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KAA Gent v Mechelen : Pro League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 8th Mar, 15:00 BST, Ghelamco Arena, Ghent

the Ghelamco Arena faithful welcome Mechelen's supporters on Sunday afternoon, as Ivan Leko's KAA Gent clash with Frederik Vanderbiest's charges in the Pro League. Statistics for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Changing the market with the tabs changes all statistics and the odds, making it easier than ever to find the right bet for you.


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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Gent
37%
--
Draw
25%
--
Mechelen
38%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Mechelen 1-0
9%
--
Mechelen 2-1
8%
--
Gent 1-0
8%
--
Gent 2-1
8%
--
Mechelen 2-0
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Gent 2-0
6%
--
Mechelen 3-1
4%
--
Gent 3-1
4%
--
Mechelen 3-0
3%
--
Mechelen 3-2
3%
--
Gent 3-2
3%
--
Gent 3-0
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Home 1st Goal
48%
--
Away 1st Goal
48%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
--
BTTS - No
43%
--
BTTS - Home Win
18%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
19%
--
Home/draw
62%
--
Away/draw
63%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
54%
--
Away DNB
56%
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Gent win to nil
18%
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Mechelen win to nil
19%
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Win / draw / win Pro League table

Gent have played 26 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Gent have conceded 16 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 1 match and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Gent have played 13 games at home, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 22 goals, conceded 16 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Mechelen lay in 5th place on 39 points in the Pro League league table having played 26 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 8 and losing 3 games. They have scored 29 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Mechelen have conceded 19 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Mechelen have played 13 away games, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Gent
Mechelen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Union SG2616822856 
l
 
2-3A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
2
St Truiden2617361554 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-3F
l
 
1-0A
3
Brugge2617271853 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1F
Mar 22
4
Anderlecht261178240 
w
 
4-2A
l
 
1-0A
Mar 15
l
 
3-1A
5
Mechelen261097539 
Mar 8
d
 
1-1A
-
-
6
Gent2610610336 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
Mar 8
7
Genk26989-435 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 1
l
 
2-3F
w
 
0-1F
8
Westerlo269710-434 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
9
S. Liege2610412-934 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-4F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
10
S.Charleroi269611033 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
2-3F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
11
Antwerp268612-130 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1F
12
Z.Waregem267811-629 
Mar 13
l
 
