KVC Westerlo vs KV Mechelen Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

KVC Westerlo

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KVC Westerlo will play in this fixture following a 1-1 First Division A drawn game against SV Zulte Waregem.

In that match, KVC Westerlo had 40% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for KVC Westerlo was Roman Neustädter (9'). At the other end, Zulte Waregem got 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Jelle Vossen (72') was the scorer for SV Zulte Waregem.

KVC Westerlo haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They’ve totted up the amount of 14 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 9. We will have to see if that trend can be continued on in this game.

Going into this contest, KVC Westerlo haven’t won at home in the past 3 matches in the league.

KV Mechelen

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KV Mechelen come into this game following on from a 3-2 First Division A win over KV Kortrijk in their previous fixture.

In that game, KV Mechelen managed 49% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For KV Mechelen, the goals were scored by Nikola Storm (37'), Kerim Mrabti (45') and Julien Ngoy (73'). On the other side, Kortrijk got 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Dion De Neve (33') and Abdelkahar Kadri (57') scored for KV Kortrijk.

The stats tell the story, and KV Mechelen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals overall. At the back, KV Mechelen seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Going into this encounter, KV Mechelen are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 20/12/2014, neither club has come out on top overall with KVC Westerlo winning 2 of those games, KV Mechelen 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 26 in all which averages out at 4.33 goals per meeting.

The last league meeting between the two was First Division A match day 5 on 21/08/2022 which finished with the scoreline of KV Mechelen 5-4 KVC Westerlo.

That day, KV Mechelen managed 50% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The goalscorers were Geoffry Hairemans (39', 48'), Rob Schoofs (76') and Milan Robberechts (77', 85').

At the other end, KVC Westerlo got 13 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Nene Dorgeles (26'), Tuur Dierckx (60', 63') and Lyle Foster (73') scored.

The match was refereed by Bert Put.

📋 Team News: KVC Westerlo

Erdon Daci (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Lucas Mineiro (Meniscal Injury) and Jan Bernat (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) will not be taking part for KVC Westerlo manager Jonas De Roeck.

🗞️ Team News: KV Mechelen

KV Mechelen manager Steven Defour has not got a full squad to pick from. Geoffry Hairemans (Ill), Rayane Falchou (Surgery), Nikola Storm (inflamation of Biceps) and Lucas Bijker (Calf Injury) are not able to play. Boli Bolingoli will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that KV Mechelen should be able to get a goal against this KVC Westerlo side, however it realistically won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re predicting a narrow 2-1 victory for KVC Westerlo at the end of this one. Hopefully this is a good one.

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

Renata Leite, 02:15 24/01/2023