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

Ghelamco Arena, Ghent

Monday evening sees Rik Demil’s KAA Gent and Frederik Vanderbiest’s Mechelen go up against one another in a Pro League clash at the Ghelamco Arena. Statistics drive the predictions below for 17 individual betting markets, and flipping between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and a whole lot more besides. The best odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to find out more.

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KAA Gent's next match is v St Truiden at 12:30 on Sunday 19th April
Mechelen's next match is v Anderlecht at 19:45 on Saturday 18th April
The last Belgian Pro League meeting between Gent and Mechelen was on Monday 6th April 2026
Belgian Pro League
April 6th 2026
Gent 1
1 Mechelen
 
M. Dean 15'90' B. Antonio
 
KAA
MEC
Shots On
4
6
Shots Off
2
1
Corners
5
10
Possession
35%
65%
Fouls
9
7
Yellow/red cards
1/0
 
GentMechelen
 
T. Alves Araújo
A. Kanga (I. Cissé 90')
D. Roef
D. Hashioka
L. da Silva Lopes
M. Skóraś
M. Deanfootball icon
H. Hong (B. Goore 67')
S. Van der Heyden
M. Volckaert
A. Kadri (A. Ito 71')
R. Halhal
J. Martinez Marsà
T. Koudou
F. Hammar
M. van Brederode
I. Mirás Blanco
M. Servais
(M. Kireev 90') T. St. Jago
K. Mrabti
(B. Antonio 46') D. Salifou
(B. Boersma 68') B. Raman

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a sneaky 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Gent and Mechelen will score a minimum of two between them during the standard 90 mins. It's a tip based on the recent form of the respective sides, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 80%. Bookmakers have it priced at 1.22.

In-Play
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 Gent are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.95.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Gent
50%
4/51/20
Draw
23%
5/29/1
Mechelen
27%
3/170/1
Draw 1-1
11%
6/113/2
Gent 2-1
10%
15/233/1
Gent 1-0
9%
15/22/9
Gent 2-0
8%
17/213/2
Mechelen 2-1
7%
12/155/1
Mechelen 1-0
6%
12/19/1
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1200/1
Gent 3-1
6%
12/1125/1
Draw 0-0
5%
12/117/2
Gent 3-0
5%
14/140/1
Mechelen 2-0
4%
22/116/1
Gent 3-2
4%
22/1150/1
Mechelen 3-1
3%
28/1200/1
Gent 4-1
3%
28/1250/1
Mechelen 3-2
2%
33/1150/1
Over 2.5 Goals
58%
7/1033/1
Under 2.5 Goals
42%
11/101/1000
Home 1st Goal
53%
8/1313/20
Away 1st Goal
45%
11/86/4
No 1st Goal
3%
12/18/1
BTTS - Yes
59%
4/68/1
BTTS - No
41%
11/101/20
BTTS - Home Win
26%
5/228/1
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/213/2
BTTS - Away Win
15%
6/145/1
Home/draw
73%
2/91/1000
Away/draw
50%
19/2017/2
Home/away
77%
2/71/25
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
1/517/4
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
10/32/15
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
13/8100/1
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
4/91/1000
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
4/11/50
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
1/61/50
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
10/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/201/50
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/20
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/117/2
Home DNB
66%
4/111/200
Away DNB
43%
2/145/1
Gent win to nil
24%
5/2-
Mechelen win to nil
12%
7/1-
Gent / Gent
28%
15/87/20
Gent / Mechelen
3%
28/111/1
Gent / Draw
6%
12/119/5
Draw / Gent
16%
4/118/1
Draw / Mechelen
9%
8/125/1
Draw / Draw
14%
5/118/1
Mechelen / Gent
4%
20/1100/1
Mechelen / Mechelen
13%
11/270/1
Mechelen / Draw
6%
14/1100/1
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Win / draw / win Pro League table

Gent have played 30 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Pro League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 26 games against teams below in the table, having won 13, drawn 4 and lost 9 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 6 fixtures. Gent have outscored their opponents by 49 goals to 39 goals.

Home League Performance

Gent have played 15 games at home winning 8, drawing 2 and losing 5 games. They have scored 27 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 17 goals at home.

