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

Afas Stadion, Mechelen

Mechelen are in Pro League action on Saturday evening, as Besnik Hasi looks to get one over on Hein van Haezebrouck and his KAA Gent side at the Afas Stadion. We have predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head stats across all the main betting markets, so there really is only one place to get ready for this Pro League clash.

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Mechelen's next match is v Westerlo at 17:15 on Saturday 18th May
KAA Gent's next match is v S. Liege at 19:45 on Saturday 18th May

The last Belgian Pro League meeting between Mechelen and Gent was on Saturday 4th May 2024

Belgian Pro League

May 4th 2024

Mechelen 2	4 Gent

G. Hairemans 19'	25' M. Fernandez Pardo
I. Slimani 32'	42' S. Mitrović
	45' T. Tissoudali
	86' A. Hjulsager

	MEC KAA
Shots On	8 5
Shots Off	3 5
Corners	6 2
Possession	60% 40%
Fouls	11 10
Yellow/red cards	2/0

Mechelen	Gent

Y. Thoelen S. Walsh (B. Bolingoli Mbombo 85') M. Garananga D. Foulon (L. Lauberbach 85') D. Bates N. Mukau R. Schoofs K. Mrabti N. Bassette (I. Slimani 16') N. Storm (B. Bafdili 69') G. Hairemans (P. Pflücke 69')	D. Roef (N. Matias Fortuna 46') A. Brown J. Torunarigha S. Mitrović T. Watanabe J. De Sart M. Samoise (A. Hjulsager 83') H. Hong O. Gandelman (L. Depoitre 90') T. Tissoudali (P. Gerkens 46') M. Fernandez Pardo

Best Tip: Both teams to score

Here we have a pair of effective, attacking teams going head-to-head and, as such, we're predicting both of them to score at least 1 goal during the 90 minutes. Can respective bosses Besnik Hasi or Hein van Haezebrouck find a tactical plan to top their opponent? Recent form stats and historical head-to-heads, as well as the latest odds from the bookmakers, do not suggest so.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Mechelen are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 44% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.30.

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Mechelen 44%	9/4 7%	19/10 6%
Draw 23%	3/1 14%	11/4 10%
Gent 33%	1/1 2%	19/20
Draw 1-1 10%	15/2 21%	7/1 23%
Mechelen 2-1 9%	11/1	9/1
Gent 2-1 8%	17/2 6%	15/2 6%
Draw 2-2 7%	10/1 8%	17/2 14%
Mechelen 1-0 7%	18/1 46%	12/1 30%
Mechelen 2-0 6%	20/1	16/1 13%
Gent 1-0 6%	14/1 58%	10/1 38%
Mechelen 3-1 5%	20/1 19%	14/1 12%
Gent 2-0 4%	14/1 36%	11/1 26%
Mechelen 3-2 4%	20/1 28%	14/1 21%
Gent 3-1 4%	12/1 13%	10/1 8%
Draw 0-0 4%	22/1 77%	16/1 55%
Mechelen 3-0 4%	40/1	22/1
Gent 3-2 3%	16/1 19%	12/1 24%
Mechelen 4-1 2%	40/1 20%	25/1 24%
Over 2.5 Goals 64%	2/5 16%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 36%	15/8 34%	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	6/5 8%	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	8/13	-
No 1st Goal 2%	22/1 77%	-
BTTS - Yes 65%	2/5 11%	4/11 15%
BTTS - No 35%	7/4 22%	15/8 31%
BTTS - Home Win 26%	15/4 21%	10/3 18%
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	10/3
BTTS - Away Win 20%	21/10 17%	2/1 14%
Home/draw 67%	4/5 4%	3/4
Away/draw 56%	1/3 3%	7/20 2%
Home/away 77%	2/9 5%	2/9 5%
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	1/10 8%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	6/1 50%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 42%	10/11 27%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 58%	4/5 25%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	9/4 35%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	1/3 14%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	9/2 40%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/7 6%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/66 3%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	20/1 77%	-
Home DNB 60%	11/8 5%	13/10 4%
Away DNB 49%	8/15 2%	8/15 2%
Mechelen win to nil 19%	7/1 14%	-
Gent win to nil 13%	4/1 25%	-
Mechelen / Mechelen 16%	4/1 9%	19/5 4%
Mechelen / Gent 5%	18/1 10%	14/1 12%
Mechelen / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Mechelen 10%	7/1 7%	13/2
Draw / Gent 14%	5/1 9%	9/2 10%
Draw / Draw 11%	6/1 17%	11/2 18%
Gent / Mechelen 4%	22/1 21%	18/1 17%
Gent / Gent 26%	11/5 2%	21/10
Gent / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Pro League table

