On Sun Feb 20th, in week 28, Mechelen will travel to Deurne to battle Antwerp in a clash of these two closely matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Antwerp recorded a 1-0 shutout win against RFC Seraing. Neither RFC Seraing nor Antwerp could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 19 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw, In the end, RFC Seraing couldn’t muster any offence and Antwerp ran away with the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Antwerp should be reasonably happy with their performance, while mechelen sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-4 loss against Genk. Oyen struck first for Genk in the 5th minute, then Hugo Cuypers tied it up for Mechelen in the 46th minute on a feed from Rob Schoofs. Mechelen is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sun Jul 25th, Mechelen hosted Antwerp at the Afas-stadion Achter De Kazerne in their last match together. Mechelen was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Michael Frey struck first for Antwerp in the 18th minute, then Manuel Benson added another in the 56th minute But luckily in the 74th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Ferdy Druijf.
Mechelen’s most prolific scorer has been Nikola Storm. The attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Antwerp hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Michel Ange Balikwisha and Alhassan Yusuf, and they each have 1 goal.