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 30 games · 45 pts (2026/27)
Royal Standard de Liège 30 games · 40 pts (2026/27)

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 Liège	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 Louvière Centre	30	31
15	Cercle Brugge KSV	30	31
16	FC Verbroedering Dender EH	30	19

Head-to-Head

KV Mechelen 14 games · Avg 2.5 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
#5	Position	#8
45	Points	40
30	Played	30
12 / 9 / 9	W / D / L	11 / 7 / 12
39	Scored	27
37	Conceded	35
+2	GD	-8
1.50	PPG	1.33
40%	Win %	37%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

KV Mechelen are 5th (45 pts). Royal Standard de Liège are 8th (40 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against KV Mechelen and Royal Standard de Liege has kicked off!
5' It looks like no one’s ball. Royal Standard de Liege is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
10' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Steven Defour might look to freshen things up shortly.
20' Marlon Fossey is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for KV Mechelen tonight.
22' Royal Standard de Liege manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Aron Doennum is hanging Jacob Laursen on the field on 22 minute.
27' KV Mechelen have won 299 goals from 223 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
32' A moment of madness from Birger Verstraete on 32 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Yellow-Red KV Mechelen will be frustrated.
37' Royal Standard de Liege started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 37.
42' Both keepers have barely been tested. KV Mechelen and Royal Standard de Liege are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
47' It looks surprising Royal Standard de Liege does not make any changes. Philip Zinckernagel has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
49' William Balikwisha catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 49.
50' Marlon Fossey has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gojko Cimirot on 50 minute.
55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nikola Storm made 223 appearances and scored 33 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
60' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both KV Mechelen and Royal Standard de Liege are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
65' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
69' The Royal Standard de Liege bench stirs into life. William Balikwisha is withdrawn and Cihan Canak gets his opportunity.
70' Fresh legs for Royal Standard de Liege! Osher Davida comes on to replace Gilles Dewaele.
71' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jordi Vanlerberghe makes no mistake. 0-1!
74' GOAL! Julien Ngoy fires home to make it 0-2!
77' Thibault Peyre is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jordi Vanlerberghe at the 77 minute mark.
79' Philip Zinckernagel was booked on 79.
84' The home supporters are growing impatient. KV Mechelen must find a spark to ignite this game.
88' The crowd applauds Nikola Storm as he leaves the pitch. Yonas Malede steps in for Yellow-Red KV Mechelen.
Another three points for KV Mechelen.

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
Rob Schoofs	2
Konstantinos Laifis	2
Michel-Ange Balikwisha	2
Noah Ohio	1

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

4 / 4

1.4 KV Mechelen xG

Expected Goals

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

1 Royal Standard de Liège xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

KV Mechelen47% Draw28% Royal Standard de Liège25%

Actual: KV Mechelen win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.4

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	69%	31%
± 2.5	43%	57%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

KV Mechelen or Draw

75%

Draw or Royal Standard de Liège

53%

KV Mechelen or Royal Standard de Liège

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

KV Mechelen31% Draw50% Royal Standard de Liège19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.6%

1 – 0

11.6%

0 – 0

11.2%

2 – 1

8.6%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

7.9%

1 – 2

6.1%

0 – 2

4.4%

2 – 2

4.4%

3 – 1

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

2.1%

Asian Handicap — KV Mechelen

Handicap	KV Mechelen covers	Push	Royal Standard de Liège covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	14%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	23%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	16%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet

37% ✗

Royal Standard de Liège keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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