Football match preview: Gent U21 vs Mechelen U21

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Competition: Belgium Reserve Pro League
Competition: Mon 17.January
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)

With their 16 point dominance in the league standings, Gent U21 supporters aim to see their team collect maximum points from this match vs Mechelen U21.

Insights:
  • Gent U21 have the most points from losing position (4) in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the fewest scored goals (7) in Reserve Pro League

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Gent U21 form and stats

Gent U21 have played 4 Reserve Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Gent bring valid hopes of a third.

The Gent U21 fans got no joy from their last match, a Reserve Pro League Cup game also here: A 3-4 defeat against Genk U21 (placed 1st). A goal frenzy last time out for Gent U21, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Genk U21. Fun stuff to watch!

Preceding that game was the away draw at Antwerp U21 that finished 1-1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Gent U21's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gent defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Mechelen U21 form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Mechelen U21, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Reserve Pro League, have produced an overall stat of 0-1-4 so far. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Mechelen, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Antwerp U21 game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Mechelen haven't scored a league goal in the last 261 minutes.

Mechelen's previous game was their home loss versus Standard Liège U21 (0-2).

A 0-5 defeat away at Anderlecht U21 before that.

The attacking power of Mechelen U21 when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. There are big problems for the Mechelen U21 defense as they have conceded 21 goals in 5 away games.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H game ended Mechelen U21 - Gent 0-4, played this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Gent victories, one draw and one Mechelen U21 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Gent U21 missing players

Mechelen U21 missing players

Gent U21 Mechelen U21
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 2 Played P 1 5 11
5 2 1 Won W 0 0 0
3 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 4 9
22 9 6 Scored S 0 4 7
16 7 3 Conceded C 0 21 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 91%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 82%
90% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 64%
60% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 80% 64%
20% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 60% 45%
80% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 27%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 9%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 80% 73%
 
4.7 5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 3.4
4.8 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 10 5.2 6.3
1.7 2.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.8 8.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 3 3.8 5.1
4.5 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.8 2.6
49% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 24%
 
6.7 6.5 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 12 14
3.7 4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 7.2 6.5
Key stats in Reserve Pro League this season:
  • All of Gent U21's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Gent U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Gent U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gent U21 have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Gent U21 have scored more than double the goals of Mechelen U21.
  • Gent U21 have the most points from losing position (4) in Reserve Pro League
  • Gent U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mechelen U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mechelen U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mechelen U21 have the fewest points (1) away in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the fewest scored goals (7) in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the most conceded goals (21) away in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the most conceded goals (37) in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Reserve Pro League
  • Mechelen U21 have yet to win a 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 U21 9 8 1 0 31 6 5 5 0 0 21 4 4 3 1 0 10 2 25 25
2 Anderlecht U21 9 8 1 0 24 6 5 4 1 0 17 5 4 4 0 0 7 1 18 25
3 Standard Liège U21 11 7 1 3 21 15 6 4 1 1 13 7 5 3 0 2 8 8 6 22
4 Club Brugge U21 9 6 1 2 28 6 5 3 1 1 12 4 4 3 0 1 16 2 22 19
5 Gent U21 10 5 3 2 22 16 4 2 1 1 9 7 6 3 2 1 13 9 6 18
6 Sporting Charleroi U21 10 4 2 4 10 18 5 3 0 2 8 12 5 1 2 2 2 6 -8 14
7 Sint-Truiden U21 10 3 2 5 11 16 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 2 0 3 5 10 -5 11
8 OH Leuven U21 10 3 1 6 14 18 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 2 0 3 9 10 -4 10
9 Zulte-Waregem U21 11 3 1 7 20 30 5 2 1 2 9 13 6 1 0 5 11 17 -10 10
10 Cercle Brugge U21 11 2 3 6 16 22 5 2 0 3 8 7 6 0 3 3 8 15 -6 9
11 Antwerp U21 11 2 2 7 11 25 5 1 1 3 4 11 6 1 1 4 7 14 -14 8
12 Mechelen U21 11 0 2 9 7 37 6 0 1 5 3 16 5 0 1 4 4 21 -30 2

Read more about Reserve Pro League

The Belgian Reserve Pro League is the top league for reserve teams in Belgium, featuring the reserve teams of most of Belgium’s biggest football clubs. 16 teams participate, playing a regular season of 15 fixtures before splitting the league table into a championship and a relegation group for 14 more fixtures.