Mechelen 2–2 Cercle Brugge – Belgium Pro League, 26 Feb 2022

Match facts

Mechelen Cercle Brugge

21 Shots 14

5 Shots on target 5

7 Corners 5

10 Fouls 16

3 Yellow cards 4

1 Red cards 1

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (253 league matches this season so far).

Result Mechelen to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.56

Expected goals 1.62 – 1.60

Home / Draw / Away

39% 23% 38%

MechelenDrawCercle Brugge

Under / Over 2.5 goals

38% 62%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

36% 64%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

4% 0

13% 1

21% 2

22% 3

18% 4

22% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 10.4% 2–1 8.4% 1–2 8.3%

Statistics 2021/2022, before this match

Mechelen before this match, all matches

1.61points / match

1.71scored / match

1.82conceded / match

14 3 11

WonDrawnLost 28 played · 48:51

Cercle Brugge before this match, all matches

1.36points / match

1.43scored / match

1.21conceded / match

11 5 12

WonDrawnLost 28 played · 40:34

Mechelen all matches all matches Cercle Brugge

Per match

1.71 Goals scored 1.43

1.82 Goals conceded 1.21

3.54 Total goals 2.64

10.89 Shots 13.93

4.30 Shots on target 5.15

14.81 Shots faced 9.67

5.37 Corners 4.93

6.74 Corners against 4.44

11.93 Fouls 14.78

1.96 Yellow cards 2.39

0.93 1st-half goals scored 0.71

0.56 1st-half goals conceded 0.43

How often Full Time

50% Wins 39%

11% Draws 18%

39% Losses 43%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

86% Over 1.5 goals 86%

64% Over 2.5 goals 46%

50% Over 3.5 goals 18%

29% Over 4.5 goals 11%

11% Over 5.5 goals 4%

61% Both teams scored 61%

18% Clean sheets 25%

21% Failed to score 14%

How often Half Time

41% Wins 39%

26% Draws 39%

33% Losses 21%

93% Over 0.5 goals 71%

41% Over 1.5 goals 36%

11% Over 2.5 goals 7%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Mechelen all matches

4

3

W

2

3

L

2

W

5

L

1

L

2

1

W

3

2

W

3

W

1

4

L

2

1

W

Cercle Brugge all matches

2

W

2

3

L

2

W

2

W

3

1

W

2

W

1

L

1

D

2

3

L

2

W

Mechelen before this match, at home

2.07points / match

2.07scored / match

1.29conceded / match

9 2 3

WonDrawnLost 14 played · 29:18

Cercle Brugge before this match, away

1.50points / match

1.64scored / match

1.29conceded / match

6 3 5

WonDrawnLost 14 played · 23:18

Mechelen at home away Cercle Brugge

Per match

2.07 Goals scored 1.64

1.29 Goals conceded 1.29

3.36 Total goals 2.93

12.29 Shots 13.31

4.50 Shots on target 5.31

13.36 Shots faced 9.85

6.29 Corners 4.54

5.79 Corners against 5.15

11.43 Fouls 15.92

1.79 Yellow cards 2.86

1.00 1st-half goals scored 0.71

0.57 1st-half goals conceded 0.21

How often Full Time

64% Wins 43%

14% Draws 21%

21% Losses 36%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

86% Over 1.5 goals 93%

64% Over 2.5 goals 50%

50% Over 3.5 goals 21%

21% Over 4.5 goals 21%

7% Over 5.5 goals 7%

64% Both teams scored 71%

21% Clean sheets 29%

14% Failed to score 0%

How often Half Time

36% Wins 57%

36% Draws 29%

29% Losses 14%

86% Over 0.5 goals 71%

43% Over 1.5 goals 14%

21% Over 2.5 goals 7%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Mechelen at home

