Balanced ball game between Mechelen and Antwerp expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 25.July
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (13213 seats)

New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the Mechelen - Antwerp match!

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Mechelen form and stats

Last season, Mechelen's league statistics were 13 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 54. Playing at home last season Mechelen managed 5-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 30 conceded.

Mechelen have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Mechelen scored 15 goals and let in 13 goals during these five 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 2nd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 6 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 27/23 goals scored/conceded.

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 0 Antwerp wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Mechelen won three, Antwerp won six and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Mechelen missing players

Antwerp missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mechelen Antwerp
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 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%
Mechelen Last season Antwerp
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
16 7   Won W   9 19
11 5   Drew D   3 8
13 8   Lost L   8 13
69 38   Scored S   30 63
65 36   Conceded C   31 59
98% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
85% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 80%
72% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 57%
45% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 40%
22% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 28%
70% 65%   BTTS BTTS   55% 60%
18% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 22%
15% 20%   Failed to Score F T   25% 22%
 
4.6 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
4.7 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.9
1.8 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
5 3   Red cards R C   3 5
 
10.7 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 9.8
4.9 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.3
35% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RFC Seraing 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 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Standard Liege 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liege 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RFC Seraing 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 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Standard Liege 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.