Belgium - Pro LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Mechelen and Westerlo, taking place on Friday, 08 March 2024, at AFAS-Stadion in Mechelen.
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Mechelen, Recent FormMechelen will certainly have been pleased to secure 3 points from their most recent encounter, which saw them run out 3-2 winners in their away fixture against Cercle Brugge. They came away from that fixture with 54% of the possession and clocked up 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. By comparison, Cercle Brugge managed 14 attempts on goal, with 6 on target.
Manager Besnik Hasi will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 11 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 5 goals conceded in the same period. Their goal scoring streak now stands at 10 games in a row, and when playing at home this season, they've notched up 7 clean sheets in 14 games.
Their strong run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 8 games in a row.
On an individual basis, Norman Bassette will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 3 goals in Mechelen's last 6 league games.
Westerlo, Recent FormThe Westerlo players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Charleroi recently, that ended in a 1-0 defeat. In that game they had 61% possession and managed 15 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Charleroi who had 6 attempts and 1 on target.
Rik De Mil will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 8 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 10 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but so far this season they have conceded a goal at least once in 23 of their 28 games overall.
With 3 defeats and just 2 wins from their last 6 outings, this cannot be regarded as a good run of form. They've had an unusually high number of draws when playing away from home this season, with 7 draws in 14 away league games.
Lucas Stassin is the man of the moment at Westerlo right now and the toast of their travelling support, having notched up 4 goals from the last 6 away outings in the league.
Mechelen recorded a 2-3 win last time these two sides went head to head in the league.
Mechelen have scored in each of their last 10 games at home in the league against De Kempeneers. When Westerlo are away to Malinwa in the league, they know how to find the net, with 8 goals in their last 3 meetings and an average of 2.67 per game.
Mechelen manager Besnik Hasi has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Norman Bassette (Meniscus), Rafik Belghali (Hamstring), Lion Lauberbach (Muscle) and Toon Raemaekers (Cruciate ligament) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Rik De Mil has a number of injury concerns in his Westerlo squad to contend with: Ilias El Hari (Knock), Lucas Stassin (Broken leg) and Romeo Vermant (Ankle)
Mechelen Playing at home | Westerlo Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | Goals scored | 1.4 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 1.7 |
| 49' | Time first goal scored | 52' |
| 34' | Time first goal conceded | 37' |
| 1.4 | Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.1 | Subs used | 4.5 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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