Mechelen have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 5 and won 4. Mechelen have conceded 21 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Mechelen have played 18 games at home, winning 9, drawing 4 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 30 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Gent lay in 6th place on 47 points in the Pro League league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 26 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 4 and losing 6 games. They have scored 60 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Gent have conceded 32 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Gent have played 18 away games, winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Mechelen

Won

Draw

Lost

Scores

Gent

HOME	AWAY	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY
d 2-2A	l 3-1A	Anderlecht	8	4	2	2	31	46	d 1-1F	l 1-0A
w 4-0F	l 1-0A	Union SG	8	2	2	4	34	43	d 1-1F	d 1-1F
d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	Brugge	30	14	9	7	33	51	w 2-1F	l 2-0A
d 1-1A	l 4-0A	Genk	8	3	1	4	12	34	d 1-1A	d 2-2F
l 0-1A	w 1-2F	Gent Away	30	12	11	7	15	47	-	-
d 0-00-0	w 0-1F	Antwerp	8	1	0	7	16	29	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0
l 0-2A	w 2-3A	Cercle B	30	14	5	11	10	47	l 1-2A	l 2-0A
-	-	Mechelen Home	30	13	6	11	5	45	l 1-2A	w 0-1F
l 0-2A	l 2-0A	St Truiden	30	10	10	10	-11	40	d 2-2A	l 4-1F
w 3-0F	d 1-1A	S. Liege	30	8	10	12	-8	34	w 3-1F	l 4-2F
w 3-1F	w 2-3A	Westerlo	30	7	9	14	-12	30	d 2-2A	w 1-3A
l 1-2A	l 1-0A	Leuven	30	7	8	15	-13	29	w 4-0F	d 1-1A
w 1-0F	l 3-1A	S.Charleroi	30	7	8	15	-22	29	w 5-0F	w 1-3F
w 1-0F	w 0-1F	Eupen	30	7	3	20	-34	24	w 2-1A	w 0-2F
w 3-0F	w 0-3F	Kortrijk	30	6	6	18	-35	24	w 3-2A	w 0-2F
w 3-1F	l 1-0A	RWDM	30	5	8	17	-36	23	w 4-0F	d 1-1F

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM
Mechelen	3 - 0	Leuven
Mechelen	3 - 2	Westerlo
Mechelen	2 - 3	St Truiden
Mechelen	3 - 1	Westerlo
Mechelen	3 - 0	Kortrijk
Mechelen	1 - 1	Genk
Mechelen	2 - 2	Anderlecht
Mechelen	3 - 1	RWDM
Mechelen	3 - 0	S. Liege
Mechelen	0 - 0	Brugge
Mechelen	0 - 2	St Truiden
Mechelen	1 - 0	S.Charleroi
Mechelen	0 - 2	Cercle B
Mechelen	0 - 0	Antwerp
Mechelen	1 - 2	Leuven
Mechelen	1 - 0	Eupen
Mechelen	4 - 0	Union SG
Mechelen	0 - 1	Gent
Mechelen	1 - 1	Gent
Mechelen	0 - 3	Brugge

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM
H	Mechelen	3 - 0	Leuven
A	Mechelen	0 - 0	S. Liege
A	Mechelen	1 - 3	Gent
H	Mechelen	3 - 2	Westerlo
H	Mechelen	2 - 3	St Truiden
A	Mechelen	3 - 2	Leuven
A	Mechelen	0 - 1	Leuven
H	Mechelen	3 - 1	Westerlo
A	Mechelen	3 - 2	Cercle B
H	Mechelen	3 - 0	Kortrijk
A	Mechelen	1 - 0	Antwerp
H	Mechelen	1 - 1	Genk
A	Mechelen	1 - 0	Eupen
H	Mechelen	2 - 2	Anderlecht
H	Mechelen	3 - 1	RWDM
A	Mechelen	2 - 1	Gent
A	Mechelen	1 - 3	S.Charleroi
H	Mechelen	3 - 0	S. Liege
A	Mechelen	0 - 1	Union SG
H	Mechelen	0 - 0	Brugge

