KV Mechelen vs KV Kortrijk, Jupiler League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
KV Mechelen vs KV Kortrijk — Jupiler League at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne.
- KV Mechelen 30 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
- KV Kortrijk 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Michiel Allaerts
11 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 1.8 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 20 Oct KV Kortrijk H 3–0 W 05 Oct Oud-Heverlee Leuven H 5–0 W 28 Sep KRC Genk A 1–2 L 22 Sep Cercle Brugge KSV H 2–0 W 15 Sep KAA Gent A 0–2 L 31 Aug Sporting du Pays de Charleroi H 5–2 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Oct KV Mechelen A 0–3 L 05 Oct KRC Genk H 2–1 W 29 Sep Royale Union Saint-Gilloise A 0–3 L 22 Sep Oud-Heverlee Leuven A 1–1 D 14 Sep Club Brugge KV H 0–3 L 01 Sep K. Sint-Truidense VV H 1–1 D Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)92% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history23% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
KV Mechelen0-152/316-302/331-451/346-602/561-75–/676+2/4■ 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 -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for KV Mechelen to score. At the same time, KV Kortrijk does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' KV Kortrijk 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.
- 10' Patrik Gunnarsson has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 37 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 15' Takuro Kaneko needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 20' The referee shows KV Mechelen player a card on 20.
- 23' Lucas Pirard is replacing Patrik Gunnarsson for the KV Kortrijk side.
- 28' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 32' It’s a booking for KV Mechelen player. Bilal Bafdili gets a card.
- 32' Bilal Bafdili has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kerim Mrabti on 32 minute.
- 37' The referee calls foul for Abdoulaye Sissako. He receives a card.
- 42' It looks like no one’s ball. KV Mechelen is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 47' KV Mechelen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 47.
- 48' KV Mechelen is taking the lead after the goal scored by Bilal Bafdili on 48.
- 49' What a strike from Lion Lauberbach! The score is 2-0.
- 54' It’s high time Besnik Hasi made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 55' What a strike from Daam Foulon! The score is 3-0.
- 57' It’s gonna be a card for Daam Foulon.
- 62' KV Kortrijk manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Abdelkahar Kadri is hanging Nacho Ferri on the field on 62 minute.
- 66' KV Mechelen player sees a card in front of him.
- 67' Rafik Belghali is replacing Patrick Pflucke for the KV Mechelen side.
- 72' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Gilles Dewaele made 134 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 77' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 77 minutes.
- 79' KV Kortrijk manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Iver Fossum is hanging Takuro Kaneko on the field on 79 minute.
- 81' KV Mechelen manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Benito Raman is hanging Lion Lauberbach on the field on 81 minute.
- 86' KV Mechelen is showing some good football. However, KV Mechelen are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 88' Aziz Ouattara is having his name booked by the referee on 88.
- With this win, KV Mechelen is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
KV Mechelen Lineups
Starting XI
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Lion Lauberbach ↓ Benito Raman 81'
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Kerim Mrabti ↓ Bilal Bafdili 32'
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Nikola Storm ↓ Petter Dahl 81'
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Bench
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Benito Raman ↑ 81'
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Bilal Bafdili ↑ 32'
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Petter Dahl ↑ 81'
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Rafik Belghali ↑ 67'
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Coach Besnik HasiKV Kortrijk Lineups
Starting XI
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Brecht Dejaegere ↓ Dion De Neve 79'
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Takuro Kaneko ↓ Iver Fossum 79'
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Nacho Ferri ↓ Abdelkahar Kadri 62'
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Bench
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Iver Fossum ↑ 79'
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Lucas Pirard ↑ 23'
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Tomoki Takamine ↑ 62'
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Dion De Neve ↑ 79'
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Abdelkahar Kadri ↑ 62'
Coach Freyr Alexandersson -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Nikola Storm 5 Rob Schoofs 5 Kerim Mrabti 3 Amine Benchaib 3 Dante Vanzeir 2 Bilal Bafdili 2 Sandy Walsh 2 Geoffry Hairemans 2 Head to Head
KV Mechelen Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.27 KV Mechelen xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.74 KV Kortrijk xGI would bet for: KV Mechelen to win 69% + Over 2.5 goals 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: KV Mechelen winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.01Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
KV Mechelen or Draw 89%Draw or KV Kortrijk 31%KV Mechelen or KV Kortrijk 81%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: KV Mechelen win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 12.5%1 – 0 10.8%3 – 0 Actual2 – 1 9.1%1 – 1 9%3 – 1 6.9%0 – 0 6.5%4 – 0 5.2%4 – 1 4%2 – 2 3.4%0 – 1 3%1 – 2 2.9%Asian Handicap — KV Mechelen
Handicap KV Mechelen covers Push KV Kortrijk covers -2.5 26% — 74% -2 26% 21% 52% -1.5 48% — 52% -1 48% 23% 29% -0.5 71% — 29% +0.5 90% — 10% +1 90% 7% 3% +1.5 97% — 3% +2 97% 2% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet 48% ✗KV Kortrijk keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.