Delightful dogfight as daring Mechelen duel with determined Beerschot-Wilrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (13213 seats)

The stage is set for Pro League and Mechelen - Beerschot-Wilrijk. In this article you'll get stats, previous results, analysis, tendencies and stories!

Insights:
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (16) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals (23) in Pro League

This looks to be an engaging match with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Mechelen form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Mechelen have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.

A good away victory last time out for Mechelen, who won 2-1 against Standard Liege (placed 12th).

Before that game, the home loss against Anderlecht with the scoreline 0-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Mechelen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost five.

A decent goal production from Mechelen in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. Mechelen have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Beerschot-Wilrijk so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-8 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Beerschot-Wilrijk have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Gent game.

Beerschot-Wilrijk delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Zulte-Waregem (placed 16th) in their previous match. Attacker Shankland got a player rating of 7.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Shankland hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting RFC Seraing's place.

We have checked recent matches where Beerschot-Wilrijk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were four victories, three draws and nine defeats.

Beerschot-Wilrijk have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. The Beerschot-Wilrijk manager Torrente has some worries about the defense as 27 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Beerschot-Wilrijk - Mechelen 0-1 was the output when these participants formerly met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Mechelen, three draws and two wins for Beerschot-Wilrijk. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

MechelenN. Storm
N. Storm
12 goals
MechelenK. Mrabti
K. Mrabti
9 goals
MechelenH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
6 goals

Mechelen missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Mechelen Beerschot-Wilrijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 2 11 24
11 7 2 Won W 0 0 3
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
9 3 1 Lost L 1 8 17
39 23 7 Scored S 2 12 23
39 16 5 Conceded C 5 27 51
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 71%
57% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 54%
48% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 55% 38%
22% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 36% 25%
61% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 42%
17% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 12%
22% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 50%
 
5.3 6.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 6
6.5 5.9 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 6.6 5.8
2.3 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
10.7 11.9 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 12 12.3
4.3 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.2
40% 43% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 23%
 
14.6 14.6 15.8 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 18.5 15.2
5.1 4.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 7.5 5.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest points (3) away in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals (23) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have yet to win a game away.
  • Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (16) in Pro League
  • 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 25 18 3 4 57 21 13 9 1 3 26 12 12 9 2 1 31 9 36 57
2 Club Brugge 25 13 9 3 46 30 12 6 6 0 24 12 13 7 3 3 22 18 16 48
3 Antwerp 24 14 5 5 44 26 12 7 3 2 25 13 12 7 2 3 19 13 18 47
4 Anderlecht 25 11 9 5 52 30 12 5 5 2 26 17 13 6 4 3 26 13 22 42
5 Sporting Charleroi 25 11 7 7 40 33 12 4 4 4 14 13 13 7 3 3 26 20 7 40
6 Gent 25 10 7 8 36 26 13 7 3 3 25 15 12 3 4 5 11 11 10 37
7 Mechelen 23 11 3 9 39 39 12 7 2 3 23 16 11 4 1 6 16 23 0 36
8 Cercle Brugge 25 10 4 11 35 30 13 4 2 7 15 16 12 6 2 4 20 14 5 34
9 Kortrijk 24 8 10 6 30 27 11 4 4 3 13 12 13 4 6 3 17 15 3 34
10 Genk 23 9 5 9 45 36 11 5 3 3 24 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 9 32
11 Sint-Truiden 25 8 4 13 26 36 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 4 2 6 9 16 -10 28
12 Standard Liege 24 7 7 10 28 39 12 2 4 6 12 20 12 5 3 4 16 19 -11 28
13 KV Oostende 24 8 3 13 26 46 12 4 1 7 14 29 12 4 2 6 12 17 -20 27
14 AS Eupen 25 7 6 12 31 41 12 3 3 6 13 21 13 4 3 6 18 20 -10 27
15 OH Leuven 23 6 9 8 31 38 11 4 3 4 14 17 12 2 6 4 17 21 -7 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 24 6 7 11 36 52 12 3 3 6 18 28 12 3 4 5 18 24 -16 25
17 RFC Seraing 25 7 2 16 26 50 13 5 2 6 15 21 12 2 0 10 11 29 -24 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 24 3 4 17 23 51 13 3 1 9 11 24 11 0 3 8 12 27 -28 13

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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.