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM
St Truiden	0 - 2	Gent
Leuven	2 - 1	Gent
Westerlo	0 - 3	Gent
Union SG	1 - 1	Gent
S. Liege	4 - 2	Gent
Eupen	0 - 2	Gent
Anderlecht	1 - 0	Gent
St Truiden	4 - 1	Gent
Kortrijk	0 - 2	Gent
Brugge	2 - 0	Gent
Genk	2 - 2	Gent
S.Charleroi	1 - 3	Gent
Cercle B	2 - 0	Gent
RWDM	1 - 1	Gent
Antwerp	0 - 0	Gent
Leuven	1 - 1	Gent
Westerlo	1 - 3	Gent
Mechelen	0 - 1	Gent
Westerlo	1 - 3	Gent
Cercle B	0 - 4	Gent

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM
H	Gent	3 - 2	Westerlo
A	Gent	2 - 0	St Truiden
H	Gent	3 - 1	Mechelen
A	Gent	1 - 2	Leuven
A	Gent	3 - 0	Westerlo
H	Gent	5 - 1	S. Liege
H	Gent	5 - 0	S.Charleroi
A	Gent	1 - 1	Union SG
A	Gent	2 - 4	S. Liege
H	Gent	2 - 2	Antwerp
A	Gent	2 - 0	Eupen
H	Gent	1 - 2	Cercle B
A	Gent	0 - 1	Anderlecht
A	Gent	1 - 4	St Truiden
H	Gent	2 - 2	Westerlo
H	Gent	1 - 2	Mechelen
A	Gent	2 - 0	Kortrijk
H	Gent	4 - 0	Leuven
A	Gent	0 - 2	Brugge
H	Gent	4 - 0	RWDM

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Mechelen

Gent

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

MEC

KAA

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

Mechelen

Gent

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 21

19 / 21

Clean sheets

2 / 21

8 / 21

MEC

KAA

FIXTURE HISTORY
Gent	3 - 1
	1 - 2	Mechelen
	0 - 1	Gent
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Gent	3 - 0
	1 - 2	Gent
Gent	1 - 0
Mechelen	4 - 3
Gent	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Gent
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Gent	1 - 0
	0 - 3	Gent
Gent	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Gent	3 - 0
Mechelen	2 - 0
Mechelen	2 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

Mechelen's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday evening, not least because KAA Gent have conceded in each of their last 14 Pro League games. A PG of 1.8 for B. Hasi's side suggests that run should continue.

	Mechelen 8th	Gent 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 83% probability that Mechelen will score 1 or more goals	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Gent will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+2 Mechelen’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+1 Gent’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.6 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.2 conceded

Statistics Pro League - 2023/2024 Season

MEC

KAA

23%

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Games scored	27		33
Failed to score	11		5
Scored first	17		21
Goals scored	54		74
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.9
Avg. shots per game	10		11
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate	14%		18%
KickOff rating		+23%

better

MEC

KAA

view stats

Games conceded	26		29
Clean sheets	12		9
Conceded first	18		16
Goals conceded	50		47
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	9		7
Conversion rate	12%		14%
KickOff rating		+5%

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

Mechelen Pro League squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
38	8	7	8
K Mrabti	K Mrabti	R Schoofs	D Foulon

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Y Thoelen GLK	3			-
S Walsh DEF	30		1	5 -
M Garananga DEF	14			3 -
D Bates DEF	34	2		5 -
D Foulon DEF	37	3	3	8 -
N Mukau MID	24			2 -
R Schoofs MID	36	7	7	2 -
G Hairemans MID	36	6	4	2 -
K Mrabti MID	38	8	6	4 -
N Storm MID	22	1	5	2 -
N Bassette FWD	22	5		1 -
Subs
O Annell GLK				-
B Bolingoli DEF	10			1 -
J Hecke MID	19			1 -
M Konaté MID	24	2		5 -
B Bafdili MID	17	2		3 -
I Slimani FWD	11	3	4	3 -
L Lauberbach FWD	31	2		2 -
P Pflücke FWD	32	4	4	1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	27	7	14
K Mrabti	K Mrabti	R Schoofs	R Schoofs

