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Mechelen v RSC Anderlecht : Pro League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Apr, 19:45 BST, Afas Stadion, Mechelen

Frederik Vanderbiest welcomes Edward Still to the Afas Stadion on Saturday evening, as their Mechelen and RSC Anderlecht sides clash in the Pro League. All stats, including each side's 20 game form and head-to-head history, will update as you browse each of the 17 major markets using the tabs below. Odds and, of course, our algorithmic predictions will too.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Mechelen and Anderlecht will score at least two between them during 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 76%. Bookmakers have it at 1.22.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Mechelen are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.90.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Mechelen 46%	7/4 8%	19/10 3%
Draw 25%	12/5 3%	13/5
Anderlecht 30%	27/20 9%	13/10 5%
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2 7%	11/2
Mechelen 1-0 9%	10/1 8%	17/2
Mechelen 2-1 9%	10/1	8/1 5%
Mechelen 2-0 7%	14/1 12%	12/1
Anderlecht 1-0 7%	9/1 5%	15/2
Anderlecht 2-1 7%	17/2 6%	7/1
Draw 0-0 6%	12/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1 8%	10/1
Mechelen 3-1 5%	20/1 9%	16/1 11%
Anderlecht 2-0 5%	12/1 8%	10/1 10%
Mechelen 3-0 4%	28/1 15%	22/1
Mechelen 3-2 3%	25/1 10%	20/1
Anderlecht 3-1 3%	16/1	12/1
Anderlecht 3-2 2%	22/1	18/1 12%
Mechelen 4-1 2%	40/1 20%	28/1 15%
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	8/11	7/10
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	43/40	21/20
Home 1st Goal 51%	1/1 5%	11/10 2%
Away 1st Goal 46%	5/6 2%	17/20 3%
No 1st Goal 3%	12/1	10/1
BTTS - Yes 57%	8/13	8/13
BTTS - No 43%	6/5	6/5
BTTS - Home Win 23%	4/1 9%	19/5 4%
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 15%	10/3 8%	29/10 3%
Home/draw 70%	4/7 6%	3/5 3%
Away/draw 54%	2/5 3%	2/5 3%
Home/away 75%	3/10 1%	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	2/9	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	3/1	29/10
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	7/4	7/4 2%
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	2/5	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	9/2	4/1
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/7	2/13
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	10/1	17/2
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/20	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25	1/33
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	12/1	10/1
Home DNB 63%	1/1 9%	11/10 5%
Away DNB 47%	8/11 7%	4/6 4%
Mechelen win to nil 23%	9/2 8%	-
Anderlecht win to nil 14%	7/2 13%	-
Mechelen / Mechelen 18%	7/2 10%	10/3 4%
Mechelen / Anderlecht 4%	22/1	18/1
Mechelen / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1
Draw / Mechelen 12%	11/2 7%	6/1
Draw / Anderlecht 14%	5/1 9%	19/4 5%
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	9/2
Anderlecht / Mechelen 3%	25/1	20/1
Anderlecht / Anderlecht 22%	11/4 7%	12/5 5%
Anderlecht / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1 8%

Win / draw / win Pro League table

Mechelen have played 30 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Pro League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 7 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 43 goals to 39 goals.

Home League Performance

Mechelen have played 16 games at home winning 6, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 17 goals at home.

Anderlecht are in 6th position in the Pro League on 44 points having played 30 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 29 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 20 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 1 and won 5. Anderlecht have conceded 15 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

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	Mechelen Anderlecht
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Union SG	2	2	0	0	2	6	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	l 2-0A
2	Brugge	30	20	3	7	23	63	w 2-1F	l 4-1A	w 1-0F	d 2-2F
3	Mechelen	30	12	9	9	2	45	-	-	w 3-1F	l 1-0A
4	Gent	2	0	1	1	-2	1	d 1-1F	l 3-1A	w 1-0F	l 4-2F
5	Anderlecht	30	12	8	10	4	44	w 1-0F	l 3-1A	-	-
6	St Truiden	2	0	0	2	-2	0	l 1-3F	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	d 2-2F
7	Genk	30	11	9	10	-1	42	l 2-3F	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	l 2-0A
8	S. Liege	30	11	7	12	-8	40	l 0-1A	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	l 2-0A
9	Westerlo	30	10	9	11	-4	39	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	w 5-2F	l 4-0A
10	Antwerp	30	9	8	13	-1	35	w 2-0F	l 2-1F	d 0-00-0	d 2-2A
11	S.Charleroi	30	9	7	14	-4	34	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
12	Leuven	30	9	7	14	-11	34	d 1-1F	d 2-2A	w 5-1A	d 1-1F
13	Z.Waregem	30	8	8	14	-9	32	w 2-1F	d 1-1F	l 2-3A	w 2-4F
14	La Louviere	30	6	13	11	-7	31	w 3-2F	w 0-2F	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F
15	Cercle B	30	7	10	13	-8	31	d 0-00-0	w 2-3F	l 2-3A	w 0-2F
16	Dender	30	3	10	17	-27	19	d 1-1F	w 1-3F	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mechelen	0 - 1	Union SG
Mechelen	1 - 0	Anderlecht
Mechelen	2 - 1	Z.Waregem
Mechelen	2 - 3	Genk
Mechelen	2 - 0	Antwerp
Mechelen	1 - 1	Westerlo
Mechelen	1 - 1	Dender
Mechelen	1 - 0	S.Charleroi
Mechelen	0 - 1	S. Liege
Mechelen	1 - 1	Union SG
Mechelen	1 - 1	Leuven
Mechelen	1 - 3	St Truiden
Mechelen	0 - 0	Cercle B
Mechelen	3 - 2	La Louviere
Mechelen	1 - 1	Gent
Mechelen	2 - 1	Brugge
Mechelen	1 - 1	S.Charleroi
Mechelen	0 - 0	S. Liege
Mechelen	2 - 3	Westerlo
Mechelen	1 - 1	Leuven

