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

Fri 7th Feb, 19:45 BST, Afas Stadion, Mechelen

Mechelen and KAA Gent take on one another at the Afas Stadion on Friday evening, with both Besnik Hasi and Wouter Vrancken seeking a win in the Pro League. All of the key statistics for the tie, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds across 17 markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Mechelen or Gent are in the kind of form that would leave us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 79% chance of 2 goals or more.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Mechelen are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 52% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.40.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Mechelen 52%	7/5	11/8 1%
Draw 24%	5/2	5/2 3%
Gent 23%	7/4	15/8
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	11/2 8%
Mechelen 1-0 11%	17/2	7/1 6%
Mechelen 2-1 10%	17/2	15/2
Mechelen 2-0 9%	12/1	10/1
Gent 1-0 7%	9/1	8/1
Draw 0-0 7%	11/1	9/1 5%
Gent 2-1 6%	9/1	8/1
Mechelen 3-1 5%	18/1	12/1
Mechelen 3-0 5%	22/1	16/1
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	10/1
Gent 2-0 4%	14/1	11/1 8%
Mechelen 3-2 3%	25/1	16/1
Mechelen 4-1 2%	40/1	25/1
Mechelen 4-0 2%	40/1	28/1
Gent 3-1 2%	20/1	16/1
Over 2.5 Goals 50%	4/5	3/4
Under 2.5 Goals 50%	1/1	1/1
Home 1st Goal 54%	4/5	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	11/10	-
No 1st Goal 4%	11/1	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	8/13	13/20 2%
BTTS - No 48%	6/5	23/20 2%
BTTS - Home Win 23%	7/2	16/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 11%	4/1	19/5
Home/draw 77%	2/5	2/5
Away/draw 48%	8/15	4/7 1%
Home/away 76%	2/7	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	2/9	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	3/1	27/10
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	2/1	9/5
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	4/11	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	9/2	4/1
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1/7	1/7
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	10/1	9/1 5%
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/20	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	12/1 8%	9/1 5%
Home DNB 69%	8/11	7/10
Away DNB 40%	1/1	21/20
Mechelen win to nil 29%	7/2	-
Gent win to nil 12%	9/2	-
Mechelen / Mechelen 21%	3/1	27/10
Mechelen / Gent 3%	25/1	20/1
Mechelen / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Mechelen 14%	5/1	9/2 4%
Draw / Gent 12%	11/2	11/2
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	4/1
Gent / Mechelen 4%	22/1	18/1
Gent / Gent 18%	7/2	17/5
Gent / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Pro League table

Mechelen have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Mechelen have conceded 24 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Mechelen have played 12 games at home, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 25 goals, conceded 15 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Gent lay in 6th place on 36 points in the Pro League league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 7 and losing 3 games. They have scored 25 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Gent have conceded 11 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Gent have played 12 away games, winning 3, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

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 Gent
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Genk	24	17	3	4	18	54	l 1-2F	l 2-1F	l 0-2A	Feb 23
2	Brugge	24	14	6	4	25	48	l 1-2A	d 1-1A	Mar 2	w 2-4F
3	Union SG	24	11	10	3	17	43	d 1-1A	Feb 16	l 1-3A	d 0-00-0
4	Antwerp	24	11	7	6	17	40	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	Mar 9
5	Anderlecht	24	11	6	7	19	39	l 1-3F	l 4-1A	w 1-0F	l 6-0A
6	Gent Away	24	9	9	6	7	36	Feb 7	l 2-0A	-	-
7	S. Liege	24	9	8	7	-6	35	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	w 5-0F	w 0-1F
8	S.Charleroi	24	9	5	10	2	32	w 5-2F	Mar 8	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
9	Leuven	24	6	11	7	-4	29	w 5-0F	l 1-0A	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0
10	Cercle B	24	7	8	9	-9	29	w 2-0F	l 1-0A	d 1-1F	l 2-1A
11	Dender	24	7	7	10	-13	28	Mar 16	w 2-5F	l 1-2A	d 0-00-0
12	Mechelen Home	24	7	6	11	3	27	-	-	w 2-0F	Feb 7
13	Westerlo	24	7	5	12	-2	26	l 2-4A	d 1-1F	w 4-1F	d 2-2A
14	St Truiden	24	5	8	11	-17	23	Feb 21	l 2-1A	w 2-0F	d 1-1F
15	Kortrijk	24	5	4	15	-26	19	w 3-0F	l 3-1A	Mar 16	w 0-1F
16	Beerschot	24	2	7	15	-31	13	w 3-0F	Mar 2	Feb 16	d 0-00-0

