KV Mechelen vs Royal Antwerp FC, Jupiler League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2025-26

KV Mechelen

2 – 0

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Royal Antwerp FC

Sun 8 Feb 2026 · 18:15 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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KV Mechelen vs Royal Antwerp FC — Jupiler League .

KV Mechelen 30 games · 45 pts (2026/27)
Royal Antwerp FC 30 games · 35 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lothar D'Hondt

Standings

#	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

KV Mechelen 14 games · Avg 2.6 goals Royal Antwerp FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-02-08 KV Mechelen 2–0 Royal Antwerp FC 2025-08-24 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 KV Mechelen 2024-12-13 KV Mechelen 1–1 Royal Antwerp FC 2024-08-24 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 KV Mechelen 2024-02-17 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 KV Mechelen

Recent Form

KV Mechelen

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

Royal Antwerp FC

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 history

KV Mechelen are 5th (45 pts). Royal Antwerp FC are 10th (35 pts).

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.

Lineups

KV Mechelen Lineups

Royal Antwerp FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Michael Frey	5
Gyrano Kerk	3
Geoffry Hairemans	3
Ferdy Druijf	2
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp	2
Bas Van den Eynden	2
Dieumerci Mbokani	2
Benson Manuel	1

Head to Head

KV Mechelen Form

2026-02-08 KV Mechelen 2–0 Royal Antwerp FC W 2026-02-01 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2–2 KV Mechelen D 2026-01-25 KV Mechelen 1–1 KVC Westerlo D 2026-01-17 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 KV Mechelen L 2025-12-27 KV Mechelen 1–1 FC Verbroedering Dender EH D 2025-12-21 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–0 KV Mechelen L

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 accuracy

3 / 4

1.25 KV Mechelen xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.9 Royal Antwerp FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 64% + Under — clean sheet likely 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

KV Mechelen47% Draw29% Royal Antwerp FC24%

Actual: KV Mechelen win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes43% 0% No57%

Avg goals/match: 2.15

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	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

✗ Wrong

KV Mechelen29% Draw53% Royal Antwerp FC18%

Actual: KV Mechelen win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14%

0 – 0

14%

1 – 0

13.4%

0 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

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.