Antwerp vs Mechelen in Super Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Belgium Super Cup
Competition: Sun 23.Jul
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Antwerp & Mechelen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Super Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

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Antwerp form and stats

Antwerp drew their last game, 2-2 away at Genk. The attacking player Kerk won the honour of being "man of the match" for Antwerp with a rating of 7.43/10. Kerk scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Pro League home game that ended 1-1 versus Union Saint-Gilloise.

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Mechelen form and stats

There's been little loot from Mechelen's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 17 away games in the Pro League. Mechelen only have 4 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 1 draw.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Belgian Cup home defeat versus Antwerp with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

The match before that was the Belgian Cup-duel against Antwerp, a home loss (0-2).

Mechelen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 20 goals have been scored. The Mechelen manager Defour has some worries about the defense as 36 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Antwerp five wins, zero draws and Mechelen five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Antwerp missing players

Mechelen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Antwerp Mechelen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   14 25
15 8   Won W   7 12
6 3   Drew D   0 4
4 2   Lost L   7 9
36 22   Scored S   22 38
17 11   Conceded C   22 38
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
64% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 88%
28% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 60%
16% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
12% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 24%
32% 46%   BTTS BTTS   36% 48%
52% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 28%
24% 23%   Failed to Score F T   29% 24%
 
4.3 5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.3
3.6 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4.2
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.5
2 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
12.1 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 11
4 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.2
36% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 36%
 
7.6 6.7   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 12.6
1.8 2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.6

  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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

Table
  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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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