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Win / draw / win form

Mechelen have lost 4 consecutive league games

Mechelen have not won in 9 consecutive league games

Gent have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mechelen	1 - 2	Genk
Mechelen	0 - 0	S. Liege
Mechelen	1 - 1	Antwerp
Mechelen	1 - 2	Brugge
Mechelen	3 - 0	Beerschot
Mechelen	1 - 1	Union SG
Mechelen	3 - 0	Kortrijk
Mechelen	5 - 0	Leuven
Mechelen	2 - 0	Cercle B
Mechelen	5 - 2	S.Charleroi
Mechelen	1 - 3	Anderlecht
Mechelen	2 - 4	Westerlo
Mechelen	3 - 2	S. Liege
Mechelen	2 - 4	Gent
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Leuven	0 - 0	Gent
Dender	0 - 0	Gent
S. Liege	0 - 1	Gent
Westerlo	2 - 2	Gent
Anderlecht	6 - 0	Gent
Beerschot	0 - 0	Gent
Union SG	0 - 0	Gent
St Truiden	1 - 1	Gent
Cercle B	2 - 1	Gent
Brugge	2 - 4	Gent
S.Charleroi	1 - 0	Gent
Kortrijk	0 - 1	Gent
Genk	0 - 1	Gent
S. Liege	1 - 4	Gent
Mechelen	2 - 4	Gent
St Truiden	0 - 2	Gent
Leuven	2 - 1	Gent
Westerlo	0 - 3	Gent
Union SG	1 - 1	Gent
S. Liege	4 - 2	Gent

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Gent	1 - 0	Anderlecht
A	Gent	0 - 0	Leuven
H	Gent	1 - 1	S.Charleroi
A	Gent	0 - 0	Dender
H	Gent	1 - 3	Union SG
A	Gent	1 - 0	S. Liege
H	Gent	1 - 1	Cercle B
H	Gent	2 - 0	St Truiden
A	Gent	2 - 2	Westerlo
A	Gent	0 - 6	Anderlecht
H	Gent	5 - 0	S. Liege
A	Gent	0 - 0	Beerschot
H	Gent	0 - 2	Genk
A	Gent	0 - 0	Union SG
A	Gent	1 - 1	St Truiden
H	Gent	3 - 0	Leuven
A	Gent	1 - 2	Cercle B
A	Gent	4 - 2	Brugge
H	Gent	2 - 0	Mechelen
H	Gent	1 - 1	Antwerp

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Gent have beaten Mechelen in 3 consecutive league meetings

Mechelen

Gent

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 11

Clean sheets

2 / 11

MEC

KAA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mechelen
	2 - 4	Gent
	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

Gent

Mechelen

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 12

5 / 12

Clean sheets

7 / 12

0 / 12

MEC

KAA

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

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for KAA Gent of late. It has been 6 Pro League games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Friday evening against Mechelen.

	Mechelen 12th	Gent 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 32% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Mechelen will score 1 or more goals	0 36% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 73% probability that Gent will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+23 Mechelen have scored 23% more goals at home than predicted	+2 Gent’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.3 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2024/2025 season

better

MEC

KAA

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

MEC

KAA

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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

Mechelen Pro League squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
24	8	4	8
O Wolf	B Raman	P Pflücke	A Mohammed

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
O Wolf GLK	24			-
J Martínez DEF	24			4 -
T Raemaekers DEF	24			3 -
R Schoofs MID	24	3	2	3 -
B Bafdili MID	23	2		3 -
K Mrabti MID	22	2	1	5 -
L Lauberbach FWD	21	3	2	2 -
R Belghali DEF	20	1	1	1 -
A Mohammed MID	20			8 -
P Pflücke MID	20	4	4	1 -
B Raman FWD	19	8		3 -
A Touba DEF	18	2		6 -
P. Dahl FWD	18	1	1	-
G Hairemans FWD	18	1	2	1 -
N Storm FWD	16	4	3	1 -
D Foulon DEF	15	2	3	3 -
J Cleemput DEF	10			1 1
B Eynden DEF	9	3		2 -
S Walsh DEF	6			1 -
J Ngoy FWD	6			-
F Hammar MID	4			1 -
S Welsh DEF	3			-
B Antonio FWD	3			1 -
Z Vanheusden DEF	2			1 -
E. Yeboah MID	2			1 -
K. Vanrafelghem FWD	2			-
M Konaté MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	26	4	28
B Raman	B Raman	P Pflücke	R Schoofs

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Raman FWD	8	26		3
N Storm FWD	4	18	3	7
P Pflücke MID	4	13	4	24
B Eynden DEF	3	3
R Schoofs MID	3	20	2	28
L Lauberbach FWD	3	11	2	11
A Touba DEF	2	4		7
B Bafdili MID	2	3		14
K Mrabti MID	2	7	1	10
D Foulon DEF	2	3	3	13
P. Dahl FWD	1	4	1	7
G Hairemans FWD	1	2	2	18
R Belghali DEF	1	7	1	3
Z Vanheusden DEF		1
B Antonio FWD		1		1
K. Vanrafelghem FWD				3
O Wolf GLK				1
J Ngoy FWD				2
J Martínez DEF		1		9
A Mohammed MID		1		7
T Raemaekers DEF		3		8