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Mechelen	0 - 1	Union SG
A	Mechelen	1 - 1	Gent
A	Mechelen	1 - 4	Brugge
H	Mechelen	1 - 0	Anderlecht
A	Mechelen	1 - 3	Gent
H	Mechelen	2 - 1	Z.Waregem
A	Mechelen	2 - 0	La Louviere
H	Mechelen	2 - 3	Genk
H	Mechelen	2 - 0	Antwerp
A	Mechelen	2 - 2	Leuven
H	Mechelen	1 - 1	Westerlo
A	Mechelen	0 - 1	Union SG
H	Mechelen	1 - 1	Dender
A	Mechelen	0 - 1	St Truiden
A	Mechelen	3 - 2	Cercle B
H	Mechelen	1 - 0	S.Charleroi
H	Mechelen	0 - 1	S. Liege
A	Mechelen	1 - 0	Genk
H	Mechelen	1 - 1	Union SG
A	Mechelen	1 - 3	Anderlecht

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Anderlecht	3 - 1	Gent
A	Anderlecht	2 - 4	Brugge
H	Anderlecht	2 - 3	Cercle B
A	Anderlecht	0 - 1	Mechelen
A	Anderlecht	2 - 2	Brugge
H	Anderlecht	5 - 1	Leuven
A	Anderlecht	4 - 2	Z.Waregem
H	Anderlecht	0 - 0	La Louviere
A	Anderlecht	0 - 2	Genk
A	Anderlecht	0 - 2	S. Liege
H	Anderlecht	0 - 0	Dender
A	Anderlecht	2 - 4	Gent
H	Anderlecht	1 - 2	S.Charleroi
A	Anderlecht	2 - 2	Antwerp
H	Anderlecht	2 - 1	St Truiden
A	Anderlecht	0 - 4	Westerlo
H	Anderlecht	1 - 0	Union SG
A	Anderlecht	1 - 0	La Louviere
H	Anderlecht	1 - 0	Brugge
H	Anderlecht	3 - 1	Mechelen

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Mechelen

Anderlecht

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

1 / 10

MEC

ADL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mechelen
Mechelen	1 - 0
	1 - 3	Anderlecht
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 3	Anderlecht
	0 - 1	Anderlecht
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Mechelen	2 - 0
	3 - 4	Anderlecht
Mechelen	3 - 2
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Anderlecht

Mechelen

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

1 / 10

MEC

ADL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Anderlecht
Anderlecht	3 - 1
Anderlecht	4 - 1
Anderlecht	3 - 1
	2 - 3	Mechelen
Anderlecht	7 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Anderlecht	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Mechelen have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 10 consecutive Pro League outings. Their PG of 1.6 against RSC Anderlecht on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Mechelen 5th	Anderlecht 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Mechelen will score 1 or more goals	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Anderlecht will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-22 Mechelen have scored 22% fewer goals at home than predicted	-1 Anderlecht’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2025/2026 season

11%

better

MEC

ADL

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Games scored	27		23
Failed to score	5		9
Scored first	19		15
Goals scored	40		48
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	17		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+11%

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MEC

ADL

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Games conceded	24		22
Clean sheets	8		10
Conceded first	12		14
Goals conceded	39		44
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	9		7
Conversion rate against	11%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.6
KickOff rating		+4%

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Mechelen Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	7	4	9
F Hammar	M Brederode	M Servais	F Hammar

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F Hammar MID	30	1	1	9 -
T Koudou DEF	29	4	1	5 -
I. Mirás Blanco GLK	27			2 -
R Halhal DEF	26	1	2	7 -
M Brederode FWD	26	7	3	2 -
J Martínez DEF	25	1	2	3 -
K Mrabti MID	25	5	2	3 -
B Antonio FWD	25	1	1	1 -
M Servais MID	24	2	4	4 -
M Konaté MID	24	1	1	5 -
T Jago DEF	23		1	3 -
B Raman FWD	23	3	3	-
B Bafdili MID	18	1	3	2 -
M. Zekri DEF	16			1 -
G Diouf DEF	15	1	1	5 -
D Salifou MID	13			1 -
K. Vanrafelghem FWD	12	3		2 -
I. Struyf DEF	10			2 -
M. Kireev MID	10			1 -
B. Boersma FWD	9		2	1 -
H Bandé FWD	7			-
H. Özdemir FWD	7			1 -
O Wolf GLK	5			1 -
M Decoene MID	3			2 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	14	4	9
M Brederode	M Brederode	M Servais	M Brederode

