KV Mechelen vs KAA Gent Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

KV Mechelen

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KV Mechelen, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-0 First Division A - Play-Offs victory against Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

In that match, KV Mechelen managed 55% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For KV Mechelen, the goalscorers were Rob Schoofs (47'), Norman Bassette (58') and Kerim Mrabti (92'). For their opponents, Oud-Heverlee Leuven had 17 shots at goal with 4 on target.

At least three goals per game have been seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where KV Mechelen have played. Opposing sides scored 10 of them in this period while KV Mechelen totted up 12.

KAA Gent

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KAA Gent will go into the game following on from a 3-2 First Division A - Play-Offs win over KVC Westerlo in their most recent fixture.

In that game, KAA Gent had 50% possession and 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. For KAA Gent, the goalscorers were Omri Gandelman (19'), Matias Fernandez-Pardo (21') and Julien De Sart (64'). At the other end, Westerlo had 24 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Lucas Stassin (1') and Nicolas Madsen (34') scored for KVC Westerlo.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring KAA Gent, three or more goals have gone in. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell is 3.83, with the average number of goals for KAA Gent equalling 2.83. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, of course.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head meetings going back to 10/05/2022 shows us that KV Mechelen have won 1 of them & KAA Gent 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

In all, 16 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 of them from Mechelen and 11 for De Buffalo's . The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 4 on 20/04/2024 when the final score was KAA Gent 3-1 KV Mechelen.

That time, KAA Gent had 52% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 on target. The goalscorers were Tarik Tissoudali (37'), Omri Gandelman (65') and Hyeon-Seok Hong (75').

At the other end, KV Mechelen had 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Islam Slimani (62') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Erik Lambrechts.

ℹ️ Team News: KV Mechelen

Rafik Belghali (Knee medial ligament tear), Bill Antonio (Cruciate ligament tear), Gaëtan Coucke (Knee injury), Elias Cobbaut (minor knock) and Toon Raemaekers (Cruciate ligament injury) aren’t available for KV Mechelen boss Besnik Hasi.

📋 Team News: KAA Gent

KAA Gent boss Hein Vanhaezebrouck has multiple availability issues to deal with. Andrew Hjulsager (Knock) and Ismaël Kandouss (minor knock) won’t be making appearances.

💡 Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, KV Mechelen will do well to find the net against this KAA Gent outfit who we reckon should get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We’re therefore anticipating a highly competitive game with a 0-1 winning margin for KAA Gent at the end of the match.

It should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 16:01 30/04/2024