KV Mechelen vs Royal Standard de Liege, 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 Liege

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 Liege — Jupiler League at Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne.

KV Mechelen 1 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Royal Standard de Liege 1 games · 1 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Club Brugge KV	2	6
2	Royal Antwerp FC	2	6
3	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	2	4
4	SV Zulte-Waregem	2	4
5	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	1	3
6	KAA Gent	1	3
7	RSC Anderlecht	1	3
8	KRC Genk	2	3
9	Cercle Brugge KSV	2	2
10	K. Sint-Truidense VV	2	2
11	Royal Standard de Liege	1	1
12	Lommel SK	1	1
13	SK Beveren	1	0
14	UR La Louviere Centre	1	0
15	KV Mechelen	1	0
16	KVC Westerlo	2	0
17	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2	0
18	KV Kortrijk	2	0

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2022-10-19 KV Mechelen 2–0 Royal Standard de Liege 2022-01-30 Royal Standard de Liege 1–2 KV Mechelen 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

Recent Form

KV Mechelen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Oct	Royal Standard de Liege	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 Liege

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 Liege
#15	Position	#11
0	Points	1
1	Played	1
0 / 0 / 1	W / D / L	0 / 1 / 0
0	Scored	2
2	Conceded	2
-2	GD	+0
0.00	PPG	1.00
0%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this season

0% Clean Sheets
Royal Standard de Liege this season

KV Mechelen are 15th (0 pts). Royal Standard de Liege are 11th (1 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

KV Mechelen

0-15

–/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

1/2

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/1

76+

2/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Royal Standard de Liege

0-15

1/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

1/2

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/–

76+

–/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. KV Mechelen kicks off things out of here…
5' 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.
10' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
15' KV Mechelen are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Royal Standard de Liege backline.
20' Royal Standard de Liege fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
22' Jacob Laursen makes way for Aron Doennum at the 22 minute mark. A tactical switch from Royal Standard de Liege.
27' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both KV Mechelen and Royal Standard de Liege are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
32' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Birger Verstraete.
37' Royal Standard de Liege 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.
42' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
47' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
49' A meaty challenge results in booking for William Balikwisha on 49.
50' Marlon Fossey is replacing Gojko Cimirot for the Royal Standard de Liege side.
55' Royal Standard de Liege have won 363 goals from 372 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
60' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
65' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
69' The supporters are chanting for Cihan Canak. He replaces William Balikwisha on 69 minute.
70' Another substitution for Royal Standard de Liege to replace Gilles Dewaele by Osher Davida on 70 minute.
71' Jordi Vanlerberghe has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 71 minutes.
74' A goal from the Belgium international Julien Ngoy! He fires home on 74 to make it 0-2!
77' A change in the Yellow-Red KV Mechelen ranks — Jordi Vanlerberghe exits the field as Thibault Peyre enters on 77.
79' It’s a booking for Royal Standard de Liege player. Philip Zinckernagel gets a Yellow card.
84' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 84 minutes.
88' Yonas Malede is replacing Nikola Storm for the Yellow-Red KV Mechelen side.
With this win, KV Mechelen is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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 Liege 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
Kerim Mrabti	3
Igor de Camargo	3
Sandy Walsh	3
Selim Amallah	3
Rob Schoofs	2
Myron van Brederode	2
Konstantinos Laifis	2
Michel-Ange Balikwisha	2

Head to Head

KV Mechelen Form

2022-10-19 KV Mechelen 2–0 Royal Standard de Liege 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 Liege Form

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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.73 KV Mechelen xG

Expected Goals

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

1.74 Royal Standard de Liege xG

I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 57% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

KV Mechelen25% Draw25% Royal Standard de Liege50%

Actual: KV Mechelen win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes43% 0% No57%

Avg goals/match: 2.47

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

KV Mechelen or Draw

51%

Draw or Royal Standard de Liege

75%

KV Mechelen or Royal Standard de Liege

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

KV Mechelen12% Draw47% Royal Standard de Liege41%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–0 not predicted

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

13.9%

0 – 2

12.5%

1 – 1

11.5%

0 – 0

10.4%

1 – 2

0 – 3

7.1%

1 – 3

5.3%

1 – 0

5.2%

2 – 1

3.7%

2 – 2

3.3%

0 – 4

3.1%

1 – 4

2.4%

Asian Handicap — KV Mechelen

Handicap	KV Mechelen covers	Push	Royal Standard de Liege covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	96%
-1.5	4%	—	96%
-1	4%	10%	86%
-0.5	14%	—	86%
+0.5	40%	—	60%
+1	40%	25%	35%
+1.5	65%	—	35%
+2	65%	19%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet

18% ✗

Royal Standard de Liege keeps clean sheet

49% ✓

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