KV Mechelen vs Royal Standard de Liège, Jupiler League 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2022-23

KV Mechelen

2 – 0

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Royal Standard de Liège

Wed 19 Oct 2022 · 18:45 UTC Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne HT 45' · FT 45'

Birger Verstraete 32' Y

Y 49' William Balikwisha

Y 49' Steven Alzate

Y 79' Philip Zinckernagel

Overview

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KV Mechelen vs Royal Standard de Liège — Jupiler League at Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne.

KV Mechelen 7 games · 3 pts (2026/27)
Royal Standard de Liège 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	7	19
2	KAA Gent	7	19
3	Club Brugge KV	7	18
4	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	7	18
5	RSC Anderlecht	7	13
6	SV Zulte-Waregem	7	11
7	Royal Standard de Liège	7	11
8	KVC Westerlo	7	10
9	KRC Genk	7	9
10	SK Beveren	7	9
11	K. Sint-Truidense VV	7	8
12	Lommel SK	7	8
13	Royal Antwerp FC	7	7
14	UR La Louviere Centre	7	4
15	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	7	4
16	Cercle Brugge KSV	7	3
17	KV Mechelen	7	3
18	KV Kortrijk	7	3

Head-to-Head

KV Mechelen 15 games · Avg 2.7 goals Royal Standard de Liège

Last 5 meetings

2022-10-19 KV Mechelen 2–0 Royal Standard de Liège 2022-01-30 Royal Standard de Liège 1–2 KV Mechelen 2021-10-01 KV Mechelen 3–1 Royal Standard de Liège 2021-01-20 KV Mechelen 0–4 Royal Standard de Liège 2020-12-06 Royal Standard de Liège 2–2 KV Mechelen

Recent Form

KV Mechelen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Oct	Royal Standard de Liège	H	2–0	W
16 Oct	KAA Gent	A	0–3	L
09 Oct	RSC Anderlecht	H	1–3	L
01 Oct	Club Brugge KV	A	0–3	L
17 Sep	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	H	0–0	D
10 Sep	KV Kortrijk	A	4–1	W

Royal Standard de Liège

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Oct	KV Mechelen	A	0–2	L
16 Oct	Royal Antwerp FC	H	3–0	W
09 Oct	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	A	1–0	W
30 Sep	FC Seraing	H	0–2	L
18 Sep	Club Brugge KV	H	3–0	W
09 Sep	K. Sint-Truidense VV	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

KV Mechelen		Royal Standard de Liège
#17	Position	#7
3	Points	11
7	Played	7
0 / 3 / 4	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 2
5	Scored	13
14	Conceded	12
-9	GD	+1
0.43	PPG	1.57
0%	Win %	43%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this season

29% Clean Sheets
Royal Standard de Liège this season

KV Mechelen are 17th (3 pts). Royal Standard de Liège are 7th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