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1499	54	126
T Raemaekers	T Raemaekers	T Raemaekers

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Raemaekers DEF	1499	54	126
R Schoofs MID	1386	51	119
J Martínez DEF	1219	36	91
A Touba DEF	1120	29	84
O Wolf GLK	832		6
K Mrabti MID	721	28	65
A Mohammed MID	671	31	82
P Pflücke MID	620	28	49
D Foulon DEF	593	35	105
G Hairemans FWD	452	16	51
B Eynden DEF	448	12	22
R Belghali DEF	447	20	44
N Storm FWD	330	8	30
B Bafdili MID	260	13	37
L Lauberbach FWD	259	7	59
J Cleemput DEF	222	4	10
S Walsh DEF	172	1	8
B Raman FWD	147	9	29
P. Dahl FWD	145	10	39
F Hammar MID	133	10	18
S Welsh DEF	132	1	2
Z Vanheusden DEF	124	1	8
B Antonio FWD	32	2	6
M Konaté MID	30		1
K. Vanrafelghem FWD	27	1	6
J Ngoy FWD	12		4
E. Yeboah MID	3

Gent Pro League squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
24	6	5	6
T Watanabe	M Dean	F. Surdez	J Torunarigha

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Watanabe DEF	24	1	2	3 -
D Roef GLK	23			2 -
A Brown DEF	23	1	3	5 -
M Delorge MID	22	1	3	3 -
O Gendelman MID	22	4	3	2 -
F. Surdez FWD	22	2	5	2 -
A Gudjohnsen FWD	21	3	1	1 -
A Ito MID	19	2		5 -
J Torunarigha DEF	18		1	5 1
P Gerkens MID	17	1	1	-
M Dean FWD	17	6	1	3 -
S Mitrovic DEF	16			4 -
M Samoise MID	16			3 1
M Sonko FWD	16	2	1	-
H Gambor DEF	15			3 -
S Kums MID	15	2		2 -
N Fadiga DEF	14	3		1 -
T Araújo DEF	10			2 -
H. Oliveira Alves Varela FWD	9		1	2 -
A Hjulsager MID	7		1	1 -
L Lopes MID	4			2 1
T. De Vlieger MID	3			-
G. De Meyer DEF	2	1		-
Z Vancsa MID	2			-
D Vanzeir FWD	2			-
N Fortuna DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	17	5	29
M Dean	M Dean	F. Surdez	M Delorge

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Dean FWD	6	17	1	8
O Gendelman MID	4	12	3	6
N Fadiga DEF	3	7		5
A Gudjohnsen FWD	3	6	1	5
M Sonko FWD	2	5	1	11
F. Surdez FWD	2	11	5	10
A Ito MID	2	6		15
S Kums MID	2	3		11
G. De Meyer DEF	1	1
T Watanabe DEF	1	7	2	5
M Delorge MID	1	7	3	29
P Gerkens MID	1	1	1	7
A Brown DEF	1	8	3	12
S Mitrovic DEF		1
M Samoise MID		3		4
H Gambor DEF				4
J Torunarigha DEF		1	1	4
T Araújo DEF		2		3
H. Oliveira Alves Varela FWD		1	1	3
A Hjulsager MID		3	1	16
L Lopes MID				1
T. De Vlieger MID				1
Z Vancsa MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1488	49	120
T Watanabe	A Ito	A Brown

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Watanabe DEF	1488	33	105
M Delorge MID	1204	45	99
J Torunarigha DEF	840	27	80
A Brown DEF	833	32	120
S Mitrovic DEF	699	17	56
D Roef GLK	662		11
H Gambor DEF	641	31	73
A Ito MID	632	49	82
S Kums MID	453	12	24
F. Surdez FWD	398	28	66
O Gendelman MID	390	37	90
M Samoise MID	371	35	58
M Sonko FWD	305	19	51
P Gerkens MID	288	11	32
N Fadiga DEF	268	14	46
A Gudjohnsen FWD	244	11	60
M Dean FWD	209	6	39
A Hjulsager MID	150	13	28
T Araújo DEF	102	6	14
L Lopes MID	102	10	23
H. Oliveira Alves Varela FWD	51	1	11
Z Vancsa MID	25		3
T. De Vlieger MID	15	1	2
D Vanzeir FWD	15		3
N Fortuna DEF	5
G. De Meyer DEF	4

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

Mechelen have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Gent lay in 6th place on 36 points in the Pro League league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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