3

1

W

2

D

1

L

2

1

W

1

D

4

3

W

2

W

1

L

3

2

W

3

W

Cercle Brugge away

1

2

L

1

2

L

1

D

2

W

2

1

W

2

3

L

2

W

2

W

1

D

2

3

L

Last 10 matches before this match

Mechelen all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
20.02.22	Antwerp – Mechelen	1–2 (0–2)	1.75	3.60	3.75	1.70	2.10
16.02.22	Genk – Mechelen	4–1 (1–0)	1.57	3.80	5.00	1.57	2.35
12.02.22	Mechelen – Oostende	3–0 (1–0)	1.80	4.00	4.00	1.70	2.10
06.02.22	Mechelen – Beerschot VA	3–2 (3–0)	1.85	3.75	3.80	1.65	2.20
30.01.22	Standard – Mechelen	1–2 (1–0)	2.10	3.50	3.25	1.66	2.15
23.01.22	Mechelen – Anderlecht	0–1 (0–1)	4.50	3.80	1.72	1.57	2.35
15.01.22	Oud-Heverlee Leuven – Mechelen	5–0	2.10	3.60	3.40	1.57	2.35
27.12.21	Mechelen – Seraing	2–0 (0–0)	1.65	4.00	4.50	1.60	2.30
18.12.21	Waregem – Mechelen	3–2 (0–1)	3.40	3.80	1.95	1.50	2.50
15.12.21	Mechelen – Gent	4–3 (1–1)	3.80	3.75	1.90	1.61	2.25

Cercle Brugge all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
19.02.22	Cercle Brugge – Beerschot VA	2–0 (2–0)	1.40	4.33	7.00	1.72	2.07
12.02.22	Oud-Heverlee Leuven – Cercle Brugge	3–2 (1–2)	3.00	3.40	2.25	1.83	2.02
05.02.22	Standard – Cercle Brugge	1–1 (0–1)	2.70	3.40	2.50	1.93	1.93
29.01.22	Cercle Brugge – Oostende	0–1 (0–0)	1.50	4.00	6.50	1.72	2.07
26.01.22	Anderlecht – Cercle Brugge	0–2 (0–0)	1.65	3.80	5.00	1.72	2.07
23.01.22	Cercle Brugge – Waregem	3–1 (2–0)	1.53	4.20	6.00	1.65	2.20
16.01.22	Eupen – Cercle Brugge	0–2 (0–0)	3.80	3.60	1.90	1.90	1.95
26.12.21	Cercle Brugge – Club Brugge	2–0 (0–0)	4.00	3.80	1.75	1.70	2.10
18.12.21	St. Gilloise – Cercle Brugge	3–2 (0–2)	1.61	4.33	4.75	1.57	2.35
14.12.21	Cercle Brugge – Seraing	2–0 (2–0)	1.55	4.00	5.75	1.70	2.10

Mechelen at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.02.22	Mechelen – Oostende	3–0 (1–0)	1.80	4.00	4.00	1.70	2.10
06.02.22	Mechelen – Beerschot VA	3–2 (3–0)	1.85	3.75	3.80	1.65	2.20
23.01.22	Mechelen – Anderlecht	0–1 (0–1)	4.50	3.80	1.72	1.57	2.35
27.12.21	Mechelen – Seraing	2–0 (0–0)	1.65	4.00	4.50	1.60	2.30
15.12.21	Mechelen – Gent	4–3 (1–1)	3.80	3.75	1.90	1.61	2.25
05.12.21	Mechelen – Genk	1–1 (0–1)	3.00	3.50	2.25	1.57	2.35
19.11.21	Mechelen – Club Brugge	2–1 (0–0)	4.50	4.00	1.70	1.57	2.35
06.11.21	Mechelen – St Truiden	0–1 (0–1)	1.80	3.60	4.20	1.70	2.10
23.10.21	Mechelen – Waregem	2–2 (2–2)	1.53	4.50	5.00	1.36	3.10
01.10.21	Mechelen – Standard	3–1 (3–0)	2.15	3.80	3.10	1.53	2.40

Cercle Brugge away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.02.22	Oud-Heverlee Leuven – Cercle Brugge	3–2 (1–2)	3.00	3.40	2.25	1.83	2.02
05.02.22	Standard – Cercle Brugge	1–1 (0–1)	2.70	3.40	2.50	1.93	1.93
26.01.22	Anderlecht – Cercle Brugge	0–2 (0–0)	1.65	3.80	5.00	1.72	2.07
16.01.22	Eupen – Cercle Brugge	0–2 (0–0)	3.80	3.60	1.90	1.90	1.95
18.12.21	St. Gilloise – Cercle Brugge	3–2 (0–2)	1.61	4.33	4.75	1.57	2.35
11.12.21	St Truiden – Cercle Brugge	1–2 (0–0)	2.87	3.20	2.50	2.20	1.65
04.12.21	Kortrijk – Cercle Brugge	0–2 (0–1)	2.50	3.50	2.62	1.85	2.00
07.11.21	Genk – Cercle Brugge	1–1 (0–1)	1.50	4.33	5.25	1.50	2.50
16.10.21	Oostende – Cercle Brugge	2–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.40	3.25	1.72	2.07
26.09.21	Gent – Cercle Brugge	2–1 (0–1)	1.33	4.50	7.00	1.53	2.40

