It's ground zero in Provincial-Antwerpen - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Racing Mechelen and Ternesse did in their pre-season friendlies!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Racing Mechelen form and stats
Last season, Racing Mechelen's league statistics were 7 wins, 6 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Provincial-Antwerpen. Over these 30 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 46. Playing at home last season Racing Mechelen managed 5-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 18 conceded.
Ternesse form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ternesse performed last season in the Provincial-Antwerpen: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 6 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 0 and lost 10 with 17/28 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ternesse - Racing Mechelen 1-2 entered in the official records. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Racing Mechelen victories, 0 draws and 1 Ternesse win. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.Racing Mechelen missing players
Ternesse missing players
| Racing Mechelen | Ternesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 46 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 26 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 21 | 32 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 83% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 61% |
| 61% | 62% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 33% |
| 28% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 83% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 61% |
| 17% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 22% | 22% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Racing Mechelen have scored more than double the goals of Ternesse.
- Ternesse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ternesse 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 | 's Gravenwezel-Schilde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Antonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Berg en Dal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Berlaar-Heikant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | De Kempen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Eendracht Zoersel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hoboken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | K. Kontich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Lille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Nijlen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Oppuurs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Racing Mechelen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sint-Dymphna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Ternesse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | VC Herentals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Wezel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tienen | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 30 | 65 |
| 2 | Houtvenne | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 53 |
| 3 | Lyra | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 52 |
| 4 | Sint-Lenaarts | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | Betekom | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 50 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 45 |
| 6 | Zwarte Leeuw | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 2 | 43 |
| 7 | Eendracht Termien | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 43 |
| 8 | Wellen | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 42 |
| 9 | Helson Helchteren | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 29 | -7 | 40 |
| 10 | Esperanza Pelt | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -15 | 37 |
| 11 | Bornem | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 12 | Bilzerse Waltwilder | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 27 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Ternesse | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 28 | -14 | 33 |
| 14 | Nijlen | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 15 | Leopoldsburg | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 56 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 33 | -21 | 30 |
| 16 | Racing Mechelen | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 28 | -10 | 27 |