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Mechelen vs. Standard: Belgian Championship Match Forecast
Mechelen and Standard will play in the 20th round of the Belgian Premier League. The teams plan to fight for the Eurocup zone this season and are direct competitors. So far, the hosts are in seventh place, and the visitors are in tenth. There is only a two-point difference between the rivals. Who will be able to improve their standings on December 26? The answer is in our forecast.
Command Analysis
KV Mechelen
BelgiumCurrent form
Last season, Mechelen fought for a place in the European Cups, but lost a ticket to the Conference League to Gent, finishing second in its subgroup. Now the team plans to improve the result and still get into European competitions. So far, the hosts are in seventh place and are two points ahead of their group of rivals, which includes Standard. The last rounds were sad for the team from Mechelen - defeats to Kortrijk (1:3) and Brugge (1:2), as well as draws with Antwerp (1:1) and Westerlo (1:1). Mechelen also finished the fight for the cup, losing in a penalty shootout to the main outsider of the Premier League, Beerschot.
Disqualifications and injuries
Falchu, Storm and Foulon are injured.
Interesting trends for betting
- Mechelen last two matches ended in a draw
- Mechelen have scored in their last 12 matches
Probable line-up: De Wolff - Lauberbach, Marsa, Tuba, Reymaekers, Van den Eijnden - Mrbati, Ouattara, Schoofs, Heiremans - Pfluk.
Standard Liege
BelgiumCurrent form
Standard also has a chance to fight for the Eurocup zone, as the gap to today opponent is only two points. The club is in tenth place and is only four points away from the relegation zone. The Liege club has not won in the last four rounds. First there were draws with Charleroi (1:1), Heverley Louvain (1:1) and Beerschot (0:0), and then the guests lost to Gent (0:1). Like today opponent, Standard failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the cup, losing to Genk in extra time.
Disqualifications and injuries
Aiden O'Neill will not play due to an accumulation of yellow cards.
Interesting trends for betting
- The visitors have not won for five matches in a row
- The team failed to score in the last two matches
Tentative line-up: Epolo - Shutalo, Lawrence, Ngoy - Kamara, Price, Bulat, Kuavita, Lawrence - Zeqiri, Benjdida.
Trends
Bet Exact score 0:0
Two of the last three head-to-head matches ended with this score
9.00Bet At least one team will not score
This bet has played in the last two away matches
1.95Tip and bets
The rivals are in approximately the same zone of the tournament table and are now clearly on the decline. Both teams have not been able to win for five rounds. It is clear that the clubs dream of breaking this streak as soon as possible, but it is not a fact that someone will be able to tip the scales in their favor. We believe that a draw is likely in this match, it was popular in the last matches involving the clubs.
Our prediction is a draw at 3.80
Bet on total
The visitors have obvious problems with implementation - only 12 goals scored this season, the worst result in the league. At the same time, the team plays well in defense and never concede much. We think that this time the defense will prevail over the attack. Probably, we are in for another low-scoring match.
Our prediction is total under 2.5 goals for 1.95
Bet on corners
We believe that the teams will focus on defense, so don’t expect a lot of corner kicks today.
Our prediction is total under 9.5 corners for 1.95
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