Mechelen vs Kortrijk preview for football fans

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (13213 seats)

This season has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, both rise and fall leading to mid-table positions so far. Pave the way for Mechelen - Kortrijk!

Insights:
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (17) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Kortrijk is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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!

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Mechelen form and stats

The total Pro League stats playing at home this season for Mechelen are 9-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Mechelen has four draws from their last four matches.

Mechelen travelled for their previous game, a trip to AS Eupen that ended 1-1. Midfielder Hairemans was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.43 (out of ten) in that game. Hairemans hit seven key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).

Before that, Mechelen drew at home versus Sporting Charleroi.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Mechelen matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and two defeats (from six games).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (33 in 16 games), Mechelen's attacking play is working. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Kortrijk form and stats

4 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Kortrijk playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Kortrijk who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Zulte-Waregem was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Selemani was the last player to score for the away team. Kortrijk haven't scored a league goal in the last 194 minutes.

The manager Belhocine was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Guldensporenstadion. Kortrijk suffered a 0-1 loss to Standard Liege (placed 13th). Kadri got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, top player of the team. Kadri hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 39 successful passes (of 47 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Cercle Brugge's place.

Kortrijk find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Many of these goals have been scored late in the fixtures; more than 50 percent (10 goals) after the 60th minute. As opposed to that, Kortrijk have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Mechelen and Kortrijk have faced each other before this season: Kortrijk - Mechelen 2-2. Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Mechelen won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Kortrijk have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five The games between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

MechelenN. Storm
N. Storm
15 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
13 goals
MechelenH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
12 goals

Mechelen missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mechelen Kortrijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
14 9 1 Won W 1 4 9
7 4 2 Drew D 0 6 10
11 3 1 Lost L 3 6 13
54 33 5 Scored S 3 18 39
57 22 4 Conceded C 6 21 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 84%
62% 69% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 38%
50% 56% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 25%
25% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
66% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 50%
16% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 25%
19% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 25%
 
5.5 6.1 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.4
6.5 5.6 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.5 5.8
2 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.6 2.8
4 3 2 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.3 12.2 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.4 12.1
4.4 4.4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 3.9
40% 47% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 30% 31%
 
14.6 13.6 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 23.5 17.4 15.6
5 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.8 4.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (17) 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 32 22 5 5 70 26 16 9 3 4 27 14 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 71
2 Club Brugge 32 19 9 4 67 36 16 9 6 1 34 16 16 10 3 3 33 20 31 66
3 Antwerp 32 18 5 9 53 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 16 59
4 Gent 32 17 7 8 49 28 16 10 3 3 32 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 21 58
5 Anderlecht 32 16 10 6 65 34 16 9 5 2 37 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 31 58
6 Sporting Charleroi 32 14 9 9 52 42 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 10 51
7 Mechelen 32 14 7 11 54 57 16 9 4 3 33 22 16 5 3 8 21 35 -3 49
8 Genk 32 13 6 13 59 47 16 9 3 4 34 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 12 45
9 Sint-Truiden 32 13 6 13 37 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 16 7 3 6 14 17 -3 45
10 Cercle Brugge 32 12 7 13 46 43 16 6 3 7 21 18 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 43
11 OH Leuven 32 10 11 11 47 52 16 7 4 5 25 24 16 3 7 6 22 28 -5 41
12 Kortrijk 32 9 10 13 39 42 16 5 4 7 21 21 16 4 6 6 18 21 -3 37
13 Standard Liege 32 9 9 14 31 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 16 6 4 6 17 22 -14 36
14 KV Oostende 32 9 6 17 30 59 16 5 2 9 17 35 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 33
15 AS Eupen 32 8 8 16 37 54 16 4 4 8 18 27 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 32 8 8 16 42 64 16 5 4 7 23 30 16 3 4 9 19 34 -22 32
17 RFC Seraing 32 8 3 21 28 64 16 5 3 8 16 28 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 27
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 32 4 4 24 32 68 16 4 1 11 15 30 16 0 3 13 17 38 -36 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 32 22 5 5 70 26 16 9 3 4 27 14 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 71
2 Club Brugge 32 19 9 4 67 36 16 9 6 1 34 16 16 10 3 3 33 20 31 66
3 Antwerp 32 18 5 9 53 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 16 59
4 Gent 32 17 7 8 49 28 16 10 3 3 32 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 21 58
5 Anderlecht 32 16 10 6 65 34 16 9 5 2 37 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 31 58
6 Sporting Charleroi 32 14 9 9 52 42 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 10 51
7 Mechelen 32 14 7 11 54 57 16 9 4 3 33 22 16 5 3 8 21 35 -3 49
8 Genk 32 13 6 13 59 47 16 9 3 4 34 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 12 45
9 Sint-Truiden 32 13 6 13 37 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 16 7 3 6 14 17 -3 45
10 Cercle Brugge 32 12 7 13 46 43 16 6 3 7 21 18 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 43
11 OH Leuven 32 10 11 11 47 52 16 7 4 5 25 24 16 3 7 6 22 28 -5 41
12 Kortrijk 32 9 10 13 39 42 16 5 4 7 21 21 16 4 6 6 18 21 -3 37
13 Standard Liege 32 9 9 14 31 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 16 6 4 6 17 22 -14 36
14 KV Oostende 32 9 6 17 30 59 16 5 2 9 17 35 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 33
15 AS Eupen 32 8 8 16 37 54 16 4 4 8 18 27 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 32 8 8 16 42 64 16 5 4 7 23 30 16 3 4 9 19 34 -22 32
17 RFC Seraing 32 8 3 21 28 64 16 5 3 8 16 28 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 27
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 32 4 4 24 32 68 16 4 1 11 15 30 16 0 3 13 17 38 -36 16

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.