4-1A
Feb 28
d
 
1-1F
13
Leuven267712-928 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-0A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
14
Cercle B266911-627 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
2-4F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-3F
15
La Louviere2651011-925 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
16
Dender263815-2317 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 22
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3F
Championship Round
UEFA Conference League Play Offs
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
Gent 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gent0 - 1Cercle B
Gent1 - 3Leuven
Gent4 - 2Anderlecht
Gent2 - 0Westerlo
Gent0 - 2Antwerp
Gent1 - 2St Truiden
Gent1 - 1Genk
Gent4 - 0S. Liege
Gent2 - 1S.Charleroi
Gent3 - 0Dender
Gent1 - 1Brugge
Gent2 - 3Union SG
Gent1 - 0La Louviere
Gent1 - 4Genk
Gent0 - 3Antwerp
Gent0 - 1Anderlecht
Gent0 - 5Brugge
Gent0 - 3Union SG
Gent1 - 2Kortrijk
Gent1 - 1Brugge
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGent0 - 1Cercle B
AGent3 - 2S.Charleroi
HGent1 - 3Leuven
AGent1 - 1La Louviere
AGent4 - 0S. Liege
HGent4 - 2Anderlecht
HGent2 - 0Westerlo
AGent1 - 2Brugge
HGent0 - 2Antwerp
AGent1 - 1Union SG
HGent1 - 2St Truiden
AGent0 - 0Westerlo
HGent1 - 1Genk
AGent0 - 4Leuven
HGent4 - 0S. Liege
AGent1 - 4Z.Waregem
HGent2 - 1S.Charleroi
AGent4 - 2Cercle B
AGent0 - 1Anderlecht
HGent3 - 0Dender
Mechelen 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
La Louviere0 - 2Mechelen
Leuven2 - 2Mechelen
Union SG1 - 0Mechelen
St Truiden1 - 0Mechelen
Cercle B2 - 3Mechelen
Genk0 - 1Mechelen
Anderlecht3 - 1Mechelen
Dender1 - 3Mechelen
S.Charleroi0 - 2Mechelen
S. Liege1 - 1Mechelen
Antwerp2 - 1Mechelen
Westerlo0 - 1Mechelen
Z.Waregem1 - 1Mechelen
Dender2 - 2Mechelen
Leuven1 - 2Mechelen
Westerlo2 - 2Mechelen
S.Charleroi3 - 0Mechelen
S. Liege2 - 2Mechelen
S.Charleroi0 - 1Mechelen
Beerschot1 - 0Mechelen
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMechelen2 - 0La Louviere
HMechelen2 - 3Genk
HMechelen2 - 0Antwerp
AMechelen2 - 2Leuven
HMechelen1 - 1Westerlo
AMechelen0 - 1Union SG
HMechelen1 - 1Dender
AMechelen0 - 1St Truiden
AMechelen3 - 2Cercle B
HMechelen1 - 0S.Charleroi
HMechelen0 - 1S. Liege
AMechelen1 - 0Genk
HMechelen1 - 1Union SG
AMechelen1 - 3Anderlecht
HMechelen1 - 1Leuven
AMechelen3 - 1Dender
HMechelen1 - 3St Truiden
AMechelen2 - 0S.Charleroi
HMechelen0 - 0Cercle B
AMechelen1 - 1S. Liege
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Gent have not lost to Mechelen in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Gent since 2015
Gent
Mechelen
Goals: Scored
25
9
Games: Scored
12 / 12
5 / 12
Clean sheets
7 / 12
0 / 12
KAA
8
D
3
MEC
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Gent
Gent2 - 0
Gent3 - 1
1 - 2Mechelen
Gent3 - 0
Gent1 - 0
Gent2 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Gent1 - 0
Gent3 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Gent3 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Mechelen since 2015
Mechelen
Gent
Goals: Scored
19
22
Games: Scored
11 / 13
11 / 13
Clean sheets
2 / 13
2 / 13
KAA
5
D
5
MEC
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mechelen
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw3 - 3Draw
2 - 4Gent
0 - 1Gent
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Gent
Mechelen4 - 3
1 - 2Gent
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Gent
Draw1 - 1Draw
Mechelen2 - 0
Mechelen2 - 0
Goal Statistics
Gent 6th Mechelen 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Gent will score no more than 1 goal
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Mechelen will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-16
Gent have scored 16% fewer goals at home than predicted
+5
Mechelen’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2025/2026 season
Gent
PG (predicted goals)
Mechelen
1.4
1.4
Attack rating
0%
better
KAA
MEC
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Games scored21
21
Failed to score5
4
Scored first11
16
Goals scored41
32
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.2
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for1.6
1.3
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
KAA
MEC
16%
better
view stats
Games conceded20
19
Clean sheets6
6
Conceded first14
8
Goals conceded38
29
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded11
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
9
Conversion rate against14%
11%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.8
KickOff rating
+16%

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

Gent Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26855
D RoefW KangaA Kadri S Heyden
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Roef GLK26
-
A Ito MID2543
2
-
L Lopes MID23
1
-
B. Goore FWD2353
2
-
M Paskotsi DEF2241
1
-
S Heyden DEF222
5
-
T Araújo DEF2114
4
-
W Kanga FWD2183
2
-
A Kadri  MID2015
4
-
M Sonko FWD192
-
M Samoise MID1822
5
-
O Gendelman MID1871
1
-
M Skóraś FWD1825
3
1
M Delorge MID162
1
-
F. Surdez FWD1411
2
-
A. Omgba MID11
-
T. De Vlieger MID11
1
-
M Dean FWD1131
1
1
J Duverne DEF101
4
-
H. Essaoubi DEF8
1
S Kotto DEF8
1
D Vanzeir  FWD5
-
M. El Âdfaoui MID41
-
Mechelen Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25639
F HammarL LauberbachM ServaisF Hammar
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Hammar MID251
9
-
T Koudou DEF2341
5
-
L Lauberbach FWD2261
4
-
I. Mirás Blanco GLK21
2
-
M Konaté  MID2111
4
-
R Halhal DEF201
6
-
M Servais MID2023
2
-
M Brederode FWD2053
2
-
J Martínez DEF1912
3
-
K Mrabti  MID1952
3
-
B Antonio FWD191
1
-
T Jago DEF17
3
-
B Raman FWD1713
-
B Bafdili MID1612
2
-
M. Zekri DEF15
1
-
G Diouf DEF1511
5
-
D Salifou MID9
1
-
M. Kireev MID7
1
-
H. Özdemir FWD7
1
-
K. Vanrafelghem FWD73
1
-
H Bandé FWD6
-
O Wolf GLK5
1
-
R Teague MID5
-
M Decoene MID1
-