The home fans await a victory in this fixture, and the home advantage might do the trick against a struggling visitor. Mechelen are in 8th spot while the guesting RFC Seraing fret at 17th.
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- RFC Seraing have the most conceded goals (24) away in Pro League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Mechelen form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 10 Pro League games here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne for Mechelen. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Mechelen's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus AS Eupen (placed 10th).
A Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Zulte-Waregem.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 four defeats (from eight games).
Mechelen can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 21 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mechelen defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
RFC Seraing form and stats
There's been little loot from RFC Seraing's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Pro League. RFC Seraing only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for RFC Seraing who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Sint-Truiden was the last time a defeat was avoided.
RFC Seraing aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 315 league minutes without a goal. Del Fabro was the last player to find the net.
RFC Seraing might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Kortrijk proved too strong as Seraing slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade du Pairay. The attacker Maziz got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Maziz hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Cercle Brugge's place.Looking at the earlier recent performances of RFC Seraing when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning one game.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far RFC Seraing have scored 10 goals in 10 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The RFC Seraing manager Condom Aulí has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other already this season, with the final score RFC Seraing - Mechelen 1-0 logged in the official records. Numbers for the former two meetings between these two squads are: zero wins for Mechelen, one draw and one win for RFC Seraing. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Storm 11 goals |  K. Mrabti 8 goals |   G. Mikautadze 7 goals |
Mechelen missing players
RFC Seraing missing players
| Mechelen | RFC Seraing | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 35 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 37 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 85% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 60% | 70% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | 65% |
| 55% | 60% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 35% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 65% | 80% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 45% |
| 15% | 10% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 20% | 10% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 12 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9.6 | 11.1 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 43% | 45% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 36% | 33% |
| 14.2 | 13.7 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 15.9 | 12.9 |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
- All of RFC Seraing's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mechelen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as RFC Seraing have scored away.
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- RFC Seraing have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- RFC Seraing have the most conceded goals (24) away in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- RFC Seraing haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Gent | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Genk | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | AS Eupen | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 23 |
| 12 | Standard Liège | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 21 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 19 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -19 | 9 |
