Pro League: The mid-table spots shows the journey Mechelen and Standard Liège have undertaken so far. Both sides are ready for the game; let's bake this cake!
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Standard Liège have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
Mechelen and Standard Liège 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.
Mechelen form and stats
Mechelen have played 4 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). Mechelen has recorded two wins in a row here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Mechelen are confident in defense, having played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Mechelen, who won 2-0 against Sporting Charleroi (placed 8th). Jordi Vanlerberghe was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.13 out of 10. The defender Vanlerberghe scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 1 of 2 duels.
Before that, Mechelen had a home game versus OH Leuven which ended with a victory 2-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mechelen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.
Goals decide football matches and Mechelen are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Standard Liège form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Standard Liège playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Standard in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Sint-Truiden, 1-2. Nicolas Gavory was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.02. The defender Gavory scored one goal and won 7 of 8 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Anderlecht.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Standard Liège playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Standard Liège wins, four draws and three defeats.
Standard have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Standard have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Mechelen wins - draws - Standard Liège wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Storm 6 goals |  F. Druijf 2 goals |   S. Amallah 2 goals |
Mechelen missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Mechelen | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 18 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 5.6 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.2 | 4.8 |
| 6.2 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.6 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10.1 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| 41% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 32% |
- All of Mechelen's home-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 Standard Liège have scored away.
- Mechelen have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Mechelen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Standard Liège have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
- Standard Liège have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Pro League
- Standard Liège have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Standard Liège 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 | Club Brugge | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | AS Eupen | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Genk | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Standard Liège | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Gent | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | OH Leuven | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -15 | 1 |