Mechelen vs KV Oostende: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (13213 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Mechelen have their presumed home advantage while KV Oostende are ahead 5 points in the Pro League table.

Insights:
  • Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Mechelen and KV Oostende should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Mechelen form and stats

5-5-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Mechelen so far this season.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Kortrijk with a 4-1 scoreline.

Opportunity lost for Mechelen in the Gent match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Mechelen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost three.

There will be little rest for Mechelen after this match as they are travelling to Standard Liège for a Pro League game in only four days.

Mechelen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne with 29 goals in 17 league matches. Mechelen have conceded 30 from these games.

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KV Oostende form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of KV Oostende playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Oostende are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Beerschot-Wilrijk at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, KV Oostende was the only team on the pitch versus Standard Liège in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task.

Oostende are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.

The schedule is very tough for Oostende now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pro League game at Gent is waiting in only four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting KV Oostende as they have only managed to score 16 times from 17 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Oostende have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the KV Oostende - Mechelen 2-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Mechelen wins - draws - KV Oostende wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KV OostendeJ. Sakala
J. Sakala
13 goals
KV OostendeM. Gueye
M. Gueye
11 goals
MechelenG. Hairemans
G. Hairemans
8 goals

Mechelen missing players

KV Oostende missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mechelen KV Oostende
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
13 5 1 Won W 2 6 16
10 5 2 Drew D 1 3 8
12 7 2 Lost L 2 8 11
56 29 5 Scored S 6 16 55
56 30 9 Conceded C 6 20 43
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
83% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 59% 80%
69% 76% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 60%
43% 47% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 29%
23% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
66% 59% 20% BTTS BTTS 80% 53% 66%
20% 24% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 20%
17% 24% 60% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.1 2
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10.5 9.9 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 9.7 9.5
4.8 4.2 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.8 4.1
34% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 25% 39%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Club Brugge 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liège 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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 Club Brugge 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liège 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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