Week 26 brings us a match on Feb 6th where Mechelen will host Beerschot-Wilrijk at Afas-stadion Achter De Kazerne in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Mechelen is fresh off their 2-1 win against Standard Liège. Mathieu Cafaro scored the first goal for Standard Liège in the 44th minute, then in the 49th minute, Maryan Shved sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Kerim Mrabti But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 90th minute on a goal by Nikola Storm. Mechelen is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Beerschot-Wilrijk recorded a 3-3 draw against Zulte-Waregem. A. Konstantopoulos scored the first goal for Beerschot-Wilrijk in the 8th minute, then Dereck Kutesa tied it up for Zulte-Waregem in the 30th minute on a feed from Jean-Luc Dompe . Beerschot-Wilrijk looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
Mechelen and Beerschot-Wilrijk last played eachother at the Olympisch Stadion on Sunday Oct 17th. Mechelen won by a score of 1 to 0. Kerim Mrabti struck first for Mechelen in the 30th minute on a feed from Hugo Cuypers, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Beerschot-Wilrijk couldn’t manage to score, and Mechelen took the shutout win.
Marius Noubissi and Jan Van den Bergh are the top scorers for Beerschot-Wilrijk in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Mechelen has been fortunate! In the last five matches, both Nikola Storm and Kerim Mrabti are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Mechelen and look to continue their dominance.