On the 1st of October, Mechelen and Club Brugge will play a match in Brugge in a clash of the Pro League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 3rd placed Club Brugge is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Standard Liège. Philip Zinckernagel struck first for Standard Liège in the 30th minute, then Philip Zinckernagel added another in the 64th minute In the end, Club Brugge was frustrated by Standard Liège’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Standard Liège ended the match with the shutout victory. Club Brugge should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Mechelen is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against OH Leuven. Neither Mechelen nor OH Leuven could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Mechelen is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Mechelen is fortunate enough to have Geoffry Hairemans in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals. Andreas Skov Olsen has been the most prolific scorer on Club Brugge in the last five matches with 2 goals.