Plenty of boom and bust for these two teams this season, holding positions near the middle of the Pro League table. Here's the Westerlo - Mechelen latest:
- Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mechelen have the fewest points (4) away in Pro League
Westerlo and Mechelen 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.
Westerlo form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Westerlo have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. Westerlo are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Het Kuipje, having lost their two previous games here.
Westerlo drew their last game, 1-1 away at Zulte-Waregem (placed 16th). Midfielder Cuyper was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.0 (out of ten) in that game. Cuyper hit two key passes.
Before that game, the home loss against Genk with the scoreline 2-3.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 Westerlo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Goals decide football matches and Westerlo are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Mechelen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mechelen so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose). Mechelen seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Mechelen won their last game, 3-2 versus Kortrijk played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Defour when Ngoy scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute. Midfielder Storm was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.13. Storm scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit three key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Standard Liege wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Mechelen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Mechelen have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent matches involving these sides have all finished as Mechelen wins. Another one?This isn't the first time these sides meet this season, as the history books show this recent match: Mechelen - Westerlo 5-4.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Foster 8 goals | N. Dorgeles 6 goals |  M. De Cuyper 5 goals |
Westerlo missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Westerlo | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 42 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 30 |
| 39 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 80% | 86% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 80% | 86% |
| 59% | 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 64% |
| 41% | 55% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 36% |
| 36% | 45% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 59% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 55% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 20% | 23% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 60% | 36% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | 6.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.7 | 13.5 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.6 | 13.1 |
| 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.4 | 4.4 |
| 46% | 44% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 32% | 33% |
| 12.7 | 10.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 14.2 | 12 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.7 | 4.3 |
- Mechelen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mechelen have the fewest points (4) away in Pro League
- Mechelen have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Pro League
- Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Westerlo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mechelen have scored away.
- Westerlo 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 | Genk | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 33 | 55 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 49 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Gent | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 34 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Sporting Charleroi | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Anderlecht | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -18 | 21 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -16 | 20 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -17 | 20 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -26 | 17 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -18 | 15 |
