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

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Jupiler Pro League · 2022-23

Royal Standard de Liège

2 – 0

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KV Mechelen

Tue 17 Jan 2023 · 19:45 UTC Stade Maurice Dufrasne HT 45' · FT 45'

Gojko Cimirot 60' Y

Osher Davida 78' Y

Overview

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Royal Standard de Liège vs KV Mechelen — Jupiler League at Stade Maurice Dufrasne.

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

Royal Standard de Liège 14 games · Avg 2.5 goals KV Mechelen

Last 5 meetings

2023-01-17 Royal Standard de Liège 2–0 KV Mechelen 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

Recent Form

Royal Standard de Liège

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Jan	KV Mechelen	H	2–0	W
14 Jan	FC Seraing	A	1–1	D
06 Jan	K. Sint-Truidense VV	H	1–1	D
23 Dec	KAA Gent	A	0–0	D
13 Nov	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	H	2–3	L
05 Nov	KAS Eupen	A	0–2	L

KV Mechelen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Jan	Royal Standard de Liège	A	0–2	L
14 Jan	KV Oostende	H	2–1	W
08 Jan	SV Zulte-Waregem	A	0–2	L
23 Dec	Cercle Brugge KSV	H	1–1	D
05 Nov	SV Zulte-Waregem	H	2–2	D
28 Oct	KRC Genk	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

Royal Standard de Liège		KV Mechelen
#8	Position	#5
40	Points	45
30	Played	30
11 / 7 / 12	W / D / L	12 / 9 / 9
27	Scored	39
35	Conceded	37
-8	GD	+2
1.33	PPG	1.50
37%	Win %	40%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

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

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Royal Standard de Liege and KV Mechelen has kicked off!
5' 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.
10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Royal Standard de Liege side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
15' The 27-year-old Steven Alzate has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
20' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
25' KV Mechelen come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
35' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
40' Jacob Laursen makes way for Gojko Cimirot at the 40 minute mark. A tactical switch from Royal Standard de Liege.
45' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Royal Standard de Liege and KV Mechelen are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
46' Goal! Konstantinos Laifis scores his 10 goal in 372 matches.
47' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Konstantinos Laifis makes no mistake. 2-0!
52' Both keepers have barely been tested. Royal Standard de Liege and KV Mechelen are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
57' Royal Standard de Liege started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 57.
60' Gojko Cimirot has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 60.
65' 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.
66' The whistle greets Alec Van Hoorenbeeck as he departs to be replaced by Kerim Mrabti.
71' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
72' Osher Davida gets the nod from Royal Standard de Liege. He replaces William Balikwisha and will look to change the dynamic.
73' Osher Davida is replacing William Balikwisha for the Royal Standard de Liege side.
78' The referee has no hesitation. Osher Davida is booked for Royal Standard de Liege — Yellow card on 78.
78' The Yellow-Red KV Mechelen manager makes a substitution. Geoffry Hairemans departs to be replaced by Gustav Engvall.
83' KV Mechelen are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
85' GOAL! Noah Ohio fires home to make it 3-0!
89' A tactical swap from Yellow-Red KV Mechelen — Frederic Soelle Soelle on, Nikola Storm off on 89 minutes.
90' The Royal Standard de Liege bench stirs into life. Noe Dussenne is withdrawn and Lucas Noubi gets his opportunity.
That’s it! Another goalless match for Royal Standard de Liege and KV Mechelen (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Royal Standard de Liège Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

KV Mechelen Lineups

Starting XI

27
David Bates
22
Alessio Da Cruz ↓ Yonas Malede 66'
5
Sandy Walsh
7
Geoffry Hairemans ↓ Gustav Engvall 78'
66
Birger Verstraete
6
Jannes Van Hecke
18
Alec Van Hoorenbeeck ↓ Kerim Mrabti 66'
16
Rob Schoofs ↓ Ngal Ayel Mukau 78'
11
Nikola Storm ↓ Frederic Soelle Soelle 89'
1
Gaetan Coucke
14
Dimitri Lavalee

Bench

15
Yannick Thoelen
19
Kerim Mrabti ↑ 66'
20
Gustav Engvall ↑ 78'
10
Yonas Malede ↑ 66'
28
Frederic Soelle Soelle ↑ 89'
34
Ngal Ayel Mukau ↑ 78'
35
Bilal Bafdili

Coach Steven Defour

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

Royal Standard de Liège Form

2023-01-17 Royal Standard de Liège 2–0 KV Mechelen W 2023-01-14 FC Seraing 1–1 Royal Standard de Liège D 2023-01-06 Royal Standard de Liège 1–1 K. Sint-Truidense VV D 2022-12-23 KAA Gent 0–0 Royal Standard de Liège D 2022-11-13 Royal Standard de Liège 2–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2022-11-05 KAS Eupen 2–0 Royal Standard de Liège L

KV Mechelen Form

2023-01-17 Royal Standard de Liège 2–0 KV Mechelen L 2023-01-14 KV Mechelen 2–1 KV Oostende W 2023-01-08 SV Zulte-Waregem 2–0 KV Mechelen L 2022-12-23 KV Mechelen 1–1 Cercle Brugge KSV D 2022-11-05 KV Mechelen 2–2 SV Zulte-Waregem D 2022-10-28 KRC Genk 3–1 KV Mechelen L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.43 Royal Standard de Liège xG

Expected Goals

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

1.04 KV Mechelen xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Royal Standard de Liège47% Draw28% KV Mechelen25%

Actual: Royal Standard de Liège win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.47

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Royal Standard de Liège or Draw

74%

Draw or KV Mechelen

53%

Royal Standard de Liège or KV Mechelen

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Royal Standard de Liège31% Draw49% KV Mechelen20%

Actual: Royal Standard de Liège win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.5%

1 – 0

11.1%

0 – 0

10.6%

2 – 1

8.7%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

6.3%

2 – 2

4.6%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 1

4.2%

3 – 0

3 – 2

2.3%

Asian Handicap — Royal Standard de Liège

Handicap	Royal Standard de Liège covers	Push	KV Mechelen covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	22%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	16%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Royal Standard de Liège keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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