Here's every single thing you need to know, and even more, going into the Zulte-Waregem - Mechelen game!
- Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (43) in Pro League
- Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at 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.
Zulte-Waregem form and stats
Zulte-Waregem's results here in the Pro League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Zulte-Waregem has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Dury and the players.
Zulte-Waregem haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 189 minutes ago. Vossen scored that one.
Zulte-Waregem's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Union Saint-Gilloise (placed 1st). Zulte-Waregem's goalkeeper Bossut was extremely busy against Union Saint-Gilloise, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Boya, defender, was given a rating of 8.33/10 in that game, top of the team. Boya hit one key pass and won 9 of 10 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Zulte-Waregem lost 0-3 at Club Brugge's place.Zulte-Waregem has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Zulte-Waregem have allowed the opposition to score 25 goals here.
Mechelen form and stats
Playing away, Mechelen have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Pro League this season. Mechelen seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Storm (2) and Mrabti (2) scored in Mechelen's previous match, the home game against Gent that ended 4-3. A bonkers match with heaps of goals last time out for Mechelen, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that game, will this fixture be as enjoying? Storm got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, top player of the team. Storm scored two goals.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Union Saint-Gilloise wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.A quick return to home after this game, as Mechelen are hosting AS Eupen in the Belgian Cup only four days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Mechelen have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. Mechelen have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Mechelen - Zulte-Waregem 2-2 was the result in these contenders' latest H2H match, earlier this season. Zulte-Waregem-Mechelen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zulte-Waregem four wins, Mechelen four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Vossen 11 goals |  Z. Gano 10 goals |   N. Storm 10 goals |
Zulte-Waregem missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Zulte-Waregem | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 27 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 43 | 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 78% | 84% |
| 74% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 58% |
| 47% | 50% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 53% |
| 21% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 21% |
| 74% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 63% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 16% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 21% |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| 6.8 | 6.5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 10.8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.1 | 10.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 35% | 33% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 41% | 43% |
| 16.2 | 15.3 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.4 | 14.1 |
| 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
- All of Zulte-Waregem's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (25) at home in Pro League
- Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (43) in Pro League
- Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Pro League
- Zulte-Waregem have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Pro League
- Zulte-Waregem 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 29 | 43 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | AS Eupen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Standard Liege | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | Genk | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -18 | 20 |
| 15 | OH Leuven | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | RFC Seraing | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -16 | 17 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 9 |