RSC Anderlecht vs KV Mechelen, Jupiler League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
RSC Anderlecht vs KV Mechelen — Jupiler League at Lotto Park.
- RSC Anderlecht 30 games · 44 pts (2025/26)
- KV Mechelen 30 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jan Boterberg
- Assistant 1 Nick Senecaut
- Assistant 2 Tom Vanpoucke
20 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 3.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May KV Mechelen H 2–2 D 10 May KAA Gent A 1–1 D 03 May Club Brugge KV H 1–3 L 26 Apr Royale Union Saint-Gilloise H 1–3 L 23 Apr K. Sint-Truidense VV A 0–2 L 18 Apr KV Mechelen A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May RSC Anderlecht A 2–2 D 10 May Royale Union Saint-Gilloise A 0–3 L 03 May KAA Gent H 1–0 W 26 Apr K. Sint-Truidense VV H 1–4 L 22 Apr Club Brugge KV A 1–6 L 18 Apr RSC Anderlecht H 1–2 L Season Stats
RSC Anderlecht KV Mechelen #6 Position #5 44 Points 45 30 Played 30 12 / 8 / 10 W / D / L 12 / 9 / 9 43 Scored 39 39 Conceded 37 +4 GD +2 1.47 PPG 1.50 40% Win % 40% Key Stats
80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history25% Clean Sheets
RSC Anderlecht this season23% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this seasonRSC Anderlecht are 6th (44 pts). KV Mechelen are 5th (45 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
RSC Anderlecht0-15–/216-302/631-452/546-601/361-753/376+7/3■ Scored ■ ConcededKV Mechelen0-152/316-302/331-451/346-602/561-75–/676+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
RSC AnderlechtThorgan Hazard 13 G 6 A Mihajlo Cvetkovic 9 G 2 A Adriano Bertaccini 7 G 2 A Nilson Angulo 6 G 4 A Tristan Degreef 4 G 1 A KV MechelenMyron van Brederode 9 G 5 A Lion Lauberbach 6 G 1 A Kerim Mrabti 5 G 3 A Therence Koudou 5 G 2 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: KV Mechelen gets underway.
- 5' The travelling KV Mechelen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' It’s high time Jérémy Taravel made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' Goal! Myron van Brederode scores his 12 goal in 300 matches.
- 17' GOAL! Nathan-Dylan Saliba scores on 17.
- 22' RSC Anderlecht looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 4 matches with its main striker Adriano Bertaccini scoring 1 goals.
- 27' KV Mechelen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 32' 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.
- 37' 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.
- 39' Redouane Halhal is having his name booked by the referee on 39.
- 42' That looks like a foul for a card for Dikeni Salifou.
- 47' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tommy St. Jago, as he is very good at scoring at Lotto Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 52' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. KV Mechelen needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 57' RSC Anderlecht 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.
- 60' Sensational shot from Therence Koudou. KV Mechelen is back in the lead.
- 65' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 65 minutes.
- 70' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Danylo Sikan made 7 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 75' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 80' Ludwig Augustinsson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 21 Yellow cards this season.
- 85' It looks surprising KV Mechelen does not make any changes. Fredrik Hammar has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 88' A meaty challenge results in booking for Massimo Decoene on 88.
- 90' KV Mechelen receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
- The final score is 2-2.
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Lineups
RSC Anderlecht Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 6
- 26
- 14
- 93
- 24
- 13
- 3
- 83
- 7
- 21
- 74
Bench
- 23
- 11
- 10
- 91
- 55
- 54
- 32
- 4
- 79
- 99
- 61
Coach Jérémy TaravelKV Mechelen Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 19
- 6
- 33
- 17
- 2
- 3
- 29
- 9
- 7
- 13
- 28
Bench
- 14
- 8
- 1
- 11
- 38
- 27
- 39
- 4
- 34
Coach Frédéric Vanderbiest -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Mario Stroeykens 4 Jordi Vanlerberghe 3 Rob Schoofs 3 Francis Amuzu 3 Michael Amir Murillo 2 Nikola Storm 2 Igor de Camargo 2 Christian Kouame 2 Head to Head
RSC Anderlecht Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.97 RSC Anderlecht xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.44 KV Mechelen xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 66% + Over 2.5 goals 65%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.41Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 85% 15% ± 2.5 65% 35% ± 3.5 44% 56% ± 4.5 26% 74% Double Chance
RSC Anderlecht or Draw 74%Draw or KV Mechelen 50%RSC Anderlecht or KV Mechelen 76%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.2%2 – 1 8.9%1 – 2 6.5%2 – 0 6.4%2 – 2 Actual1 – 0 5.9%3 – 1 5.8%0 – 0 4.8%3 – 2 4.2%3 – 0 4.1%0 – 1 4.1%0 – 2 3.5%Asian Handicap — RSC Anderlecht
Handicap RSC Anderlecht covers Push KV Mechelen covers -2.5 14% — 86% -2 14% 15% 72% -1.5 28% — 72% -1 28% 20% 51% -0.5 49% — 51% +0.5 73% — 27% +1 73% 15% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 8% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
RSC Anderlecht keeps clean sheet 24% ✓KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.