KV Mechelen

0-15

1/3

16-30

–/2

31-45

1/5

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/2

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Royal Standard de Liège

0-15

2/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/1

61-75

6/1

76+

1/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

KV Mechelen

Myron van Brederode

3 G

Royal Standard de Liège

Dennis Eckert	4 G	1 A
Adnane Abid	3 G	2 A
Casper Nielsen	2 G	3 A
Salieu Drammeh	2 G
Bernard Jordan Nguene	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne!
5' Alessio Da Cruz has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 14 cards already picked up this season.
10' Birger Verstraete has been relatively quiet despite scoring 13 goals in his last 303 appearances.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' KV Mechelen 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.
22' Aron Doennum is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jacob Laursen at the 22 minute mark.
27' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Sandy Walsh suffering a number of foals already.
32' Birger Verstraete has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 32.
37' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
42' It is a cagey affair so far. KV Mechelen in their trying to find a way past Royal Standard de Liege's compact .
47' Supporters expect more eagerness from Philip Zinckernagel, as he is very good at scoring at Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
49' William Balikwisha picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
50' Royal Standard de Liege ring the changes. Gojko Cimirot has done his job and it is now time for Marlon Fossey to step up.
55' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
60' 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.
65' KV Mechelen are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
69' Another change for Royal Standard de Liege made on 69 minute. William Balikwisha leaves to be changed by Cihan Canak.
70' The Royal Standard de Liege manager makes a substitution. Gilles Dewaele departs to be replaced by Osher Davida.
71' What a moment for Jordi Vanlerberghe! That strike on 71 puts his side firmly in control.
74' Against the run of play, Julien Ngoy has scored! This game has turned on its head.
77' Thibault Peyre is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jordi Vanlerberghe at the 77 minute mark.
79' That is a Yellow card for Royal Standard de Liege. Philip Zinckernagel will be fuming at that decision.
84' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Ronny Deila will be considering his options from the bench.
88' Yonas Malede gets the nod from Yellow-Red KV Mechelen. He replaces Nikola Storm and will look to change the dynamic.
The final score is 2-0.

Lineups

KV Mechelen Lineups

Starting XI

27
David Bates
22
Alessio Da Cruz ↓ Jannes Van Hecke 77'
5
Sandy Walsh
30
Jordi Vanlerberghe ↓ Thibault Peyre 77'
7
Geoffry Hairemans
66
Birger Verstraete
21
Boli Bolingoli ↓ Alec Van Hoorenbeeck 88'
16
Rob Schoofs
11
Nikola Storm ↓ Yonas Malede 88'
1
Gaetan Coucke
9
Julien Ngoy ↓ Frederic Soelle Soelle 88'

Bench

Coach Steven Defour

Royal Standard de Liège Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

28
Stipe Perica ↑ 70'
21
Filippo Melegoni
30
Laurent Henkinet
13
Marlon Fossey ↑ 50'
11
Aron Doennum ↑ 22'
61
Cihan Canak ↑ 69'
17
Osher Davida ↑ 69'

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sandy Walsh	3
Selim Amallah	3
Kerim Mrabti	3
Igor de Camargo	3
Konstantinos Laifis	2
Michel-Ange Balikwisha	2
Adnane Abid	2
Rob Schoofs	2

Head to Head

KV Mechelen Form

2022-10-19 KV Mechelen 2–0 Royal Standard de Liège W 2022-10-16 KAA Gent 3–0 KV Mechelen L 2022-10-09 KV Mechelen 1–3 RSC Anderlecht L 2022-10-01 Club Brugge KV 3–0 KV Mechelen L 2022-09-17 KV Mechelen 0–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven D 2022-09-10 KV Kortrijk 1–4 KV Mechelen W

Royal Standard de Liège Form

2022-10-19 KV Mechelen 2–0 Royal Standard de Liège L 2022-10-16 Royal Standard de Liège 3–0 Royal Antwerp FC W 2022-10-09 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 0–1 Royal Standard de Liège W 2022-09-30 Royal Standard de Liège 0–2 FC Seraing L 2022-09-18 Royal Standard de Liège 3–0 Club Brugge KV W 2022-09-09 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–2 Royal Standard de Liège W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.21 KV Mechelen xG

Expected Goals

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

1.81 Royal Standard de Liège xG

I would bet for: KV Mechelen or Royal Standard de Liège 75% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

KV Mechelen33% Draw25% Royal Standard de Liège42%

Actual: KV Mechelen win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.02

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

KV Mechelen or Draw

58%

Draw or Royal Standard de Liège

67%

KV Mechelen or Royal Standard de Liège

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

KV Mechelen20% Draw43% Royal Standard de Liège37%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 1

8.1%

0 – 2

7.9%

0 – 0

6.6%

2 – 1

6.2%

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 3

5.6%

1 – 0

5.1%

0 – 3

4.7%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — KV Mechelen

Handicap	KV Mechelen covers	Push	Royal Standard de Liège covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	14%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	22%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	15%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet

17% ✗

Royal Standard de Liège keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.