📏 Form Guide

KVC Westerlo

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KVC Westerlo will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-3 First Division A - Play-Offs victory against KV Mechelen.

In that match, KVC Westerlo managed 58% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For KVC Westerlo, the goals were scored by Matija Frigan (28'), Luka Vušković (30' Own goal), Isa Sakamoto (64') and Thomas Van den Keybus (77'). For their opponents, Mechelen got 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Nikola Storm (71') was the scorer for KV Mechelen.

It’s not been often in recent games that KVC Westerlo have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that KVC Westerlo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals on the way.

KV Mechelen

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The stats don’t lie, and KV Mechelen have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 12 goals in total. In defence, KV Mechelen have some weaknesses to address. Previous results aside, time will tell whether that pattern might persist in this game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head meetings going back to 08/03/2024 shows that KVC Westerlo have won 2 of these and KV Mechelen 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 overall at an average of 4 goals per match.

The last league match between these sides was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 5 on 22/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of KV Mechelen 2-3 KVC Westerlo.

On that occasion, KV Mechelen had 42% possession and 15 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer was Nikola Storm (71').

At the other end, KVC Westerlo got 17 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Matija Frigan (28'), Luka Vušković (30' Own goal), Isa Sakamoto (64') and Thomas Van den Keybus (77') scored.

The referee was Nathan Verboomen.

📋 Team News: KVC Westerlo

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the sole fitness concern for the KVC Westerlo boss Timmy Simons to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Jordan Bos (Hamstring injury) is sidelined.

In our view, De Kempeneers will possibly line up in a 4-5-1 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Andreas Jungdal, Bryan Reynolds, Luka Vuskovic, Amando Lapage, Tuur Rommens, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Dogucan Haspolat, Isa Sakamoto, T. Van Den, Josimar Alcocer and Matija Frigan.

🗞️ Team News: KV Mechelen

KV Mechelen boss Frédéric Vanderbiest has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Ahmed Touba (Hamstring muscle injury), Benito Raman (Shin injury), Daam Foulon (Calf muscle tear), Zinho Vanheusden (Inguinal hernia) and Bill Antonio (minor knock) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

From our viewpoint, KV Mechelen could decide to elect for a 5-3-2 lineup, choosing Nacho Miras, Rafik Belghali, Stephen Welsh, Bas Van den Eynden, Rob Schoofs, José Marsà, Patrick Pflucke, Fredrik Hammar, Geoffry Hairemans, Lion Lauberbach and Keano Vanrafelghem.

💡 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, KV Mechelen have enough to find the net against this KVC Westerlo outfit, although that probably won’t quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for KVC Westerlo at the end of this one. We’ll have to see what happens.

Lucas Pereira, 16:00 26/04/2025