KV Mechelen vs Club Brugge KV, Jupiler League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
KV Mechelen vs Club Brugge KV — Jupiler League at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne.
- KV Mechelen 30 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
- Club Brugge KV 30 games · 63 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Simon Bourdeaud'hui (Belgium)
- Assistant 1 Bryan Bijnens (Belgium)
- Assistant 2 Jonas Van Dyck (Belgium)
23 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 3.7 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 66 2 Club Brugge KV 30 63 3 K. Sint-Truidense VV 30 57 4 KAA Gent 30 45 5 KV Mechelen 30 45 6 RSC Anderlecht 30 44 7 KRC Genk 30 42 8 Royal Standard de Liege 30 40 9 KVC Westerlo 30 39 10 Royal Antwerp FC 30 35 11 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 30 34 12 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 30 34 13 SV Zulte-Waregem 30 32 14 UR La Louviere Centre 30 31 15 Cercle Brugge KSV 30 31 16 FC Verbroedering Dender EH 30 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 May Club Brugge KV H 2–2 D 17 May RSC Anderlecht A 2–2 D 10 May Royale Union Saint-Gilloise A 0–3 L 03 May KAA Gent H 1–0 W 26 Apr K. Sint-Truidense VV H 1–4 L 22 Apr Club Brugge KV A 1–6 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 May KV Mechelen A 2–2 D 17 May Royale Union Saint-Gilloise H 5–0 W 09 May K. Sint-Truidense VV H 2–0 W 03 May RSC Anderlecht A 3–1 W 26 Apr KAA Gent A 2–0 W 22 Apr KV Mechelen H 6–1 W Season Stats
KV Mechelen Club Brugge KV #5 Position #2 45 Points 63 30 Played 30 12 / 9 / 9 W / D / L 20 / 3 / 7 39 Scored 59 37 Conceded 36 +2 GD +23 1.50 PPG 2.10 40% Win % 67% Key Stats
56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history23% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this season30% Clean Sheets
Club Brugge KV this seasonKV Mechelen are 5th (45 pts). Club Brugge KV are 2nd (63 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
KV Mechelen0-152/316-302/331-451/346-602/561-75–/676+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededClub Brugge KV0-155/116-303/231-456/–46-608/261-751/–76+8/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
KV MechelenMyron van Brederode 9 G 5 A Lion Lauberbach 6 G 1 A Kerim Mrabti 5 G 3 A Therence Koudou 5 G 2 A Club Brugge KVNicolo Tresoldi 19 G 4 A Christos Tzolis 17 G 21 A Romeo Vermant 9 G 2 A Carlos Forbs 8 G 9 A Hans Vanaken 7 G 3 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between KV Mechelen and Club Brugge KV is underway.
- 5' It’s high time Frédéric Vanderbiest made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' KV Mechelen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Club Brugge KV that had 350 games and scored 632 goals.
- 17' What a strike from Christos Tzolis! The score is 0-1.
- 22' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 27' Club Brugge KV is showing some good football. However, Club Brugge KV are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 32' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Fredrik Hammar made 343 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 37' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 42' Club Brugge KV seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 47' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 47 minutes.
- 49' GOAL! Myron van Brederode scores on 49.
- 51' What a strike from Nicolo Tresoldi! The score is 1-2.
- 52' GOAL! Nicolo Tresoldi scores on 52. Assisted by Hristiyan Hristov
- 57' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 4 times this season with Club Brugge KV winning 50% of all matches.
- 62' It looks surprising Club Brugge KV does not make any changes. Therence Koudou has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 67' It looks like no one’s ball. KV Mechelen is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 68' It’s a booking for Club Brugge KV player. Hugo Siquet gets a card.
- 70' Kerim Mrabti is having his name booked by the referee on 70.
- 75' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 80' Club Brugge KV looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 4 matches with its main striker Christos Tzolis scoring 2 goals.
- 85' Hans Vanaken needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 87' GOAL! Myron van Brederode scores on 87.
- 90' Jorne Spileers is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Lineups
KV Mechelen Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 1
- 19
- 6
- 17
- 2
- 3
- 29
- 9
- 7
- 28
- 39
Bench
- 14
- 8
- 11
- 38
- 27
- 15
- 4
- 34
- 18
Coach Frédéric VanderbiestClub Brugge KV Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 44
- 20
- 8
- 10
- 41
- 7
- 4
- 25
- 16
- 65
- 9
Bench
- 22
- 29
- 19
- 15
- 11
- 14
- 58
- 17
- 67
- 64
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Noa Lang 4 Krepin Diatta 3 Nicolo Tresoldi 2 Rob Schoofs 2 Mbaye Diagne 2 Mats Rits 2 Tajon Buchanan 2 Brandon Mechele 2 Head to Head
KV Mechelen Form
Club Brugge KV Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.39 KV Mechelen xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.16 Club Brugge KV xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 68% + Both teams to score 66%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.55Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 87% 13% ± 2.5 68% 32% ± 3.5 47% 53% ± 4.5 29% 71% Double Chance
KV Mechelen or Draw 50%Draw or Club Brugge KV 74%KV Mechelen or Club Brugge KV 76%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Club Brugge KV win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.4%1 – 2 9%0 – 2 6.7%1 – 3 6.4%2 – 2 Actual2 – 1 5.8%0 – 1 5.7%0 – 3 4.7%2 – 3 4.5%0 – 0 4.2%1 – 4 3.5%1 – 0 3.4%Asian Handicap — KV Mechelen
Handicap KV Mechelen covers Push Club Brugge KV covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 7% 89% -1.5 11% — 89% -1 11% 13% 76% -0.5 24% — 76% +0.5 46% — 54% +1 46% 21% 33% +1.5 67% — 33% +2 67% 16% 17% +2.5 83% — 17% Clean Sheet
KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Club Brugge KV keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.