It's only match two of the Reserve Pro League for these teams. and there's points to play for as Club Brugge U21 welcome Mechelen U21. Don't miss this preview!
Both crews have had ample time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's aim for an energetic game!
Club Brugge U21 form and stats
The previous season, Club Brugge U21's league results were 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, leading to 2nd place in the Reserve Pro League. From these 13 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 21. Playing at home in the last season Club Brugge U21 delivered 4-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 7 conceded. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
A good away victory last time out for Brugge, who won 8-0 against Sporting Charleroi U21 (placed 12th). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Club Brugge U21 played a great game against Sporting Charleroi U21 and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting OH Leuven U21 in a game that was won 2-0.Mechelen U21 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Mechelen U21 performed last season in the Reserve Pro League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 4 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 1/5 goals scored/conceded.
Mechelen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Antwerp U21 proved too strong as Mechelen U21 slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Standard Liège U21.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the last two meetings): Brugge won one game, one match ended in a draw and Mechelen U21 managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneClub Brugge U21 missing players
Mechelen U21 missing players
| Club Brugge U21 | Mechelen U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Club Brugge U21 | Last season | Mechelen U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | ||
| 85% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 62% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 15% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 77% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | ||
| 15% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 5 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 49% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 29% | ||
| 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 U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 2 | Gent U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Antwerp U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Anderlecht U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Standard Liège U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Genk U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mechelen U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | OH Leuven U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 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 | Anderlecht U21 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Club Brugge U21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Gent U21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Mechelen U21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Genk U21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Standard Liège U21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | OH Leuven U21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden U21 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 33 | -44 | 4 |
| 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 | Anderlecht U21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Standard Liège U21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Club Brugge U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Genk U21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | AS Eupen U21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Gent U21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 6 | OH Leuven U21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 7 | Waasland-Beveren U21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 4 |
| 8 | Mechelen U21 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 3 |