Racing Mechelen and Diegem Sport followers look forward to Second Amateur Division: VFV B meet at Oscar Vankesbeeck Stadion

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Competition: Belgium Second Amateur Division: VFV B
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oscar Vankesbeeck Stadion (13687 seats)

Second Amateur Division: VFV B: Two contenders in reasonably good shape get together for this match. Diegem Sport have a slight advantage with their 6th place in the standings?

Insights:
  • Racing Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Diegem Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Racing Mechelen form and stats

When playing at home in the Second Amateur Division: VFV B, Racing Mechelen have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.

Racing Mechelen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Bocholt.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Berchem Sport.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 11 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.

The Racing Mechelen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Diegem Sport form and stats

As the visiting team in Second Amateur Division: VFV B matches, Diegem Sport have produced an overall stat of 4-3-3 so far.

Diegem play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Beerschot VA II (placed 18th).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bocholt that ended 2-2.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 12 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.

Diegem Sport has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. Diegem Sport struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Diegem Sport have put together a streak of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (3-5-0) when playing Mechelen.

Diegem Sport - Racing Mechelen 0-0 was the output when this pair of contenders last met, earlier this season.

Racing Mechelen missing players

Diegem Sport missing players

Racing Mechelen Diegem Sport
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 5 Played P 2 11 22
7 3 1 Won W 0 5 10
7 3 1 Drew D 1 3 7
8 5 3 Lost L 1 3 5
31 16 5 Scored S 4 21 38
26 17 7 Conceded C 5 17 32
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
73% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 82%
45% 55% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 64%
23% 36% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 55% 50%
14% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 18% 18%
59% 64% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 68%
23% 9% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 27%
23% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 9%
 
3.3 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
5.7 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.7 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
3 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
44% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
11.3 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
7.7 9 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Second Amateur Division: VFV B this season:
  • Diegem Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Diegem Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Racing Mechelen have created more than twice as many corners as Diegem Sport.
  • Racing Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Racing Mechelen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Racing Mechelen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Racing Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Hades 21 13 5 3 31 13 11 6 2 3 15 6 10 7 3 0 16 7 18 44
2 Spouwen-Mopertingen 22 12 4 6 37 22 10 5 3 2 20 10 12 7 1 4 17 12 15 40
3 Cappellen 21 11 6 4 38 24 10 4 4 2 14 11 11 7 2 2 24 13 14 39
4 Sporting Hasselt 22 10 6 6 35 28 11 5 4 2 17 12 11 5 2 4 18 16 7 36
5 Tongeren 21 11 3 7 39 33 11 7 1 3 20 14 10 4 2 4 19 19 6 36
6 Diegem Sport 21 9 7 5 36 32 11 5 4 2 17 15 10 4 3 3 19 17 4 34
7 Bocholt 22 9 6 7 37 29 11 4 4 3 22 18 11 5 2 4 15 11 8 33
8 Lyra-Lierse Berlaar 21 8 6 7 36 29 11 4 4 3 18 12 10 4 2 4 18 17 7 30
9 Lille 21 8 6 7 37 33 11 4 2 5 17 18 10 4 4 2 20 15 4 30
10 Mechelen II 21 7 8 6 38 34 10 3 3 4 15 15 11 4 5 2 23 19 4 29
11 Londerzeel 22 7 7 8 37 32 11 5 2 4 23 16 11 2 5 4 14 16 5 28
12 Racing Mechelen 22 7 7 8 31 26 11 3 3 5 16 17 11 4 4 3 15 9 5 28
13 Berchem Sport 21 6 6 9 31 38 10 4 3 3 19 14 11 2 3 6 12 24 -7 24
14 Pepingen-Halle 22 6 6 10 29 39 12 4 4 4 20 19 10 2 2 6 9 20 -10 24
15 FC Lebbeke 21 5 6 10 28 39 10 2 3 5 14 24 11 3 3 5 14 15 -11 21
16 KSC City Pirates 21 5 4 12 27 55 11 1 2 8 11 32 10 4 2 4 16 23 -28 19
17 Turnhout 21 5 3 13 41 59 10 2 1 7 21 32 11 3 2 6 20 27 -18 18
18 Beerschot VA II 21 3 4 14 22 45 10 1 1 8 7 19 11 2 3 6 15 26 -23 13

Read more about Second Amateur Division: VFV B

The Belgian Second Amateur Division is the fourth highest football league in Belgium. It has three separate groups each holding 16 teams. Each group play 30 fixtures internally, divided in three periods. The top team of each league table is promoted while period winners and second placed team enter a play-off for promotion.