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1

Mechelen winsDrawsCercle Brugge wins

1matches

4.00goals / match

100%over 2.5

100%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
27.11.21B1	Cercle Brugge – Mechelen	3–1 (1–1)	2.37	3.40	2.90	1.70	2.10

Belgium Pro League table 2021/2022, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Gilloise	29	20	4	5	62	22	+40	64
2	Club Brugge	28	15	9	4	52	33	+19	54
3	Antwerp	28	16	5	7	48	30	+18	53
4	Anderlecht	28	14	9	5	60	32	+28	51
5	Gent	28	13	7	8	43	27	+16	46
6	Charleroi	29	13	7	9	45	40	+5	46
7	Mechelen	28	14	3	11	48	51	-3	45
8	Genk	28	12	5	11	54	41	+13	41
9	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	28	10	9	9	44	44	0	39
10	Cercle Brugge	28	11	5	12	40	34	+6	38
11	Kortrijk	28	9	10	9	37	34	+3	37
12	St Truiden	28	11	4	13	32	37	-5	37
13	Oostende	28	9	4	15	28	52	-24	31
14	Standard	27	7	8	12	29	43	-14	29
15	Eupen	29	7	7	15	33	49	-16	28
16	Waregem	28	6	8	14	37	61	-24	26
17	Seraing	28	7	2	19	26	57	-31	23
18	Beerschot VA	28	4	4	20	29	60	-31	16

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Gilloise	15	9	2	4	26	13	+13	29
2	Mechelen	14	9	2	3	29	18	+11	29
3	Genk	14	8	3	3	32	17	+15	27
4	Gent	14	8	3	3	29	15	+14	27
5	Club Brugge	14	7	6	1	27	14	+13	27
6	Anderlecht	14	7	5	2	32	18	+14	26
7	Antwerp	14	7	3	4	26	17	+9	24
8	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	14	7	3	4	24	20	+4	24
9	Kortrijk	14	5	4	5	19	17	+2	19
10	Charleroi	14	5	4	5	16	16	0	19
11	Cercle Brugge	14	5	2	7	17	16	+1	17
12	St Truiden	14	5	2	7	19	20	-1	17
13	Seraing	14	5	2	7	15	22	-7	17
14	Oostende	14	5	1	8	16	32	-16	16
15	Waregem	14	3	4	7	19	30	-11	13
16	Beerschot VA	15	4	1	10	15	28	-13	13
17	Eupen	14	3	3	8	14	25	-11	12
18	Standard	13	2	5	6	13	21	-8	11

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Gilloise	14	11	2	1	36	9	+27	35
2	Antwerp	14	9	2	3	22	13	+9	29
3	Club Brugge	14	8	3	3	25	19	+6	27
4	Charleroi	15	8	3	4	29	24	+5	27
5	Anderlecht	14	7	4	3	28	14	+14	25
6	Cercle Brugge	14	6	3	5	23	18	+5	21
7	St Truiden	14	6	2	6	13	17	-4	20
8	Gent	14	5	4	5	14	12	+2	19
9	Kortrijk	14	4	6	4	18	17	+1	18
10	Standard	14	5	3	6	16	22	-6	18
11	Eupen	15	4	4	7	19	24	-5	16
12	Mechelen	14	5	1	8	19	33	-14	16
13	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	14	3	6	5	20	24	-4	15
14	Oostende	14	4	3	7	12	20	-8	15
15	Genk	14	4	2	8	22	24	-2	14
16	Waregem	14	3	4	7	18	31	-13	13
17	Seraing	14	2	0	12	11	35	-24	6
18	Beerschot VA	13	0	3	10	14	32	-18	3

