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Royal Antwerp FC v Mechelen : Pro League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Bosuilstadion, Deurne

the Bosuilstadion masses welcome Mechelen's supporters on Sunday lunch time, as Stef Wils's Royal Antwerp FC clash with Frederik D'Hollander's troops in the Pro League. All of the key statistics for the encounter, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and the best odds across 17 markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make the most well-informed bet possible.

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Mechelen's next match is v S. Liege at 19:45 on Friday 12th September

The last Belgian Pro League meeting between Antwerp and Mechelen was on Sunday 24th August 2025

Belgian Pro League

August 24th 2025

Antwerp 2	1 Mechelen

T. Somers 27'	11' T. Koudou
M. Doumbia 80'

	ANT MEC
Shots On	2 8
Shots Off	4 11
Corners	6 13
Possession	40% 60%
Fouls	13 8
Yellow/red cards	0/1 3/0

Antwerp	Mechelen

Y. Thoelen D. Foulon (S. Renders 52') Y. Tsunashima (A. Verstraeten 52') D. Praet M. Doumbia (M. Benítez 90') M. Al Sahafi (D. Gabriel Jesus 62') V. Janssen G. Bijl (B. Kouyate 62') R. Bozhinov Z. Van Den Bosch T. Somers	O. De Wolf R. Halhal G. Diouf T. Koudou F. Hammar (P. Pflücke 85') M. Konate R. Schoofs (B. Antonio 61') M. Zekri (H. Özdemir 79') K. Mrabti (B. Raman 61') B. Bafdili L. Lauberbach

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Antwerp or Mechelen are in the kind of form that would leave us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The statistics tell us that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 81% chance of two goals or more.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Antwerp are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.05.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Antwerp 49%	19/20	1/40
Draw 24%	12/5	12/1
Mechelen 27%	27/10	90/1
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	8/13
Antwerp 1-0 10%	7/1	11/2
Antwerp 2-1 10%	15/2	2/7
Antwerp 2-0 8%	17/2	8/1
Mechelen 1-0 7%	11/1	6/1
Mechelen 2-1 7%	12/1	14/5
Draw 0-0 6%	10/1	7/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	18/5
Antwerp 3-1 5%	14/1	12/1
Antwerp 3-0 4%	16/1	14/1
Mechelen 2-0 4%	18/1	13/2
Antwerp 3-2 3%	25/1	40/1
Mechelen 3-1 3%	28/1	14/1
Mechelen 3-2 2%	33/1	22/1
Antwerp 4-1 2%	33/1	100/1
Over 2.5 Goals 53%	4/5	6/5
Under 2.5 Goals 47%	1/1	8/13
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/6	3/4
Away 1st Goal 44%	13/10	7/5
No 1st Goal 3%	10/1	7/1
BTTS - Yes 56%	3/4	3/10
BTTS - No 44%	1/1	9/4
BTTS - Home Win 24%	3/1	1/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	18/5
BTTS - Away Win 14%	6/1	20/1
Home/draw 73%	2/7	1/1000
Away/draw 51%	4/5	13/2
Home/away 76%	3/10	1/16
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	1/4	1/12
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	11/4	6/1
Over 3.5 Goals 31%	2/1	11/2
Under 3.5 Goals 69%	4/11	1/10
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	5/1	40/1
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/8	1/1000
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	12/1	125/1
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/25	1/1000
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25	1/16
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	12/1	15/2
Home DNB 66%	4/9	1/1000
Away DNB 44%	13/8	18/1
Antwerp win to nil 25%	5/2	-
Mechelen win to nil 13%	11/2	-
Antwerp / Antwerp 25%	11/5	11/1
Antwerp / Mechelen 3%	28/1	50/1
Antwerp / Draw 6%	12/1	28/1
Draw / Antwerp 16%	4/1	17/10
Draw / Mechelen 10%	7/1	16/5
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	8/5
Mechelen / Antwerp 4%	22/1	40/1
Mechelen / Mechelen 14%	5/1	16/1
Mechelen / Draw 6%	14/1	28/1

Win / draw / win Pro League table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Antwerp Mechelen
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	St Truiden	6	4	2	0	7	14	Feb 28	Nov 1	Oct 3	Dec 20
2	Union SG	5	3	2	0	9	11	d 1-1F	Feb 21	Nov 8	Jan 17
3	Mechelen	6	3	2	1	2	11	w 2-1A	Feb 7	-	-
4	Anderlecht	4	3	0	1	6	9	Dec 20	Sep 19	Mar 14	Nov 1
5	Brugge	4	3	0	1	3	9	Oct 24	Nov 29	w 2-1F	Mar 21
6	Antwerp	6	2	3	1	1	9	-	-	Feb 7	l 2-1F
7	Cercle B	6	2	2	2	2	8	Oct 3	Jan 31	Sep 19	Dec 13
8	S. Liege	5	2	1	2	-3	7	Mar 14	Oct 17	Nov 29	Sep 12
9	S.Charleroi	5	1	3	1	1	6	Jan 24	d 1-1F	Dec 6	Sep 26
10	Westerlo	5	2	0	3	-3	6	Feb 14	l 2-0A	Jan 24	w 0-1F
11	Genk	4	1	1	2	-1	4	Dec 6	d 1-1F	Feb 14	Nov 22
12	Gent	4	1	1	2	-2	4	Sep 14	Dec 13	d 1-1F	Mar 7
13	Z.Waregem	5	1	1	3	-4	4	Dec 27	Sep 26	Feb 28	d 1-1F
14	La Louviere	6	1	1	4	-4	4	Nov 8	Mar 7	w 3-2F	Feb 21
15	Leuven	5	1	1	3	-7	4	w 3-1F	Mar 21	Oct 24	Jan 31
16	Dender	6	0	2	4	-7	2	Nov 22	Jan 17	Dec 27	Oct 17

