📏 Form Guide

Dender

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Dender prepare for this fixture following on from a 0-0 First Division A - Play-Offs drawn result versus Standard Liège.

In that match, Dender had 59% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. For their opponents, Standard Liege got 6 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Three or more goals per game were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Dender have been involved. Opposing sides scored 13 of them in these games whereas Dender amassed a tally of 14.

KV Mechelen

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In their previous game, KV Mechelen drew 1-1 in the First Division A - Play-Offs match with Charleroi.

In that game, KV Mechelen had 63% possession and 19 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for KV Mechelen was Lion Lauberbach (78'). Charleroi had 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Yacine Titraoui (28') was the scorer for Charleroi.

The numbers tell their own story, and KV Mechelen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 10 goals overall. At the back, KV Mechelen have some weaknesses to address. We shall soon see if that trend will be continued on in this game.

👥 Head to head

Checking on past results between these clubs going back to 08/03/2008 reveals that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Dender. They’ve not been able to get themselves any wins at all while KV Mechelen have remained in the ascendancy, winning in 100 per cent of those games played.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 28 in all at an average of 4.67 goals per match.

The previous league contest between these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 2 on 04/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of KV Mechelen 5-2 Dender.

That day, KV Mechelen managed 52% possession and 20 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. The goalscorers were Nikola Storm (10'), Lion Lauberbach (14', 56') and Rob Schoofs (21', 42').

At the other end, Dender got 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Bruny Nsimba (59') and Mohamed Berte (90') scored.

The match was refereed by Wesli De Cremer.

ℹ️ Team News: Dender

Michael Verrips (Injury to abdominal muscles), Ragnar Oratmangoen (infection), Tom Holmes (minor knock), Joedrick Pupe (Injury to abdominal muscles), Noah Mbamba (Muscle injury) and Karol Fila (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be taking part for Dender manager Vincent Euvrard.

In our view, Dender could use the 5-3-2 system for this one, utilising Guillaume Dietsch, David Hrncar, Gilles Ruyssen, Keres Masangu, Bryan Goncalves, Dembo Sylla, Roman Kvet, Nathan Rodes, Malcolm Viltard, Bruny Nsimba and Mohamed Berte.

ℹ️ Team News: KV Mechelen

KV Mechelen manager Frédéric Vanderbiest has to choose a team with limited availability. Ahmed Touba (Hamstring muscle injury), Zinho Vanheusden (Inguinal hernia), Keano Vanrafelghem (minor knock) and Bas Van den Eynden (minor knock) will not be playing here.

We are inclined to think that KV Mechelen seem likely to play in a 4-3-3 lineup, giving starts to Ortwin De Wolf, Rafik Belghali, Stephen Welsh, Toon Raemaekers, Moncef Zekri, Rob Schoofs, Fredrik Hammar, Geoffry Hairemans, Bill Antonio, Benito Raman and Nikola Storm.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment is that Dender certainly have the ability to score a goal against this KV Mechelen side, although one goal is unlikely to be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re therefore tipping a 1-2 win for KV Mechelen at the end of this one. It really should be an interesting one.

Andre Moura, 17:01 24/05/2025