Pro League: Two teams in fair shape get together for this game. Anderlecht have a wee upper hand with their 4th place in the standings?
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Anderlecht have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Pro League
Both squads have had time to rest since their last match. Let's aim for an active fixture!
Mechelen form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne as Mechelen have scored 23 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Mechelen's last game was hosting RFC Seraing (placed 17th) and winning 2-0. Goalkeeper Coucke got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.4 out of ten. Coucke stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was the home Belgian Cup game against AS Eupen that was lost 1-3.Goals decide football matches and Mechelen are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 11 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Anderlecht form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Anderlecht who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Antwerp.
Anderlecht delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Standard Liege (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Pro League game. Refaelov got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Refaelov served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 46 successful passes (of 56 total).
Prior to that result Anderlecht won their away game at Beerschot-Wilrijk. The scoreline was 7-0.A new game in only three days for Anderlecht, the Pro League home match versus Cercle Brugge. Busy days.
Anderlecht have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 25 goals from 11 away matches. It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Anderlecht in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the teams met earlier this season; Anderlecht - Mechelen 7-2. Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Mechelen won two games, five matches ended with a tie and Anderlecht have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  N. Storm 11 goals |   L. Refaelov 9 goals |  J. Zirkzee 9 goals |
Mechelen missing players
Anderlecht missing players
| Mechelen | Anderlecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 25 | 51 |
| 37 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 82% | 91% |
| 57% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 64% | 59% |
| 52% | 55% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 55% | 50% |
| 24% | 18% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 62% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 68% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 19% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | 9% |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 6.6 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.1 | 12.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14 | 15.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 42% | 43% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | 46% |
| 14.4 | 14.1 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11 | 10.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
- Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Anderlecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Anderlecht have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Pro League
- Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mechelen 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 34 | 50 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | Gent | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Genk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 32 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 24 |
| 14 | Standard Liege | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -20 | 23 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -14 | 23 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -23 | 19 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -29 | 9 |