	Championship Round
	UEFA Conference League Play Offs
	Relegation Round

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Antwerp	3 - 1	Leuven
Antwerp	1 - 1	Union SG
Antwerp	1 - 2	S.Charleroi
Antwerp	0 - 4	Union SG
Antwerp	1 - 3	Anderlecht
Antwerp	1 - 1	Genk
Antwerp	0 - 1	Gent
Antwerp	2 - 3	Brugge
Antwerp	0 - 1	Gent
Antwerp	2 - 2	Leuven
Antwerp	2 - 1	Kortrijk
Antwerp	2 - 1	Brugge
Antwerp	3 - 2	Westerlo
Antwerp	2 - 2	Genk
Antwerp	1 - 3	S.Charleroi
Antwerp	1 - 1	Dender
Antwerp	3 - 0	S. Liege
Antwerp	3 - 0	Cercle B
Antwerp	4 - 0	Beerschot
Antwerp	2 - 0	Union SG

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Antwerp	1 - 1	S.Charleroi
H	Antwerp	3 - 1	Leuven
A	Antwerp	1 - 1	Genk
H	Antwerp	1 - 1	Union SG
H	Antwerp	1 - 2	S.Charleroi
A	Antwerp	1 - 1	Brugge
H	Antwerp	0 - 4	Union SG
A	Antwerp	3 - 0	Gent
H	Antwerp	1 - 3	Anderlecht
A	Antwerp	1 - 0	Genk
H	Antwerp	1 - 1	Genk
A	Antwerp	0 - 0	Anderlecht
H	Antwerp	0 - 1	Gent
H	Antwerp	2 - 3	Brugge
A	Antwerp	1 - 5	Union SG
A	Antwerp	0 - 0	S. Liege
H	Antwerp	0 - 1	Gent
A	Antwerp	0 - 0	Cercle B
H	Antwerp	2 - 2	Leuven
H	Antwerp	2 - 1	Kortrijk

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Westerlo	0 - 1	Mechelen
Z.Waregem	1 - 1	Mechelen
Dender	2 - 2	Mechelen
Leuven	1 - 2	Mechelen
Westerlo	2 - 2	Mechelen
S.Charleroi	3 - 0	Mechelen
S. Liege	2 - 2	Mechelen
S.Charleroi	0 - 1	Mechelen
Beerschot	1 - 0	Mechelen
Union SG	0 - 1	Mechelen
Leuven	1 - 0	Mechelen
Anderlecht	4 - 1	Mechelen
Cercle B	1 - 0	Mechelen
Westerlo	1 - 1	Mechelen
Kortrijk	3 - 1	Mechelen
St Truiden	2 - 1	Mechelen
Dender	2 - 5	Mechelen
Genk	2 - 1	Mechelen
Gent	2 - 0	Mechelen
Antwerp	0 - 1	Mechelen

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Mechelen	1 - 1	Gent
A	Mechelen	1 - 0	Westerlo
H	Mechelen	2 - 1	Brugge
A	Mechelen	1 - 1	Z.Waregem
A	Mechelen	2 - 2	Dender
H	Mechelen	1 - 1	S.Charleroi
H	Mechelen	0 - 0	S. Liege
A	Mechelen	2 - 1	Leuven
A	Mechelen	2 - 2	Westerlo
H	Mechelen	2 - 3	Westerlo
A	Mechelen	0 - 3	S.Charleroi
H	Mechelen	1 - 1	Leuven
H	Mechelen	5 - 2	Dender
A	Mechelen	2 - 2	S. Liege
H	Mechelen	2 - 1	Dender
A	Mechelen	1 - 0	S.Charleroi
A	Mechelen	0 - 1	Beerschot
H	Mechelen	1 - 1	St Truiden
A	Mechelen	1 - 0	Union SG
H	Mechelen	3 - 3	Gent

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Antwerp

Mechelen

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

ANT

MEC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Antwerp
	0 - 1	Mechelen
	0 - 1	Mechelen
Antwerp	5 - 0
	1 - 2	Mechelen
Antwerp	4 - 1
Antwerp	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Mechelen

Antwerp

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

Clean sheets

2 / 7

ANT

MEC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mechelen
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Antwerp
Mechelen	3 - 2
Mechelen	3 - 0
Mechelen	3 - 1
	1 - 2	Antwerp

