The visiting Club Brugge side should be favourites in this visit to Mechelen, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
- Mechelen has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Pro League
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Pro League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
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 5 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Mechelen, their manager W. Vrancken and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Mechelen fans got no joy from their last match, a Pro League game also here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne: A 2-3 defeat against Waasland-Beveren (placed 14th). 2-2 away at Standard Liège before that.
The manager W. Vrancken will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to OH Leuven in only three days.
A decent goal production from Mechelen in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Mechelen with 17 goals conceded in these matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Club Brugge form and stats
The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Pro League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Pro League.
Club Brugge have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. It's been 412 minutes since they last conceded in Pro League.
It's the second away game in a row for Club Brugge, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Antwerp (placed 8th) in the Pro League last time out. Ahead of that match was the Champions League away draw versus Lazio that ended 2-2.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gent in just three days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Brugge are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Brugge as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Club Brugge - Mechelen 2-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mechelen zero wins, two draws and Club Brugge eight victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Diatta 7 goals |  H. Vanaken 5 goals |   G. Hairemans 4 goals |
Mechelen missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Mechelen | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 32 |
| 31 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 94% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 69% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 31% | 50% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 9.6 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.4 | 8.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 3.8 |
| 38% | 47% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 53% |
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Pro League
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Pro League
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Pro League
- Club Brugge has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (4) away in Pro League
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (7) in Pro League
- Club Brugge has the most points (17) away in Pro League
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals (19) away in Pro League
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+14) away in Pro League
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+21) in Pro League
- Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Mechelen has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Pro League
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Genk | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 28 |
| 4 | OH Leuven | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Standard Liège | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Antwerp | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Kortrijk | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | AS Eupen | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | Gent | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Waasland-Beveren | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Mechelen | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 13 |
| 18 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 11 |