KV Mechelen vs Gent Prediction: Visiting Gent will win this contest

Mechelen and Gent will face each other in this round 33 match of the Jupiler Pro League. The match will take place at Achter de Kazerne. In their most recent match, Mechelen suffered a defeat at the hands of Leuven, while visiting Gent battled West Ham to a draw in the Conference League.

After suffering a defeat to Oud-Heverlee Leuven by a score of 4-1 in their most recent match in First Division A, Mechelen will be looking to get back on track here. During that match, Mechelen held a 49% possession advantage and had 16 shots on goal, with 6 of them finding the back of the net. Geoffry Hairemans was the lone player for KV Mechelen, who managed to score in the 89th minute. Oud-Heverlee Leuven had a total of 17 shots on goal, with 11 of them finding the target. In their most recent matches, Mechelen have failed to capitalize on the opportunities they have been given. Over the course of their last six matches, they have only managed to score a total of four goals against their opponents. During those matches, Mechelen has conceded a total of 14 goals, bringing the total number of goals scored against them to 14.

The match that came before this one, between Gent and West Ham United, ended in a 1-1 draw for the Conference League. Hugo Cuypers was the lone player for Gent to score in the 57th minute. West Ham United's goal was scored in the 45th minute by Danny Ings. The previous six matches that Gent have participated in have resulted in a total of 25 goals being scored between both teams, which results in a mean average of 4.17 goals being scored in each contest. The form guide indicates that Gent have not been successful against Mechelen in either of the last two league matches that were played away from their home stadium.

Mechelen and Gent have a relatively solid head-to-head history, as they have met 35 times in the previous seasons, with Mechelen winning 8 games and Gent winning 19. A total of eight of the games played ended in ties. The head-to-head matchups between Mechelen and Gent resulted in Mechelen scoring 39 goals and Gent scoring 66 goals.

The home club is just not performing up to their potential, and they have a lot of work to do in terms of improving both their defense and their offense. Due to the fact that Gent have been doing so well as of late, we are convinced that they will still defeat Mechelen team that is not very strong and win by at least three goals.