KV Mechelen vs Royal Antwerp FC, Jupiler League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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KV Mechelen vs Royal Antwerp FC — Jupiler League .
- KV Mechelen 30 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
- Royal Antwerp FC 30 games · 35 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Lothar D'Hondt
23 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 4.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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 08 Feb Royal Antwerp FC H 2–0 W 01 Feb Oud-Heverlee Leuven A 2–2 D 25 Jan KVC Westerlo H 1–1 D 17 Jan Royale Union Saint-Gilloise A 0–1 L 27 Dec FC Verbroedering Dender EH H 1–1 D 21 Dec K. Sint-Truidense VV A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Feb KV Mechelen A 0–2 L 31 Jan Cercle Brugge KSV A 4–0 W 25 Jan Sporting du Pays de Charleroi H 0–2 L 18 Jan FC Verbroedering Dender EH A 0–1 L 27 Dec SV Zulte-Waregem H 2–1 W 21 Dec RSC Anderlecht H 2–2 D Season Stats
KV Mechelen Royal Antwerp FC #5 Position #10 45 Points 35 30 Played 30 12 / 9 / 9 W / D / L 9 / 8 / 13 39 Scored 31 37 Conceded 32 +2 GD -1 1.50 PPG 1.17 40% Win % 30% Key Stats
43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history23% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this season23% Clean Sheets
Royal Antwerp FC this seasonKV Mechelen are 5th (45 pts). Royal Antwerp FC are 10th (35 pts).
Goal 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 Royal Antwerp FCVincent Janssen 7 G 4 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for KV Mechelen and Royal Antwerp FC.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.
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Lineups
KV Mechelen Lineups
Royal Antwerp FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Michael Frey 5 Geoffry Hairemans 3 Gyrano Kerk 3 Bas Van den Eynden 2 Dieumerci Mbokani 2 Ferdy Druijf 2 Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 2 Michel-Ange Balikwisha 1 Head to Head
KV Mechelen Form
Royal Antwerp FC Form
2026-02-08 KV Mechelen 2–0 Royal Antwerp FC L 2026-01-31 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–4 Royal Antwerp FC W 2026-01-25 Royal Antwerp FC 0–2 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi L 2026-01-18 FC Verbroedering Dender EH 1–0 Royal Antwerp FC L 2025-12-27 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 SV Zulte-Waregem W 2025-12-21 Royal Antwerp FC 2–2 RSC Anderlecht D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.25 KV Mechelen xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.9 Royal Antwerp FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 64% + Under — clean sheet likely 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: KV Mechelen winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.15Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 63% 37% ± 2.5 36% 64% ± 3.5 18% 82% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
KV Mechelen or Draw 76%Draw or Royal Antwerp FC 53%KV Mechelen or Royal Antwerp FC 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: KV Mechelen win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14%0 – 0 14%1 – 0 13.4%0 – 1 9.2%2 – 0 Actual2 – 1 8%1 – 2 5.7%0 – 2 4.5%2 – 2 3.7%3 – 0 3.6%3 – 1 3.4%1 – 3 1.7%Asian Handicap — KV Mechelen
Handicap KV Mechelen covers Push Royal Antwerp FC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 13% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 23% 57% -0.5 43% — 57% +0.5 75% — 25% +1 75% 16% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 7% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet 41% ✗Royal Antwerp FC keeps clean sheet 29% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.