The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Mechelen U21 are in the 4th position while the guesting Sint-Truiden U21 worry at 8th.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Mechelen U21 form and stats
Mechelen U21 have collected 15 points from their Reserve Pro League home games so far after 4-3-1.
Mechelen U21 are returning here after visiting Gent U21 in a Reserve Pro League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-5 away at Genk U21.
Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Mechelen U21 has scored 20 goals here in 8 home games. Mechelen U21 have conceded 12 from these games.
Sint-Truiden U21 form and stats
Sint-Truiden U21, who have the most conceded goals (61) in Reserve Pro League, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Reserve Pro League, after 1-0-7 (8 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on the Sint-Truiden U21 manager, as the last three away games were defeats. Recent form does not give Sint-Truiden U21 much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Mechelen U21 will be a tough nut to crack.
There might be some fixture complaints from Sint-Truiden U21 as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Reserve Pro League match against Standard Liège U21 (0-4). A 1-3 loss hosting Club Brugge U21 before that.
Sint-Truiden U21 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
The visiting Sint-Truiden U21 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Sint-Truiden U21 can't defend away. 33 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Mechelen U21 and Sint-Truiden U21 have met before this season: Sint-Truiden U21 - Mechelen U21 0-3. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Mechelen U21 victories, zero draws and zero Sint-Truiden U21 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Mechelen U21 missing players
Sint-Truiden U21 missing players
| Mechelen U21 | Sint-Truiden U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 36 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 32 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 33 | 61 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 62% | 50% |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 161 | 78 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 69 | 108 |
| 83 | 44 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 36 | 55 |
| 43% | 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | 31% |
- All of Sint-Truiden U21's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Mechelen U21 has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
- Mechelen U21 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Mechelen U21 have scored more than double the goals of Sint-Truiden U21.
- Mechelen U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the fewest matches under the total-line (0)
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the fewest points (3) away
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the fewest scored goals (17)
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the most conceded goals (33) away
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the most conceded goals (61)
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the most conceded goals in the first half (28)
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the most conceded goals in the second half (33)
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the most matches over the total-line (14)
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the the worst goal difference (-24) away
- Sint-Truiden U21 has the the worst goal difference (-44)
- Sint-Truiden U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sint-Truiden U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sint-Truiden U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sint-Truiden U21 is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 |