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Mrabti MID	8	27	6	4
R Schoofs MID	7	24	7	14
G Hairemans MID	6	18	4	10
N Bassette FWD	5	16		2
D Foulon DEF	3	12	3	5
D Bates DEF	2	5		1
N Storm MID	1	12	5	4
S Walsh DEF		3	1	2
M Garananga DEF		1		1
N Mukau MID				2
Subs
P Pflücke FWD	4	14	4	6
I Slimani FWD	3	9	4	5
M Konaté MID	2	6
B Bafdili MID	2	5
L Lauberbach FWD	2	12		1
J Hecke MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1956	82	249
R Schoofs	D Foulon	D Foulon

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
R Schoofs MID	1956	52	147
D Bates DEF	1740	44	145
D Foulon DEF	1546	82	249
G Hairemans MID	1457	45	164
K Mrabti MID	1294	50	117
S Walsh DEF	884	30	61
N Mukau MID	788	64	103
M Garananga DEF	582	27	64
N Storm MID	430	11	41
N Bassette FWD	135	8	59
Y Thoelen GLK	91
Subs
M Konaté MID	685	46	125
P Pflücke FWD	645	18	46
L Lauberbach FWD	411	16	109
I Slimani FWD	289	4	54
J Hecke MID	257	19	34
B Bolingoli DEF	132	7	13
B Bafdili MID	75	2	13

Gent Pro League squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
37	15	8	8
J Sart	T Tissoudali	T Tissoudali	J Torunarigha

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Roef GLK	20			-
S Mitrovic DEF	12	2		2 -
T Watanabe DEF	34	2	3	1 -
J Torunarigha DEF	30	1	2	8 -
M Samoise MID	37	5		4 -
O Gendelman MID	29	11	3	1 1
J Sart MID	38	5	2	6 -
A Brown MID	29		4	3 1
H Hyun-seok FWD	28	5	5	1 -
M Fernandez FWD	13	5		1 -
T Tissoudali FWD	34	15	8	4 -
Subs
D Schmidt GLK	8			-
J. Mokio DEF	3			-
I Kandouss DEF	32	2		5 1
N Fortuna DEF	12			2 1
P Gerkens MID	30	4	3	1 -
T. De Vlieger MID	3			-
A Hjulsager MID	15	1		2 -
M Sonko FWD	5			-
L Depoitre FWD	9	1	1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	40	8	11
T Tissoudali	T Tissoudali	T Tissoudali	H Hyun-seok

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Tissoudali FWD	15	40	8	10
O Gendelman MID	11	23	3	2
M Samoise MID	5	13		5
J Sart MID	5	27	2	5
H Hyun-seok FWD	5	7	5	11
M Fernandez FWD	5	13		1
S Mitrovic DEF	2	2
T Watanabe DEF	2	8	3	6
J Torunarigha DEF	1	3	2	3
A Brown MID		2	4	8
Subs
P Gerkens MID	4	8	3	6
I Kandouss DEF	2	7		1
A Hjulsager MID	1	6		2
L Depoitre FWD	1	2	1	1
M Sonko FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2051	127	255
J Sart	J Sart	J Sart

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
J Sart MID	2051	127	255
T Watanabe DEF	1955	31	136
M Samoise MID	1704	103	215
J Torunarigha DEF	1660	56	140
H Hyun-seok FWD	1289	42	96
A Brown MID	963	34	177
T Tissoudali FWD	750	20	92
S Mitrovic DEF	469	16	46
D Roef GLK	467		10
O Gendelman MID	466	17	58
M Fernandez FWD	173	5	34
Subs
I Kandouss DEF	1643	65	166
P Gerkens MID	531	15	58
N Fortuna DEF	296	16	44
A Hjulsager MID	286	21	48
D Schmidt GLK	205		1
L Depoitre FWD	119	2	24
J. Mokio DEF	44
M Sonko FWD	35	3	5
T. De Vlieger MID	28	2	6