Mechelen Cercle Brugge

Under / Over goals 2021/2022, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	16	Waregem	28	9	19	1.3	2.2	6	8	14	37	61	26
2	7	Mechelen	28	10	18	1.7	1.8	14	3	11	48	51	45
3	9	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	28	10	18	1.6	1.6	10	9	9	44	44	39
4	1	St. Gilloise	29	12	17	2.1	0.8	20	4	5	62	22	64
5	6	Charleroi	29	12	17	1.6	1.4	13	7	9	45	40	46
6	17	Seraing	28	11	17	0.9	2.0	7	2	19	26	57	23
7	2	Club Brugge	28	12	16	1.9	1.2	15	9	4	52	33	54
8	8	Genk	28	12	16	1.9	1.5	12	5	11	54	41	41
9	15	Eupen	29	13	16	1.1	1.7	7	7	15	33	49	28
10	18	Beerschot VA	28	12	16	1.0	2.1	4	4	20	29	60	16
11	4	Anderlecht	28	13	15	2.1	1.1	14	9	5	60	32	51
12	13	Oostende	28	13	15	1.0	1.9	9	4	15	28	52	31
13	3	Antwerp	28	14	14	1.7	1.1	16	5	7	48	30	53
14	12	St Truiden	28	14	14	1.1	1.3	11	4	13	32	37	37
15	5	Gent	28	15	13	1.5	1.0	13	7	8	43	27	46
16	10	Cercle Brugge	28	15	13	1.4	1.2	11	5	12	40	34	38
17	14	Standard	27	14	13	1.1	1.6	7	8	12	29	43	29
18	11	Kortrijk	28	17	11	1.3	1.2	9	10	9	37	34	37

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	13	Oostende	14	4	10	1.1	2.3	5	1	8	16	32	16
2	16	Waregem	14	4	10	1.4	2.1	3	4	7	19	30	13
3	7	Mechelen	14	5	9	2.1	1.3	9	2	3	29	18	29
4	9	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	14	5	9	1.7	1.4	7	3	4	24	20	24
5	12	St Truiden	14	5	9	1.4	1.4	5	2	7	19	20	17
6	1	St. Gilloise	15	7	8	1.7	0.9	9	2	4	26	13	29
7	2	Club Brugge	14	6	8	1.9	1.0	7	6	1	27	14	27
8	3	Antwerp	14	6	8	1.9	1.2	7	3	4	26	17	24
9	5	Gent	14	6	8	2.1	1.1	8	3	3	29	15	27
10	8	Genk	14	6	8	2.3	1.2	8	3	3	32	17	27
11	18	Beerschot VA	15	7	8	1.0	1.9	4	1	10	15	28	13
12	4	Anderlecht	14	7	7	2.3	1.3	7	5	2	32	18	26
13	15	Eupen	14	7	7	1.0	1.8	3	3	8	14	25	12
14	17	Seraing	14	7	7	1.1	1.6	5	2	7	15	22	17
15	10	Cercle Brugge	14	8	6	1.2	1.1	5	2	7	17	16	17
16	11	Kortrijk	14	8	6	1.4	1.2	5	4	5	19	17	19
17	14	Standard	13	7	6	1.0	1.6	2	5	6	13	21	11
18	6	Charleroi	14	9	5	1.1	1.1	5	4	5	16	16	19

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	6	Charleroi	15	3	12	1.9	1.6	8	3	4	29	24	27
2	17	Seraing	14	4	10	0.8	2.5	2	0	12	11	35	6
3	1	St. Gilloise	14	5	9	2.6	0.6	11	2	1	36	9	35
4	7	Mechelen	14	5	9	1.4	2.4	5	1	8	19	33	16
5	9	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	14	5	9	1.4	1.7	3	6	5	20	24	15
6	15	Eupen	15	6	9	1.3	1.6	4	4	7	19	24	16
7	16	Waregem	14	5	9	1.3	2.2	3	4	7	18	31	13
8	2	Club Brugge	14	6	8	1.8	1.4	8	3	3	25	19	27
9	4	Anderlecht	14	6	8	2.0	1.0	7	4	3	28	14	25
10	8	Genk	14	6	8	1.6	1.7	4	2	8	22	24	14
11	18	Beerschot VA	13	5	8	1.1	2.5	0	3	10	14	32	3
12	10	Cercle Brugge	14	7	7	1.6	1.3	6	3	5	23	18	21
13	14	Standard	14	7	7	1.1	1.6	5	3	6	16	22	18
14	3	Antwerp	14	8	6	1.6	0.9	9	2	3	22	13	29
15	5	Gent	14	9	5	1.0	0.9	5	4	5	14	12	19
16	11	Kortrijk	14	9	5	1.3	1.2	4	6	4	18	17	18
17	12	St Truiden	14	9	5	0.9	1.2	6	2	6	13	17	20
18	13	Oostende	14	9	5	0.9	1.4	4	3	7	12	20	15

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.