Stumbling Mechelen are aching to pull off an upset when they host top side Cercle Brugge in the next league round. It’s 13th vs 5th and the home fans will have not-so-high confidence.
- Mechelen have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Mechelen form and stats
Mechelen have collected 7 points from their Pro League home games so far after 2-1-2. When Mechelen hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Gent, Genk, Union Saint-Gilloise and Anderlecht), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Mechelen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Genk. Mechelen were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Vanlerberghe, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Vanlerberghe won 10 of 13 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Anderlecht.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mechelen as they are travelling to their away game against Knokke in the Belgian Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Mechelen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. From these home matches, Mechelen have conceded only 3 goals.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Cercle Brugge have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cercle are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Cercle Brugge won their last game, 2-0 versus Gent played at home. Warleson was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.21. The agile goalkeeper Warleson topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs OH Leuven.A new game in only three days for Cercle Brugge, the Belgian Cup home match versus Zulte-Waregem. Busy days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cercle Brugge has managed {5 goals} and let in 5 from 5 matches.
Head 2 Head
Mechelen have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when playing Cercle Brugge.Top Goalscorers
  A. Denkey 9 goals |   R. Schoofs 2 goals |  L. Lauberbach 2 goals |
Mechelen missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Mechelen | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 36% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 27% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 5.5 | 6.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.3 | 15 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 14.8 | 15.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 24% | 27% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 26% | 33% |
| 16 | 14.2 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.4 | 11.3 |
| 5.1 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechelen have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Pro League
- Mechelen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Gent | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Genk | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | Cercle Brugge | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 17 |
| 7 | Club Brugge | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| 8 | Standard Liege | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | RWDM | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Sporting Charleroi | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 12 | OH Leuven | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 16 | Westerlo | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
