Thursday , 12 November 2026

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

Jupiler Pro League · 2022-23
KV Mechelen
2 – 0
Full Time
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

Match Preview

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

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 11 29
2 Club Brugge KV 11 28
3 KAA Gent 11 28
4 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 11 27
5 RSC Anderlecht 11 20
6 Lommel SK 11 16
7 KRC Genk 11 15
8 Royal Standard de Liège 11 15
9 KVC Westerlo 11 14
10 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 11 12
11 KV Mechelen 11 12
12 K. Sint-Truidense VV 11 11
13 Royal Antwerp FC 11 11
14 SV Zulte-Waregem 11 11
15 SK Beveren 11 10
16 Cercle Brugge KSV 11 9
17 UR La Louviere Centre 11 7
18 KV Kortrijk 11 4

Head-to-Head

5
6
4
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#11 Position #8
12 Points 15
11 Played 11
3 / 3 / 5 W / D / L 4 / 3 / 4
13 Scored 18
20 Conceded 16
-7 GD +2
1.09 PPG 1.36
27% Win % 36%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
18% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this season
27% Clean Sheets
Royal Standard de Liège this season

KV Mechelen are 11th (12 pts). Royal Standard de Liège are 8th (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

KV Mechelen
0-15
1/3
16-30
1/2
31-45
2/6
46-60
1/3
61-75
2/3
76+
2/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Royal Standard de Liège
0-15
3/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
2/4
46-60
1/2
61-75
10/1
76+
1/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

KV Mechelen
Myron van Brederode 4 G
Royal Standard de Liège
Dennis Eckert 7 G 1 A
Adnane Abid 3 G 4 A
Salieu Drammeh 3 G
Casper Nielsen 2 G 3 A
Bernard Jordan Nguene 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. KV Mechelen is hosting Royal Standard de Liege for another epic battle.
  • 5' KV Mechelen currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 10' It is a cagey affair so far. KV Mechelen in their trying to find a way past Royal Standard de Liege's compact .
  • 15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His KV Mechelen side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 22' The Royal Standard de Liege manager makes a substitution. Jacob Laursen departs to be replaced by Aron Doennum.
  • 27' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Steven Defour will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 32' Yellow-Red KV Mechelen player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 37' Birger Verstraete is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for KV Mechelen tonight.
  • 42' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Cihan Canak made 383 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 47' 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.
  • 49' Royal Standard de Liege player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 50' Gojko Cimirot makes way for Marlon Fossey at the 50 minute mark. A tactical switch from Royal Standard de Liege.
  • 55' Royal Standard de Liege is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 60' It looks surprising KV Mechelen does not make any changes. Alessio Da Cruz has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 65' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering KV Mechelen that had 234 games and scored 308 goals.
  • 69' Time for substitution for Royal Standard de Liege. William Balikwisha is replaced by Cihan Canak.
  • 70' Osher Davida has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gilles Dewaele on 70 minute.
  • 71' What composure from Jordi Vanlerberghe! The Belgium international strokes it home. 0-1.
  • 74' Goal! Julien Ngoy scores his 14 goal in 395 matches.
  • 77' Thibault Peyre gets the nod from Yellow-Red KV Mechelen. He replaces Jordi Vanlerberghe and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 79' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Philip Zinckernagel on 79 minutes.
  • 84' 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.
  • 88' A change in the Yellow-Red KV Mechelen ranks — Nikola Storm exits the field as Yonas Malede enters on 88.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

Lineups

KV Mechelen Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Defour

Royal Standard de Liège Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

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

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
2 / 4
1.35 KV Mechelen xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.49 Royal Standard de Liège xG
I would bet for: KV Mechelen or Royal Standard de Liège 74% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
KV Mechelen39% Draw26% Royal Standard de Liège35%
Actual: KV Mechelen win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 2.84
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 53%
47%
± 3.5 32%
68%
± 4.5 16%
84%

Double Chance

KV Mechelen or Draw
65%
Draw or Royal Standard de Liège
61%
KV Mechelen or Royal Standard de Liège
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
KV Mechelen25% Draw46% Royal Standard de Liège29%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.7%
1 – 2
8.4%
0 – 1
7.8%
0 – 0
7.7%
2 – 1
7.6%
1 – 0
6.9%
0 – 2
6.4%
2 – 2
5.7%
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 3
4.2%
3 – 1
3.4%
0 – 3
3.1%

Asian Handicap — KV Mechelen

Handicap KV Mechelen covers Push Royal Standard de Liège covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 10% 85%
-1.5 15% — 85%
-1 15% 18% 67%
-0.5 33% — 67%
+0.5 61% — 39%
+1 61% 20% 20%
+1.5 80% — 20%
+2 80% 12% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet
23% ✗
Royal Standard de Liège keeps clean sheet
27% ✓

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