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Cercle Brugge v Mechelen : Pro League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges

Sunday evening at the Jan Breydelstadion, and it’s a Pro League clash between Cercle Brugge and Mechelen. Miron Muslić and Besnik Hasi going all-out to claim victory. You'll find statistics supporting our top of below, but don't forget to explore 16 other markets we cover too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with Pro League performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.

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Cercle Brugge's next match is v Dender at 15:00 on Saturday 18th January
Mechelen's next match is v Genk at 17:15 on Saturday 18th January
The last Belgian Pro League meeting between Cercle B and Mechelen was on Sunday 12th January 2025
Belgian Pro League
January 12th 2025
Cercle B 1
0 Mechelen
 
F. da Silva 35'
 
CER
MEC
Shots On
7
5
Shots Off
6
5
Corners
7
4
Possession
34%
66%
Fouls
15
11
Yellow/red cards
1/0
 
Cercle BMechelen
 
M. Delanghe
I. Diakité
C. Ravych
E. Utkus (E. Kakou 81')
G. Magnée (S. Miangue 90')
A. Francis
E. Nunes Barbosa dos Santos
H. Van der Bruggen
F. da Silvafootball icon (M. Efekele 90')
T. Somers
K. Olaigbe (A. Minda García 77')
O. De Wolf
S. Welsh
(J. Van Cleemput 73') J. Martinez Marsà
T. Raemaekers
A. Touba
(P. Dahl 74') F. Hammar
R. Schoofs
(R. Belghali 46') P. Pflücke
(B. Bafdili 46') K. Mrabti
B. Raman
(L. Lauberbach 84') G. Hairemans

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Cercle B and Mechelen will score a minimum of 2 between them during 90 mins. It's a prediction based on form stats for each side, as well as past records of their head-to-head clashes. We give it a probability of 78%. The bookies have it available at 1.20.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cercle B are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 40% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.30.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Cercle B
40%
6/4
11%
6/4
14%
Draw
26%
9/4
7%
23/10
6%
Mechelen
35%
9/5
7%
15/8
7%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2
7%
5/1
8%
Cercle B 1-0
10%
8/1
10%
7/1
11%
Mechelen 1-0
9%
9/1
17%
15/2
15%
Cercle B 2-1
9%
17/2
6%
15/2
6%
Mechelen 2-1
8%
10/18/1
5%
Draw 0-0
7%
10/1
27%
15/2
23%
Cercle B 2-0
7%
12/110/1
Mechelen 2-0
6%
14/1
12%
11/1
20%
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1
8%
10/1
10%
Cercle B 3-1
4%
18/1
12%
14/1
15%
Mechelen 3-1
3%
20/116/1
Cercle B 3-0
3%
22/1
10%
18/1
12%
Cercle B 3-2
3%
25/1
24%
20/1
24%
Mechelen 3-0
2%
28/1
15%
20/1
9%
Mechelen 3-2
2%
28/1
12%
20/1
11%
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
19/20
17%
10/11
16%
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
17/20
14%
5/6
15%
Home 1st Goal
49%
4/5
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
47%
11/10
5%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
10/1
27%
-
BTTS - Yes
55%
7/10
8%
7/10
10%
BTTS - No
45%
21/20
9%
21/20
11%
BTTS - Home Win
19%
15/4
19%
7/2
22%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/316/5
BTTS - Away Win
17%
9/2
10%
4/1
4%
Home/draw
65%
2/5
3%
2/5
3%
Away/draw
60%
1/2
7%
8/15
7%
Home/away
74%
1/3
3%
1/3
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
2/7
8%
2/7
8%
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
5/2
19%
23/10
21%
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
12/5
30%
21/10
24%
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
3/10
10%
1/3
10%
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
11/2
30%
19/4
31%
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/9
5%
1/9
6%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
14/1
50%
10/1
38%
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/33
3%
1/33
3%
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/20
2%
1/18
3%
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
10/1
27%
15/2
23%
Home DNB
58%
8/11
7%
8/11
8%
Away DNB
53%
1/1
9%
1/1
9%
Cercle B win to nil
21%
10/3-
Mechelen win to nil
18%
4/1
17%
-
Cercle B / Cercle B
21%
11/4
4%
14/5
12%
Cercle B / Mechelen
3%
25/122/1
10%
Cercle B / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Cercle B
14%
5/119/4
5%
Draw / Mechelen
12%
11/2
7%
11/2
7%
Draw / Draw
16%
9/2
8%
18/5
12%
Mechelen / Cercle B
3%
25/1
13%
20/1
11%
Mechelen / Mechelen
17%
15/417/5
8%
Mechelen / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
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Win / draw / win Pro League table

