📏 Form Guide

KV Mechelen

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KV Mechelen will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-2 First Division A - Play-Offs victory against Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

In that match, KV Mechelen had 49% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For KV Mechelen, the scorers were Rob Schoofs (45') and Nikola Storm (81'). Oud-Heverlee Leuven had 5 shots at goal with 3 on target. Ewoud Pletinckx (89') was the scorer for Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

Matches involving KV Mechelen have proved to be absorbing affairs of late with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen games alone, a grand total of 24 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 12 of those accredited to KV Mechelen.

Standard Liège

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Charleroi in First Division A - Play-Offs competition, Standard Liège will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Standard Liège had 53% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, Charleroi had 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. Nikola Štulić (50') was the scorer for Charleroi.

The numbers tell their own story, and Standard Liège have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 6 goals in total. Defensively, Standard Liège have seen their frailties exposed. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this game, however.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 20/12/2023 tells us that KV Mechelen have won 2 of these and Standard Liège 0, with the number of drawn matches being 4.

A combined total of 12 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for Mechelen and 4 coming from Les Rouches. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 1 on 29/03/2025 when it finished Standard Liège 2-2 KV Mechelen.

On that day, Standard Liège had 32% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorers were Andréas Hountondji (21') and Lazare Amani (41').

KV Mechelen got 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Patrick Pflücke (33') and Keano Van Rafelghem (68') scored.

The referee was Wim Smet.

ℹ️ Team News: KV Mechelen

Ahmed Touba (Hamstring muscle injury), Daam Foulon (Calf muscle tear) and Zinho Vanheusden (Inguinal hernia) aren’t available for KV Mechelen boss Frédéric Vanderbiest.

We are thinking that KV Mechelen will probably go for a 3-4-2-1 formation this time, handing starts to Ortwin De Wolf, Stephen Welsh, Bas Van den Eynden, Toon Raemaekers, Rafik Belghali, Fredrik Hammar, Rob Schoofs, José Marsà, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm and Lion Lauberbach.

🗞️ Team News: Standard Liège

Standard Liège manager Ivan Leko has to choose a team with limited availability. David Bates (Knee injury), Andi Zeqiri (ankle sprain) and Bosko Sutalo (minor knock) can’t be considered.

We’re of the thinking that Les Rouches seem likely to elect for a 3-5-2 system using Matthieu Epolo, Daan Dierckx, Ibe Hautekiet, Nathan Ngoy, Marlon Fossey, Henry Lawrence, Ibrahim Karamoko, S. Alexandropoulos, Léandre Kuavita, Andreas Hountondji and Dennis Eckert Ayensa.

💡 Prediction

For this match, we think that KV Mechelen should score more than once when they play Standard Liège, who won’t find it easy to get a goal of their own.

We’re therefore expecting to see a comfortable 2-0 win for KV Mechelen when all’s said and done.

Peter Guest, 16:00 10/05/2025