December 27th features a match where Mechelen hosts RFC Seraing 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 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 8th placed Mechelen, recorded a 2-3 loss against Zulte-Waregem. Kerim Mrabti scored the first goal for Mechelen in the 37th minute, then Jelle Vossen tied it up for Zulte-Waregem in the 53rd minute But luckily in the 94th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Jean-Luc Dompe. Mechelen is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while rFC Seraing is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Kortrijk. Ante Palaversa struck first for Kortrijk in the 54th minute on a feed from Kristof D’Haene, then Faïz Selemani added another in the 59th minute on a penalty shot In the end, RFC Seraing couldn’t muster any offence and Kortrijk ran away with the shutout win. RFC Seraing looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, RFC Seraing was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Marius Mouandilmadji struck first for RFC Seraing in the 14th minute on a feed from Youssef Maziz, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Mechelen couldn’t manage to score, and RFC Seraing took the shutout win.
Ablie Jallow has been the most effective weapon for RFC Seraing lately. The midfielder has netted two goals in his last five matches. Nikola Storm has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 5 goals for Mechelen.