Mechelen are in 5th position in the Pro League on 45 points having played 30 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 21 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 20 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 2 and won 1. Mechelen have conceded 11 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Gent
Mechelen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Union SG220026 
l
 
2-3A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
2
Brugge3020372363 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-1A
3
Mechelen301299245 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1A
-
-
4
Gent2011-21 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
5
Anderlecht3012810444 
w
 
4-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
6
St Truiden2002-20 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-3F
l
 
1-0A
7
Genk3011910-142 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
2-3F
w
 
0-1F
8
S. Liege3011712-840 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-4F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
9
Westerlo3010911-439 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
10
Antwerp309813-135 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1F
11
S.Charleroi309714-434 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
2-3F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
12
Leuven309714-1134 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-0A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
13
Z.Waregem308814-932 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
4-1A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
14
La Louviere3061311-731 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
15
Cercle B3071013-831 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
2-4F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-3F
16
Dender3031017-2719 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3F
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
Championship Round
UEFA Conference League Play Offs
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
Gent 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gent2 - 0Z.Waregem
Gent3 - 1Mechelen
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
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
30
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
AGent3 - 1Dender
HGent2 - 0Z.Waregem
HGent3 - 1Mechelen
AGent0 - 3Genk
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
Mechelen 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Brugge4 - 1Mechelen
Gent3 - 1Mechelen
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
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMechelen1 - 4Brugge
HMechelen1 - 0Anderlecht
AMechelen1 - 3Gent
HMechelen2 - 1Z.Waregem
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Gent have beaten Mechelen in 3 consecutive home league meetings
6
Gent have not lost to Mechelen in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Gent since 2015
Gent
Mechelen
Goals: Scored
28
10
Games: Scored
13 / 13
6 / 13
Clean sheets
7 / 13
0 / 13
KAA
9
D
3
MEC
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Gent
Gent3 - 1
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 5th Mechelen 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that Gent will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Mechelen will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-5
Gent’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+10
Mechelen’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2025/2026 season
Gent
PG (predicted goals)
Mechelen
1.8
1.3
Attack rating
KAA
MEC
4%
better
view stats
Games scored24
26
Failed to score6
4
Scored first14
19
Goals scored49
39
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.3
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
17
Avg. XG for1.6
1.2
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
KAA
MEC
14%
better
view stats
Games conceded23
22
Clean sheets7
8
Conceded first15
10
Goals conceded43
37
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded10
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
9
Conversion rate against14%
11%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.8
KickOff rating
+14%

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
321177
D RoefW KangaM SkóraśS Heyden
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Roef GLK32
-
D Hashioka DEF9
-
M. Volckaert DEF19
2
-
S Heyden DEF2821
7
-
M Skóraś MID2427
4
1
L Lopes MID2911
1
-
A Kadri  MID2525
4
-
T Araújo MID2614
6
-
H Hyun-seok FWD111
-
M Dean FWD1771
2
1
W Kanga FWD27114
3
-
Subs
K Peersman GLK
-
J Duverne DEF161
4
-
H. Vernemmen DEF
-
A. Omgba MID13
-
A Ito MID2743
2
-
M Delorge MID162
1
-
M Sonko FWD212
-
B. Goore FWD2753
2
-
I. Cissé FWD51
-
Mechelen Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
30749
F HammarM BrederodeM ServaisF Hammar
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I. Mirás Blanco GLK27
2
-
R Halhal DEF2612
7
-
T Jago DEF231
3
-
J Martínez DEF2512
3
-
T Koudou MID2941
5
-
F Hammar MID3011
9
-
D Salifou MID13
1
-
M Servais MID2424
4
-
B Raman FWD2333
-
K Mrabti  FWD2552
3
-
M Brederode FWD2673
2
-
Subs
O Wolf GLK5
1
-
G Diouf DEF1511
5
-
B Bafdili MID1813
2
-
M Decoene MID3
2
-
M Konaté  MID2411
5
-
M. Kireev MID10
1
-
K. Vanrafelghem FWD123
2
-
B. Boersma FWD92
1
-
B Antonio FWD2511
1
-