Game prediction for Pro League: Mechelen - Gent at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Tue 10.May
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (13213 seats)

Pro League: Two contenders in fairly good form get together for this game. Gent have a slight upper hand with their 5th position in the standings?

Insights:
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (20) in Pro League
  • Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) 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.

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Mechelen form and stats

Mechelen have performed here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne this season with 10 wins from 17 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 3. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne.

In their previous game, the manager Vrancken led his Mechelen to a defeat away at Gent. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne. Midfield player Souza got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Souza hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Genk.

The manager Vrancken will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sporting Charleroi in only four days.

Mechelen can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 36 times. Mechelen have conceded 24 in these home matches.

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Gent form and stats

7 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Gent playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Mechelen game have they lost an away game, meaning Gent has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Gent won their last game, 1-0 versus Mechelen played at home. Gent goalie Roef was high and low in the Mechelen game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Roef was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.43. The agile goalkeeper Roef topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sporting Charleroi at their stadium, the result 3-1.

The visiting Gent have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 17 games. Gent are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other previously this campaign: Gent - Mechelen 1-0. The referee got to use his red card when these teams last played each other, and the criminal was Peyre (Mechelen). Last ten meetings between these contenders: Mechelen won two, Gent were winners in six and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
19 goals
MechelenN. Storm
N. Storm
15 goals
MechelenH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
13 goals

Mechelen missing players

Gent missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mechelen Gent
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
16 11 4 Won W 2 8 20
7 4 1 Drew D 1 5 8
14 3 1 Lost L 2 5 9
60 37 11 Scored S 7 22 60
66 24 7 Conceded C 5 15 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
84% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 50% 62%
59% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 39% 46%
49% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 27%
27% 22% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
62% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 39% 43%
16% 22% 17% Clean Sheets C S 40% 44% 41%
22% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 24%
 
5.6 6.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 6.1
6.3 5.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.1 4.8
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
5 3 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
11.3 11.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 13 14.5
4.4 4.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 5.4
38% 47% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 27% 30%
 
14.7 13.6 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.4 10.4
5.2 4.4 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Pro League
  • Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (20) 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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

Table
  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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

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