The visiting Beerschot-Wilrijk side should be favourites in this visit to Mechelen, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Mechelen form and stats
Mechelen's results here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne in the Pro League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Mechelen are returning here after visiting Zulte-Waregem in a Pro League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Nikola Storm and Geoffry Hairemans scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sporting Charleroi that ended 3-3.
The manager W. Vrancken will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AS Eupen in only four days.
Mechelen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats
2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Beerschot-Wilrijk, who have the most scored goals (35) in Pro League, in their Pro League matches away.
Impressive finishing from Ismaila Cheick Coulibaly and Raphael Holzhauser secured the home win 2-1 against Anderlecht in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 5-5 draw paying a visit to Kortrijk.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Beerschot-Wilrijk are regular goalscorers on their travels. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Beerschot-Wilrijk's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 17 goals in 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Mechelen, three draws and one win for Beerschot-Wilrijk. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Holzhauser 10 goals |  T. Tissoudali 6 goals |  M. Suzuki 5 goals |
Mechelen missing players
Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players
| Mechelen | Beerschot-Wilrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 35 |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 69% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 83% | 85% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | 54 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 43 | 113 |
| 41 | 21 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 24 | 67 |
| 41% | 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 52% |
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals (17) away in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals (31) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most matches over the total-line (11) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most scored goals (35) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored more than double the goals of Mechelen.
- Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechelen has the most dropped points from leading position (11) 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 | Club Brugge | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Genk | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 11 | Gent | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Mechelen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -15 | 5 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 3 |