KV Mechelen vs Royal Standard de Liege, Jupiler League 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2021-22

KV Mechelen

3 – 1

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Royal Standard de Liege

Fri 1 Oct 2021 · 18:45 UTC Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 25' Ameen Al Dakhil

Sandy Walsh 28' Y

Y 28' Selim Amallah

Nikola Storm 51' Y

Y 64' Nicolas Gavory

Overview

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

KV Mechelen 30 games · 45 pts (2026/27)
Royal Standard de Liege 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 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 2.5 goals Royal Standard de Liege

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-01 KV Mechelen 3–1 Royal Standard de Liege 2021-01-20 KV Mechelen 0–4 Royal Standard de Liege 2020-12-06 Royal Standard de Liege 2–2 KV Mechelen 2020-01-17 KV Mechelen 2–3 Royal Standard de Liege 2019-11-10 Royal Standard de Liege 1–2 KV Mechelen

Recent Form

KV Mechelen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Oct	Royal Standard de Liege	H	3–1	W
26 Sep	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	A	2–0	W
18 Sep	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	H	2–0	W
12 Sep	RSC Anderlecht	A	2–7	L
27 Aug	KV Kortrijk	A	2–2	D
22 Aug	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	H	3–1	W

Royal Standard de Liege

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Oct	KV Mechelen	A	1–3	L
25 Sep	K. Sint-Truidense VV	H	1–2	L
19 Sep	RSC Anderlecht	H	0–1	L
12 Sep	FC Seraing	A	1–0	W
28 Aug	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	A	0–4	L
20 Aug	KV Oostende	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

KV Mechelen		Royal Standard de Liege
#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 Liege are 8th (40 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. KV Mechelen host Royal Standard de Liege — let the battle begin!
4' Hugo Cuypers doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
9' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both KV Mechelen and Royal Standard de Liege are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
10' Goal! Kerim Mrabti scores his 26 goal in 4 matches.
15' Sandy Walsh needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 21 Yellow cards this season.
18' The Indonesia Sandy Walsh breaks the deadlock on 18 minutes. 0-3!
19' Magnificent from Sandy Walsh! That is 15 goals in 194 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
24' Selim Amallah has been relatively quiet despite scoring 42 goals in his last 103 appearances.
25' The referee calls foul for Ameen Al Dakhil. He receives a Yellow card.
28' Yellow-Red KV Mechelen player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
31' Another change for Royal Standard de Liege made on 31 minute. Niels Nkounkou leaves to be changed by Daouda Peeters.
36' KV Mechelen are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
41' 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.
46' Jackson Muleka is replacing Selim Amallah for the Royal Standard de Liege side.
51' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Nikola Storm.
56' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Royal Standard de Liege that had 372 games and scored 363 goals.
61' Both keepers have barely been tested. KV Mechelen and Royal Standard de Liege are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
63' The Yellow-Red KV Mechelen manager makes a substitution. Nikola Storm departs to be replaced by Marian Shved.
64' Royal Standard de Liege receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 64.
69' Royal Standard de Liege are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
74' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Royal Standard de Liege needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
75' The whistle greets Rob Schoofs as he departs to be replaced by Onur Kaya.
76' Hugo Cuypers makes way for Ferdy Druijf at the 76 minute mark. A tactical switch from Yellow-Red KV Mechelen.
80' Geoffry Hairemans has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kerim Mrabti on 80 minute.
81' A tactical swap from Royal Standard de Liege — Moussa Sissako on, Nathan Ngoy off on 81 minutes.
82' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Denis Dragus makes no mistake. 0-5!
87' Hugo Siquet is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Royal Standard de Liege so far.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-1.

Lineups

KV Mechelen Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Wouter Vrancken

Royal Standard de Liege Lineups

Starting XI

24
Nicolas Gavory
19
Selim Amallah ↓ Jackson Muleka 46'
28
Samuel Bastien ↓ Abdoul Fessal Tapsoba 81'
16
Arnaud Bodart
8
Gojko Cimirot
12
Hamza Rafia ↓ Denis Dragus 46'
14
Niels Nkounkou ↓ Daouda Peeters 31'
2
Hugo Siquet
9
Joao Klauss
33
Nathan Ngoy ↓ Moussa Sissako 81'
3
Ameen Al Dakhil

Bench

15
Daouda Peeters ↑ 31'
7
Denis Dragus ↑ 46'
26
Nicolas Raskin
23
Abdoul Fessal Tapsoba ↑ 81'
5
Moussa Sissako ↑ 81'
30
Laurent Henkinet
17
Jackson Muleka ↑ 46'

Coach Mbaye Leye

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
Rob Schoofs	2
Hugo Cuypers	1

Head to Head

KV Mechelen Form

2021-10-01 KV Mechelen 3–1 Royal Standard de Liege W 2021-09-26 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 0–2 KV Mechelen W 2021-09-18 KV Mechelen 2–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven W 2021-09-12 RSC Anderlecht 7–2 KV Mechelen L 2021-08-27 KV Kortrijk 2–2 KV Mechelen D 2021-08-22 KV Mechelen 3–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W

Royal Standard de Liege Form

2021-10-01 KV Mechelen 3–1 Royal Standard de Liege L 2021-09-25 Royal Standard de Liege 1–2 K. Sint-Truidense VV L 2021-09-19 Royal Standard de Liege 0–1 RSC Anderlecht L 2021-09-12 FC Seraing 0–1 Royal Standard de Liege W 2021-08-28 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 4–0 Royal Standard de Liege L 2021-08-20 Royal Standard de Liege 1–0 KV Oostende W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.83 KV Mechelen xG

Expected Goals

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

1.07 Royal Standard de Liege xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 56% + KV Mechelen to win 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

KV Mechelen55% Draw24% Royal Standard de Liege21%

Actual: KV Mechelen win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.9

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

KV Mechelen or Draw

79%

Draw or Royal Standard de Liege

45%

KV Mechelen or Royal Standard de Liege

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

KV Mechelen39% Draw44% Royal Standard de Liege17%

Actual: KV Mechelen win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

9.3%

2 – 0

0 – 0

7.2%

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

5.5%

3 – 0

5.4%

2 – 2

5.1%

0 – 1

3 – 2

3.2%

0 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — KV Mechelen

Handicap	KV Mechelen covers	Push	Royal Standard de Liege covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	17%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	23%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	13%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Royal Standard de Liege keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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