Mechelen vs Standard Liège betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne (13213 seats)

Here is all you need to know about the Pro League fixture Mechelen - Standard Liège!

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

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Mechelen form and stats

5 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Mechelen have to build on here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne in the Pro League. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne.

Y. Thoelen, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 0.0 out of 10 in that game. Thoelen .

Before that game, the 5-3 home victory against KV Oostende.

This is expected to be a close game, with Mechelen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mechelen as a small favourite), we find four games. Mechelen has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.

There will be little rest for Mechelen after this match as they are travelling to KV Oostende for a Pro League game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Mechelen in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 17 league matches. Mechelen have conceded 30 from these games.

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Standard Liège form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Arnaud Bodart (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 0.0. Bodart .

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Gent.

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 eleven relevant matches. Results were three Standard Liège wins, four draws and four defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Standard Liège manager M. Leye as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Gent.

The travelling fans enjoy Standard's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 17 league matches away. Standard have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Standard Liège - Mechelen 1-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mechelen three wins, two draws and Standard Liège five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MechelenN. Storm
N. Storm
11 goals
Standard LiègeS. Amallah
S. Amallah
10 goals
MechelenI. Rinck de Camargo
I. Rinck de Camargo
9 goals

Mechelen missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mechelen Standard Liège
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
15 6 2 Won W 2 6 14
10 5 2 Drew D 0 4 11
12 7 2 Lost L 3 8 12
63 34 10 Scored S 10 28 57
60 33 9 Conceded C 6 27 50
97% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
84% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 78% 78%
70% 78% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 67% 65%
43% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 39% 35%
24% 33% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 8%
68% 61% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 65%
19% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 28% 24%
16% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 22% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 1.9
4 3 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
10.8 10.4 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.6 9.8
4.9 4.5 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 4.1 4.1
35% 42% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 38% 38%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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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