Mechelen supporters put their faith in manager W. Vrancken to deliver victory against Sint-Truiden

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Wed 30.October
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (13213 seats)

The league table in Pro League tells a story about these teams so far, with Mechelen leading Sint-Truiden by 11 points. Match preview to follow:

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mechelen and Sint-Truiden.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sint-Truiden have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-15-17 (win-draw-loss) from 41 matches.

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Mechelen form and stats

Mechelen have played 5 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Mechelen in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Waasland-Beveren (placed 15th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Antwerp.

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 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pro League game versus Sporting Charleroi in only four days. This game is also played here at AFAS Stadion.

The Mechelen manager W. Vrancken has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. Mechelen have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Sint-Truiden have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-0-4 (6 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sint-Truiden have lost on their last two travels.

There were no winners in Sint-Truiden's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 0-0 vs Gent (placed 4th). A 1-4 defeat away at Anderlecht before that.

We have checked recent matches where Sint-Truiden have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W1-D3-L5.

After this away game Sint-Truiden return home for a Pro League game against KV Oostende. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Sint-Truiden find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Sint-Truiden's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 16 goals in 6 travels.

Head 2 Head

Mechelen-Sint-Truiden H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Mechelen 5 wins, Sint-Truiden 3 wins, 2 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Mechelen
W. Togui
5 goals
MechelenI. de Camargo
I. de Camargo
4 goals
Sint-TruidenY. Boli
Y. Boli
4 goals

Mechelen missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Mechelen Sint-Truiden
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 2 6 11
7 3 1 Won W 0 2 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 5
22 11 3 Scored S 0 6 9
18 10 1 Conceded C 8 16 19
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 73%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 45%
58% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 27%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 18%
58% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 27%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
25% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 55%
 
4.2 4.4 5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2.3 3.1
6.7 5.6 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 6 6.4
2.2 1.4 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.1
3 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • All of Mechelen's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • All of Sint-Truiden's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Mechelen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mechelen have scored more than double the goals of Sint-Truiden.
  • Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sint-Truiden have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Sint-Truiden have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sint-Truiden have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sint-Truiden haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Mechelen
All Pro League First Division B Belgian Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
20-09-19 PRO Kortrijk 2 - 3 Mechelen
28-09-19 PRO Mechelen 0 - 5 Club Brugge
05-10-19 PRO AS Eupen 0 - 2 Mechelen
20-10-19 PRO Mechelen 3 - 1 Antwerp
27-10-19 PRO Waasland-Beveren 1 - 3 Mechelen
30-10-19 PRO Mechelen 20:30 Sint-Truiden
03-11-19 PRO Mechelen 20:00 Sporting Charleroi
10-11-19 PRO Standard Liège 20:00 Mechelen
23-11-19 PRO Mechelen 20:00 Zulte-Waregem
29-11-19 PRO Antwerp 20:30 Mechelen
Sint-Truiden
All Pro League UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
21-09-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 0 - 3 Sint-Truiden
25-09-19 BC Sint-Truiden 0 - 0 OH Leuven
05-10-19 PRO Kortrijk 4 - 0 Sint-Truiden
20-10-19 PRO Anderlecht 4 - 1 Sint-Truiden
27-10-19 PRO Sint-Truiden 0 - 0 Gent
30-10-19 PRO Mechelen 20:30 Sint-Truiden
02-11-19 PRO Sint-Truiden 20:00 KV Oostende
09-11-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 20:00 Sint-Truiden
24-11-19 PRO Sint-Truiden 20:00 Sporting Charleroi
30-11-19 PRO Genk 20:30 Sint-Truiden

  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 11 8 3 0 27 4 6 3 3 0 14 3 5 5 0 0 13 1 23 27
2 Standard Liège 12 7 3 2 25 10 6 5 1 0 15 3 6 2 2 2 10 7 15 24
3 Mechelen 12 7 2 3 22 18 5 3 1 1 11 10 7 4 1 2 11 8 4 23
4 Gent 11 6 3 2 22 12 6 6 0 0 18 3 5 0 3 2 4 9 10 21
5 Antwerp 11 6 2 3 23 15 5 4 1 0 14 5 6 2 1 3 9 10 8 20
6 Zulte-Waregem 12 5 4 3 20 14 6 4 1 1 15 5 6 1 3 2 5 9 6 19
7 Genk 11 6 1 4 19 15 6 5 0 1 9 5 5 1 1 3 7 7 4 19
8 Sporting Charleroi 11 5 3 3 17 13 6 3 1 2 7 8 5 2 2 1 10 5 4 18
9 Royal Excel Mouscron 12 4 4 4 14 14 6 3 2 1 8 4 6 1 2 3 6 10 0 16
10 Kortrijk 12 4 2 6 21 20 6 3 2 1 15 8 6 1 0 5 6 12 1 14
11 Anderlecht 12 3 4 5 12 13 6 2 2 2 7 5 6 1 2 3 5 8 -1 13
12 Sint-Truiden 11 3 3 5 12 22 5 1 3 1 3 3 6 2 0 4 6 16 -10 12
13 KV Oostende 12 3 2 7 15 25 6 2 1 3 9 12 6 1 1 4 6 13 -10 11
14 AS Eupen 12 2 4 6 9 24 6 0 3 3 3 10 6 2 1 3 6 14 -15 10
15 Waasland-Beveren 12 1 4 7 9 25 6 1 1 4 6 16 6 0 3 3 3 9 -16 7
16 Cercle Brugge 12 1 0 11 8 31 6 1 0 5 3 12 6 0 0 6 5 19 -23 3

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