4th position in the Pro League table for Mechelen so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Zulte-Waregem visits AFAS Stadion.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Mechelen form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Mechelen have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
Happy days for Mechelen in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Standard Liège (placed 3rd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Mechelen drew at home versus Sporting Charleroi.
Goals decide football matches and Mechelen are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. Mechelen are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (14 from 7 played).
Zulte-Waregem form and stats
2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zulte-Waregem in their Pro League matches away.
Zulte-Waregem failed to get anything from their last game, a Pro League home match vs Anderlecht (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Waasland-Beveren at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Zulte-Waregem have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Zulte-Waregem have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Zulte-Waregem - Mechelen 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Mechelen, 1 draw and 4 wins for Zulte-Waregem. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.Top Goalscorers
 W. Togui 6 goals |   C. Larin 6 goals |  I. de Camargo 5 goals |
Mechelen missing players
Zulte-Waregem missing players
| Mechelen | Zulte-Waregem | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 | 14 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 47% |
| 53% | 86% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 33% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 67% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 33% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 6.6 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
- All of Mechelen's home-matches have had more than 2,5 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 33 |
| 2 | Gent | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Genk | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -17 | 10 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -23 | 7 |