechelen drew at home versus OH Leuven.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Anderlecht form and stats

1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Anderlecht in their Pro League matches away.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Europa Conference League home loss versus West Ham United with 0-1 on the scoreboard. The attacker Verschaeren got a match rating of 7.23 in that game. Verschaeren hit three key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Sporting Charleroi.

Anderlecht have another game away in just four days, a Europa Conference League fixture against West Ham United. A strenuous fixture list for the guests!

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Anderlecht have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. 5 goals have been conceded by Anderlecht in these games.

Head 2 Head

Anderlecht have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Mechelen.

Top Goalscorers

MechelenG. Hairemans
G. Hairemans
4 goals
MechelenR. Schoofs
R. Schoofs
4 goals
AnderlechtF. Soares Silva
F. Soares Silva
4 goals

Mechelen missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Mechelen Anderlecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 4 10
3 2 1 Won W 1 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
16 10 5 Scored S 4 5 16
18 9 4 Conceded C 2 5 11
80% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 70%
70% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 60%
40% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 30%
30% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
50% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
30% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 20%
40% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 30%
 
5.7 6.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.8 6.8
4.9 3.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.5 4.5
2.2 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.5 11.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.8 12.4
4.3 4.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.8 4.5
37% 45% 83% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 33% 36%
 
11.2 8.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.5 9.8
4.1 2.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.8 3.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 9 0 1 22 8 5 5 0 0 14 5 5 4 0 1 8 3 14 27
2 Genk 10 8 1 1 24 10 5 4 1 0 10 4 5 4 0 1 14 6 14 25
3 Club Brugge 10 7 1 2 22 10 5 4 1 0 13 4 5 3 0 2 9 6 12 22
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 10 6 1 3 17 14 4 3 0 1 6 4 6 3 1 2 11 10 3 19
5 OH Leuven 10 5 2 3 16 16 5 3 0 2 7 9 5 2 2 1 9 7 0 17
6 Standard Liege 10 5 1 4 15 15 6 3 1 2 9 7 4 2 0 2 6 8 0 16
7 Westerlo 10 5 0 5 18 18 5 4 0 1 10 4 5 1 0 4 8 14 0 15
8 Sporting Charleroi 10 5 0 5 16 16 5 2 0 3 9 11 5 3 0 2 7 5 0 15
9 Gent 10 4 2 4 16 14 5 2 1 2 9 8 5 2 1 2 7 6 2 14
10 Anderlecht 10 4 1 5 16 11 6 3 1 2 11 6 4 1 0 3 5 5 5 13
11 Sint-Truiden 10 3 4 3 10 9 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 2 3 0 5 1 1 13
12 Mechelen 10 3 2 5 16 18 5 2 1 2 10 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 -2 11
13 KV Oostende 10 3 1 6 11 15 5 2 0 3 5 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 -4 10
14 Kortrijk 10 3 1 6 8 16 5 1 1 3 3 8 5 2 0 3 5 8 -8 10
15 AS Eupen 10 3 0 7 9 16 5 1 0 4 4 8 5 2 0 3 5 8 -7 9
16 RFC Seraing 10 3 0 7 10 18 4 0 0 4 0 8 6 3 0 3 10 10 -8 9
17 Cercle Brugge 10 2 3 5 9 18 5 1 3 1 4 5 5 1 0 4 5 13 -9 9
18 Zulte-Waregem 10 1 2 7 7 20 5 1 0 4 5 13 5 0 2 3 2 7 -13 5

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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.