Cercle B have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 14th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 6 and won 4. Cercle B have conceded 26 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cercle B have played 10 games at home, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Mechelen lay in 8th place on 27 points in the Pro League league table having played 20 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 23 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Mechelen have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Mechelen have played 9 away games, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cercle B
Mechelen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Genk2114341545 
l
 
2-3A
Feb 8
Jan 18
l
 
2-1F
2
Brugge2113532444 
Mar 9
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
3
Union SG2181031134 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-3A
d
 
1-1A
Feb 16
4
Antwerp219661533 
Mar 1
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
5
Anderlecht219661533 
l
 
0-5A
Mar 16
l
 
1-3F
Jan 26
6
Gent21876631 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
Feb 7
l
 
2-0A
7
Dender21777-628 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 18
Mar 16
w
 
2-5F
8
S. Liege21777-828 
Feb 1
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
9
Mechelen Away21768827 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
-
-
10
S.Charleroi218310-327 
w
 
2-0F
Jan 25
w
 
5-2F
Mar 8
11
Leuven215106-425 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
5-0F
Jan 31
12
Cercle B Home21669-1024 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
13
Westerlo216510-123 
Feb 16
l
 
3-0A
l
 
2-4A
d
 
1-1F
14
St Truiden21579-1522 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
Feb 21
l
 
2-1A
15
Kortrijk215313-2318 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 23
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1A
16
Beerschot212712-2413 
w
 
4-1F
l
 
3-2F
w
 
3-0F
Mar 2
Championship Round
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Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
Cercle B 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cercle B1 - 0Leuven
Cercle B0 - 0Union SG
Cercle B0 - 5Anderlecht
Cercle B2 - 0S.Charleroi
Cercle B0 - 0Dender
Cercle B1 - 1St Truiden
Cercle B2 - 1Gent
Cercle B2 - 3Genk
Cercle B4 - 1Beerschot
Cercle B1 - 2Kortrijk
Cercle B1 - 2Union SG
Cercle B4 - 1Genk
Cercle B1 - 1Anderlecht
Cercle B0 - 1Antwerp
Cercle B1 - 1Brugge
Cercle B4 - 0RWDM
Cercle B2 - 3Mechelen
Cercle B1 - 1Brugge
Cercle B4 - 1St Truiden
Cercle B1 - 1S. Liege
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACercle B1 - 1St Truiden
HCercle B1 - 0Leuven
ACercle B1 - 1Gent
HCercle B0 - 0Union SG
ACercle B2 - 3Beerschot
ACercle B0 - 1S. Liege
HCercle B0 - 5Anderlecht
HCercle B2 - 0S.Charleroi
ACercle B3 - 1Union SG
HCercle B0 - 0Dender
ACercle B0 - 3Antwerp
HCercle B1 - 1St Truiden
HCercle B2 - 1Gent
ACercle B0 - 2Mechelen
HCercle B2 - 3Genk
ACercle B0 - 3Brugge
ACercle B1 - 1Leuven
HCercle B4 - 1Beerschot
HCercle B1 - 2Kortrijk
ACercle B0 - 3Westerlo
Mechelen 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Westerlo1 - 1Mechelen
Kortrijk3 - 1Mechelen
St Truiden2 - 1Mechelen
Dender2 - 5Mechelen
Genk2 - 1Mechelen
Gent2 - 0Mechelen
Antwerp0 - 1Mechelen
S. Liege0 - 0Mechelen
Brugge1 - 1Mechelen
Westerlo0 - 2Mechelen
St Truiden2 - 1Mechelen
S. Liege0 - 0Mechelen
Gent3 - 1Mechelen
Leuven2 - 3Mechelen
Leuven1 - 0Mechelen
Cercle B2 - 3Mechelen
Antwerp0 - 1Mechelen
Eupen0 - 1Mechelen
Gent1 - 2Mechelen
S.Charleroi3 - 1Mechelen
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMechelen0 - 0S. Liege
AMechelen1 - 1Westerlo
HMechelen1 - 1Antwerp
HMechelen1 - 2Brugge
AMechelen1 - 3Kortrijk
HMechelen3 - 0Beerschot
AMechelen1 - 2St Truiden
HMechelen1 - 1Union SG
AMechelen5 - 2Dender
HMechelen3 - 0Kortrijk
HMechelen5 - 0Leuven
AMechelen1 - 2Genk
HMechelen2 - 0Cercle B
AMechelen0 - 2Gent
HMechelen5 - 2S.Charleroi
AMechelen1 - 0Antwerp
HMechelen1 - 3Anderlecht
AMechelen0 - 0S. Liege
HMechelen2 - 4Westerlo
AMechelen1 - 1Brugge
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Cercle B since 2020
Cercle B
Mechelen
Goals: Scored
8
7
Games: Scored
3 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
2 / 5
CER
2
D
1
MEC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cercle B
2 - 3Mechelen
Draw0 - 0Draw
Cercle B3 - 1
0 - 1Mechelen
Cercle B3 - 2
League games at Mechelen since 2019
Mechelen
Cercle B
Goals: Scored
10
9
Games: Scored
5 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
1 / 6
CER
2
D
2
MEC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mechelen
Mechelen2 - 0
0 - 2Cercle B
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
2 - 3Cercle B
Mechelen3 - 1
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Mechelen of late. It has been 5 Pro League games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Sunday evening against Cercle Brugge.

