This is shaping out to be an absorbing game as Mechelen have their presumed home advantage, while Gent have an edge of 3 points in the Pro League table.
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals (17) 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 have played 9 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Mechelen in their previous match, an away game at Union Saint-Gilloise that ended in defeat 0-2. Vinicius De Souza Costa (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Costa hit two key passes.
Before that, Mechelen drew at home versus Genk.Mechelen are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Zulte-Waregem awaits in three days.
Mechelen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne with 17 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Mechelen have conceded 12 goals.
Gent form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Pro League, are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. The fact that Gent have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
201 minutes! That's how long the Gent goalkeeper Sinan Bolat and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from Sart secured the home win 1-0 against Genk in their previous game. Joseph Okumu was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.72. The defender Okumu won 8 of 15 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Flora in the Europa Conference League.A quick return to home after this game, as Gent are hosting Sint-Truiden in the Pro League only three days away.
The attacking power of Gent when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Gent as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Gent - Mechelen 2-0 was the product when these sides previously played each other, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mechelen one win, four draws and Gent five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Storm 8 goals |   T. Tissoudali 7 goals |  K. Mrabti 5 goals |
Mechelen missing players
Gent missing players
| Mechelen | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 29 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 31 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 44% | 67% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 44% |
| 50% | 56% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 61% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 44% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 28% |
| 5.6 | 6.8 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.9 |
| 6.1 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 14.8 | 15.7 |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 6.3 |
| 41% | 40% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 18% | 25% |
| 13.6 | 12.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 9.7 | 9.4 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Pro League
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Pro League
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Pro League
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mechelen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gent have scored away.
- Mechelen have won significantly more corners at 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 27 | 40 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | Gent | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | AS Eupen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Standard Liege | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | Genk | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 20 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 19 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 9 |