Mechelen manager W. Vrancken looking for three points in Cercle Brugge showdown

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (16715 seats)

The Mechelen manager W. Vrancken attacks this game with the team placed 2nd so far. In the visitors dressing room Cercle Brugge and their manager F. Mercadal are in 15th place before this match.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Mechelen form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Mechelen are 1-0-0 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Mechelen bring valid hopes of a third.

Mechelen drew their last game, 0-0 away at Anderlecht. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Genk in a game that was won 3-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Mechelen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Mechelen has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Cercle Brugge have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats were 1 victory, 4 draws and 10 defeats from 15 fixtures. Football is a nightmare at the moment for Cercle Brugge who have suffered through a nine match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters. Bitter travels for Cercle Brugge as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Royal Excel Mouscron.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Kortrijk with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Cercle Brugge manager F. Mercadal faced defeat when travelling to KV Oostende and losing 1-3.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cercle Brugge playing away, we found one game. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 home win.

1 goal so far away for Cercle Brugge, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mechelen won 6 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Cercle Brugge has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

Mechelen missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Mechelen Cercle Brugge
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 1 1 3
5 3 0 Scored 1 1 2
1 1 0 Conceded 3 3 8
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 100% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS 100% 100% 67%
67% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 33%
 
2.7 5 0 Corners For (avg) 2 2 2.3
5.3 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 3 3 4.3
1.3 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 1
1 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 2
Mechelen Last season Cercle Brugge
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
30 15   Played   15 30
18 11   Won   1 7
9 2   Drew   4 7
3 2   Lost   10 16
57 31   Scored   12 35
26 16   Conceded   32 59
90% 100%   Over 0.5   87% 93%
83% 93%   Over 1.5   80% 87%
70% 80%   Over 2.5   60% 70%
27% 27%   Over 3.5   40% 37%
7% 13%   Over 4.5   20% 17%
50% 53%   BTTS   60% 67%
43% 40%   Clean Sheets   13% 10%
17% 7%   Failed To Score   40% 30%
 
5.4 6.3   Corners For (avg)   4.3 4.7
4.9 4.9   Corners Against (avg)   5.5 5.2
1.9 1.5   Yellow Cards (avg)   3.1 2.8
5 1   Red Cards   2 4
Key stats last season:
  • Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mechelen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Mechelen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cercle Brugge have scored away.
  • Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Mechelen
All Pro League First Division B Super Cup Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
13-07-19 CF SC Heerenveen 1 - 4 Mechelen
20-07-19 SC Genk 3 - 0 Mechelen
27-07-19 PRO Zulte-Waregem 0 - 2 Mechelen
03-08-19 PRO Mechelen 3 - 1 Genk
09-08-19 PRO Anderlecht 0 - 0 Mechelen
17-08-19 PRO Mechelen 18:00 Cercle Brugge
24-08-19 PRO KV Oostende 18:30 Mechelen
30-08-19 PRO Mechelen 18:30 Royal Excel Mouscron
15-09-19 PRO Gent 16:00 Mechelen
21-09-19 PRO Kortrijk 18:00 Mechelen
Cercle Brugge
All Pro League First Division B Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
06-07-19 CF Cercle Brugge 1 - 4 Monaco
19-07-19 CF Auxerre 1 - 0 Cercle Brugge
27-07-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 0 - 2 Standard Liege
03-08-19 PRO KV Oostende 3 - 1 Cercle Brugge
10-08-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 1 - 3 Kortrijk
17-08-19 PRO Mechelen 18:00 Cercle Brugge
24-08-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 18:00 Waasland-Beveren
31-08-19 PRO Gent 18:00 Cercle Brugge
14-09-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 18:30 Club Brugge
21-09-19 PRO Antwerp 18:00 Cercle Brugge

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Club Brugge 3 3 0 0 11 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 10 9
2 Mechelen 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 7
3 Antwerp 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 6
4 Standard Liège 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 6
5 KV Oostende 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 6
6 Gent 2 1 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 4
7 Kortrijk 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 4
8 Royal Excel Mouscron 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
9 Genk 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 3
10 Zulte-Waregem 3 1 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 -4 3
11 Sporting Charleroi 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Anderlecht 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
13 Waasland-Beveren 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 1
14 AS Eupen 3 0 1 2 3 11 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 6 -8 1
15 Cercle Brugge 3 0 0 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 -6 0
16 Sint-Truiden 2 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 -7 0

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