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Brederode FWD	7	14	3	9
K Mrabti MID	5	8	2	3
T Koudou DEF	4	7	1	3
B Raman FWD	3	9	3	1
K. Vanrafelghem FWD	3	4
M Servais MID	2	10	4	5
F Hammar MID	1	4	1	2
R Halhal DEF	1	3	2	1
J Martínez DEF	1	2	2	4
B Antonio FWD	1	3	1	1
M Konaté MID	1	5	1
B Bafdili MID	1	4	3	4
G Diouf DEF	1	1	1
T Jago DEF			1	1
M. Zekri DEF		4		1
D Salifou MID		2
M. Kireev MID		1		1
B. Boersma FWD		6	2	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1443	129	233
R Halhal	F Hammar	F Hammar

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Halhal DEF	1443	40	129
T Jago DEF	1215	52	108
T Koudou DEF	1134	28	88
F Hammar MID	1114	129	233
M Servais MID	924	37	96
J Martínez DEF	896	32	71
M Konaté MID	831	32	84
I. Mirás Blanco GLK	786	1	17
M Brederode FWD	765	26	105
K Mrabti MID	661	23	73
G Diouf DEF	456	22	55
D Salifou MID	333	21	50
B Bafdili MID	284	8	37
M. Zekri DEF	243	21	42
B Antonio FWD	211	12	52
I. Struyf DEF	209	8	17
B Raman FWD	172	10	29
O Wolf GLK	159		3
K. Vanrafelghem FWD	136	13	37
M. Kireev MID	113	6	25
B. Boersma FWD	109	2	42
H. Özdemir FWD	48	6	17
H Bandé FWD	28		11
M Decoene MID	7	1	3

Anderlecht Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
31	13	7	12
C Coosemans	T Hazard	T Hazard	N Saliba

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Coosemans GLK	31			2 -
N. De Cat MID	31	2	4	6 -
T Hazard MID	29	13	7	6 -
N Saliba MID	28	2	1	11 1
K Sardella DEF	26		1	2 -
L Hey DEF	26			6 -
T. Degreef FWD	26	4	1	3 1
E Llansana MID	24		1	5 -
A Bertaccini FWD	24	4		6 1
M. Cvetković FWD	24	6	2	2 -
M Stroeykens MID	22	1		2 -
L Augustinsson DEF	21		2	4 -
Y Verschaeren MID	21	1	2	1 -
A. Maamar DEF	19		1	1 -
I. Camara DEF	19	1	1	1 -
M Kana DEF	19			2 -
I. Kanate MID	15	1		-
M Ilić DEF	9			4 -
M Diarra DEF	7			2 -
C Huerta FWD	7	1		4 -
D Sikan FWD	5			-
C. Gomes da Costa FWD	3			1 -
J Heekeren GLK	1			-
A. Tajaouart MID	1			-
M Rits MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
13	30	7	13
T Hazard	T Hazard	T Hazard	T Hazard

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Hazard MID	13	30	7	13
M. Cvetković FWD	6	13	2	2
T. Degreef FWD	4	10	1
A Bertaccini FWD	4	20
N. De Cat MID	2	4	4	4
N Saliba MID	2	14	1	4
M Stroeykens MID	1	3		1
Y Verschaeren MID	1	5	2	4
I. Camara DEF	1	4	1	3
I. Kanate MID	1	4
C Huerta FWD	1	5
K Sardella DEF		6	1	3
L Hey DEF		1		1
E Llansana MID		1	1	1
L Augustinsson DEF		2	2	3
A. Maamar DEF			1	2
M Kana DEF		1
M Ilić DEF		1
M Diarra DEF		1
D Sikan FWD		3
C. Gomes da Costa FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1218	64	130
L Hey	N Saliba	N. De Cat

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Hey DEF	1218	19	96
T Hazard MID	1156	32	91
M Kana DEF	1054	12	35
N. De Cat MID	946	57	130
L Augustinsson DEF	908	36	84
N Saliba MID	874	64	122
K Sardella DEF	861	31	84
C Coosemans GLK	854		26
E Llansana MID	760	57	100
M Stroeykens MID	478	14	28
A. Maamar DEF	478	24	60
I. Camara DEF	464	10	30
Y Verschaeren MID	448	18	38
T. Degreef FWD	410	29	68
M Diarra DEF	391	2	25
M Ilić DEF	374	9	34
A Bertaccini FWD	272	14	43
M. Cvetković FWD	235	10	54
C Huerta FWD	159	7	22
I. Kanate MID	108	10	32
D Sikan FWD	47	2	18
J Heekeren GLK	43
A. Tajaouart MID	33		1
C. Gomes da Costa FWD	22	2	6
M Rits MID	12		1