Goal Statistics

Royal Antwerp FC have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 6 consecutive Pro League matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Mechelen on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Antwerp 4th	Mechelen 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Antwerp will score 1 or more goals	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Mechelen will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Antwerp’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-9 Mechelen’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2025/2026 season

ANT

MEC

14%

better

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Games scored	2		2
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	2		2
Goals scored	2		3
Avg. goals scored	0.5		0.8
Avg. shots per game	3		3
Avg. shots per goal	6		4
Conversion rate for	17		25
Avg. XG for	0.7		1.2
KickOff rating		+14%

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ANT

MEC

view stats

Games conceded	2		2
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	2		2
Avg. goals conceded	0.5		0.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	14		14
Conversion rate against	7%		7%
Avg. XG against	1.9		2.4
KickOff rating		0%

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Antwerp Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
6	2	1	2
R. Bozhinov	M Doumbia	D Foulon	D Praet

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Y Thoelen GLK	2			-
Y Tsunashima DEF	3			-
R. Bozhinov DEF	6			-
D Foulon DEF	5		1	-
D Praet MID	5			1 1
G Bijl MID	2			-
Z Bosch MID	6			2 -
M Doumbia MID	6	2	1	2 -
T Somers MID	6	1		1 -
V Janssen FWD	6	2	1	1 -
M. Al Sahafi FWD	2			-
Subs
T Nozawa GLK				-
S. Renders DEF	2			-
K Kouyaté DEF	2			-
M. Benítez MID	6			-
A. Verstraeten MID	6		1	1 -
F. Adekami MID	3	2		2 -
Y. Hamdaoui MID	1			-
M O'rinboyev FWD	2			-
D. Gabriel Jesus FWD	6			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	6	1	1
M Doumbia	V Janssen	D Foulon	D Foulon

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Doumbia MID	2	3	1	1
V Janssen FWD	2	6	1	1
Subs
F. Adekami MID	2	3
T Somers MID	1	4
Y Tsunashima DEF		1
R. Bozhinov DEF		1
D Foulon DEF			1	1
Subs
A. Verstraeten MID			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
331	16	48
Z Bosch	T Somers	M Doumbia

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
Z Bosch MID	331	11	23
R. Bozhinov DEF	298	8	39
M Doumbia MID	182	4	48
Subs
A. Verstraeten MID	177	10	12
D Praet MID	153	7	22
V Janssen FWD	124	10	32
T Somers MID	116	16	32
D Foulon DEF	115	9	27
Y Tsunashima DEF	106	3	6
Y Thoelen GLK	54		2
G Bijl MID	26	1	2
Subs
M. Benítez MID	26	2	6
K Kouyaté DEF	23	2	4
F. Adekami MID	22	2	15
M. Al Sahafi FWD	18		2
Subs
M O'rinboyev FWD	16	3	4
D. Gabriel Jesus FWD	10	2	9
Y. Hamdaoui MID	5	1	5
S. Renders DEF	4	5	7

Mechelen Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
6	3	2	2
R Halhal	L Lauberbach	B Bafdili	R Halhal

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
O Wolf GLK	5			1 -
M Konaté DEF	4		1	-
R Halhal DEF	6		1	2 -
G Diouf DEF	3			1 -
T Koudou MID	4	1		1 -
F Hammar MID	6			2 -
R Schoofs MID	6	2		-
M. Zekri MID	5			1 -
B Bafdili FWD	6	1	2	-
L Lauberbach FWD	6	3		2 -
K Mrabti FWD	6	1	1	-
Subs
I. Mirás Blanco GLK	1			-
L. Golič DEF				-
R Teague MID	3			-
H. Özdemir MID	5			1 -
B Raman FWD	4	1	1	-
B Antonio FWD	4			-
P Pflücke FWD	6		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	10	2	3
L Lauberbach	L Lauberbach	B Bafdili	R Schoofs

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Lauberbach FWD	3	10
R Schoofs MID	2	6		3
T Koudou MID	1	1		1
B Bafdili FWD	1	3	2	3
K Mrabti FWD	1	1	1	1
Subs
B Raman FWD	1	4	1	1
M Konaté DEF			1
R Halhal DEF			1	1
M. Zekri MID		1		1
Subs
P Pflücke FWD		2	1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
367	24	45
R Halhal	F Hammar	F Hammar

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
R Halhal DEF	367	5	22
F Hammar MID	234	24	45
R Schoofs MID	225	6	17
O Wolf GLK	160		3
T Koudou MID	145	4	14
B Bafdili FWD	140	3	16
G Diouf DEF	121	3	7
M Konaté DEF	117	1	9
L Lauberbach FWD	105	5	30
K Mrabti FWD	99	2	14
M. Zekri MID	99	7	14
Subs
P Pflücke FWD	88	3	4
I. Mirás Blanco GLK	36		1
B Raman FWD	34	3	9
B Antonio FWD	27	1	6
H. Özdemir MID	25	4	11
R Teague MID	14	1	1

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