Cercle B 12th Mechelen 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Cercle B will score no more than 1 goal
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Mechelen will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-5
Cercle B’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+9
Mechelen’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2024/2025 season
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Cercle B
PG (predicted goals)
Mechelen
1.4
1.3
Attack rating
CER
MEC
32%
better
view stats
Games scored12
17
Failed to score8
3
Scored first8
10
Goals scored21
35
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.8
Avg. shots per game10
10
Avg. shots per goal9
6
Conversion rate for11
18
Avg. XG for1.5
1.5
KickOff rating
+32%
Defence rating
CER
MEC
20%
better
view stats
Games conceded16
13
Clean sheets4
7
Conceded first10
8
Goals conceded32
26
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against17%
13%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.6
KickOff rating
+20%

Cercle B v Mechelen Pro League lLine ups will show here when available.

Cercle B Pro League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21335
T SomersK OlaigbeF NazinhoS Miangue
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Delanghe GLK12
1
-
I Diakité DEF13
1
C Ravych  DEF191
2
-
E Utkus  DEF10
3
1
E. Nunes Barbosa dos Santos MID17
2
-
A Francis MID212
-
H Bruggen  MID1911
3
-
G Magnée MID162
1
K Olaigbe MID173
1
-
T Somers MID2112
4
-
F Augusto FWD1722
-
Subs
E Room GLK
-
S Miangue DEF15
5
-
F Nazinho DEF143
4
-
E. Kakou DEF151
4
-
L Agyekum MID19
2
-
N Wilde MID7
1
-
M. Efekele FWD8
-
A Minda FWD181
1
-
A. Bayo FWD
-
Mechelen Pro League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21644
O WolfB RamanP PflückeA Touba
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
O Wolf GLK21
-
T Raemaekers DEF21
3
-
S Welsh DEF1
-
A Touba DEF152
4
-
P Pflücke MID1944
1
-
K Mrabti  MID2021
4
-
R Schoofs MID2132
2
-
J Martínez MID21
4
-
G Hairemans MID1612
-
F Hammar MID1
-
B Raman FWD176
3
-
Subs
O Annell GLK
-
R Belghali  DEF1711
1
-
J Cleemput DEF9
1
1
S Walsh  DEF6
1
-
N. Makanza Mbeleba MID
-
B Bafdili MID212
3
-
J Ngoy  FWD6
-
P. Dahl FWD1511
-
L Lauberbach FWD1832
2
-