Betting preview: Mechelen vs Antwerp should be interesting

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (13213 seats)

The fresh new season is about to start and the regulars are tingling with excitement. It’s wide open as Mechelen host Antwerp for the opening fixture at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne. Keep reading!

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Mechelen form and stats

The previous season, Mechelen's league results were 15 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 7th spot in the Pro League. In these 34 matches they scored 57 goals and gave away 61. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Mechelen produced 10-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 24 conceded.

Up until that beating this club had gone seven consecutive league rounds without a defeat.

This is expected to be a close game, with Mechelen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mechelen as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Mechelen has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

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 four friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Mechelen scored 5 goals and conceded 7 in these four games.

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Antwerp form and stats

Let's have a look at how Antwerp performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 25/19 goals scored/conceded.

Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone five league games without winning.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Antwerp playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Antwerp wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Just as the home team, Antwerp have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 4 Antwerp wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Mechelen wins - draws - Antwerp wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Mechelen missing players

Antwerp missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mechelen Antwerp
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs 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 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Mechelen Last season Antwerp
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
16 11   Won W   11 20
8 5   Drew D   2 7
16 4   Lost L   7 13
63 38   Scored S   27 58
71 26   Conceded C   22 48
98% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
82% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 70%
60% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 50%
48% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 22%
28% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 15%
62% 65%   BTTS BTTS   55% 55%
18% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 35%
22% 15%   Failed to Score F T   5% 12%
 
5.6 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.3
6.2 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 5.9
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
5 3   Red cards R C   3 7
 
11.6 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 12.4
4.5 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.4
36% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 33%
 
14.8 13.7   Shots against (avg) S A   15.2 13
5.1 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6 5

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 Liège 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

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