KVC Westerlo vs KV Mechelen
Het Kuipje
26.08.2023, 17:00
In the Jupiler Pro League, KVC Westerlo and KV Mechelen will compete against one another at Het Kuipje. The home squad will enter this match on a three-game losing streak, while KV Mechelen had just picked up their first win of the season prior to this contest.
Get Your Sign-Up Bonus!KVC Westerlo - hoping to end their losing streak
KVC Westerlo's previous matches included one victory over Willem II, three defeats at the hands of Club Brugge, Gent, and Anderlecht, and one draw with AS Eupen. Willem II was the team that KVC Westerlo defeated. During those encounters, KVC Westerlo was only able to score five goals and gave up ten to their opponents. During the current league season, KVC Westerlo has averaged one goal scored in every game it has participated in. In terms of disciplinary actions, the home team was issued five yellow cards but no red cards, resulting in a total of 9.25 fouls committed over all of their matches (on average). The average rating for Westerlo's team is 6.65 points per game. This season, KVC Westerlo has only managed to hold possession of the ball an average of 48.00% of the time.
KV Mechelen - Mechelen will hope to be at their best again
Mechelen comes into this match having won one of their previous five matches against Union Saint-Gilloise, lost two of those matches to Gent and RWDM, and drawn two of their previous five matches against Antwerp and Club Brugge. In those encounters, the away team scored six goals while only allowing four to be scored against them. Mechelen averaged 1.25 goals scored and 0.75 goals conceded per game when they played their matches away from home. There were a total of 44 fouls committed by the squad, of which they received 5 yellow cards and 0 red cards in those matches. The average rating for Mechelen's team is 6.92 points per game. The percentage of time that Mechelen spends with the ball throughout games this season is below average, averaging 50.00%.
Head-Head Statistics
KVC Westerlo and KV Mechelen have played each other 27 times over the course of the previous seasons, with KV Mechelen coming out on top 15 times and KVC Westerlo taking home 8 victories. A total of four of the games were decided by a draw. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, KVC Westerlo scored 40 goals, while KV Mechelen managed to score 55 goals.
Expert Betting Tips
The teams appear to be evenly balanced, and we can be certain that either side will deliver the greatest performance they are capable of giving. In the meantime, although these two teams will be concentrating on obtaining a victory, we can be certain that there will be a lot of attacking play from them. Therefore, wagering on goals is the best betting option for this game.