Match Info

Jupiler Pro League - Round 5

Date: 24 August 2025, Sunday

Location: Bosuilstadion (Deurne)

Referee: Van Driessche B. (Bel)

Where to Watch on TV:


Argentina	DAZN
Austria	DAZN
Belgium	DAZN Pro League 1, Play Sports 1, Sporza, Sporza
Bolivia	DAZN
Canada	DAZN Canada
Ecuador	DAZN
France	DAZN France
Germany	DAZN Deutsch
New-zealand	DAZN New Zealand
Paraguay	DAZN
Switzerland	DAZN Switzerland
United-kingdom	DAZN, DAZN UK
Uruguay	DAZN
Usa	DAZN USA
Venezuela	DAZN


	Royal Antwerp		KV Mechelen

	1	X	2
	2	3.4	3.5	Watch
	2	3.6	3.5
	2.1	3.4	3.4	Watch
	2.09	3.45	3.75
	2.17	3.24	3.39	Watch
	2.05	3.4	3.3
	2.1	3.51	3.51	Watch
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.07 ↑ (2)	3.43 ↓ (3.68)	3.48 ↑ (3.44)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.50

The best margin for this event is 3.5%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Royal Antwerp
45.4%

Draw
27.5%

KV Mechelen
27.1%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

47%

25.6%

27.4%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Royal Antwerp has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.6%)

KV Mechelen has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.3%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
70%	20%	10%

Royal Antwerp - KV Mechelen Predictions

Users Predictions: 10 users predict this event. Antwerp will win (votes: 7 - 70%). Mechelen will win (votes: 1 - 10%). It will Tie (votes: 2 - 20%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Antwerp: 41.6% – 98.4%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 5 Selected Experts predict this event. Antwerp (votes: 2 - 40%). Tie (votes: 3 - 60%).

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

AH +0.5 - Mechelen (1.77) (votes: 4 - 100%) 🥈 Silver Tip.

O/U 1.75 - over (votes: 1 - 100%) .

BTS - yes (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Overall Expert Consensus (including all markets): 9 Selected Experts predict this event. Antwerp (votes: 2 - 22.2%). Mechelen (votes: 4 - 44.4%). Tie (votes: 3 - 33.3%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
15. Thoelen Y. (G) 4. Tsunashima Y. 26. Bozhinov R. 5. Foulon D. 8. Praet D. 23. Bijl G. 33. Van Den Bosch Z. 20. Doumbia M. 24. Somers T. 18. Janssen V. (C) 9. Al Sahafi M.	1. De Wolf O. (G) 35. Bafdili B. 23. Zekri M. 4. Diouf G. 2. Halhal R. 6. Hammar F. 16. Schoofs R. 7. Koudou T. 8. Konate M. 20. Lauberbach L. 19. Mrabti K.
Substitutes
22. Adekami F. 16. Benitez M. 92. Gabriel Jesus D. 43. Hamdaoui Y. 98. Kouyate K. 99. Nozawa T. (G) 17. Renders S. 19. Urinboev M. 21. Verstraeten A.	38. Antonio B. 22. Golic L. 13. Miras N. (G) 21. Ozdemir H. 77. Pflucke P. 14. Raman B. 18. Struyf I. 5. Teague R.
Coaches
Wils S.	Vanderbiest F.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (1 - 1)
11', 0 - 1, Koudou T. ⚽,
27', 1 - 1, Somers T. ⚽, Janssen V. (A),
31', Lauberbach L. 🟨,
2nd Half (1 - 0)
52', Tsunashima Y. ↓, Verstraeten A. ↑,
52', Foulon D. ↓, Renders S. ↑,
54', Praet D. 🟥,
61', Bafdili B. ↓, Raman B. ↑,
61', Zekri M. ↓, Antonio B. ↑,
62', Bijl G. ↓, Kouyate K. ↑,
62', Al Sahafi M. ↓, Gabriel Jesus D. ↑,
79', Mrabti K. ↓, Ozdemir H. ↑,
80', 2 - 1, Doumbia M. ⚽, Verstraeten A. (A),
85', Konate M. ↓, Pflucke P. ↑,
87', Hammar F. 🟨,
87', Koudou T. 🟨,
90+3', Doumbia M. ↓, Benitez M. ↑,

Preview

Watch a clash between a mid-table side and a current leader (ranked 8 in the zone Promotion ~ Jupiler Pro League (Conference League Group: ) and 5 in the zone Promotion ~ Jupiler Pro League (Championship Group: )).

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Antwerp won 1.

Antwerp is currently in amazing form (last 5 games: 2 wins).

Mechelen has been playing with ups and downs recently (in the last 5 games, wins – 2).

Mechelen may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

Antwerp might have a minor edge in this game.

There will not play in Antwerp: Hairemans G. (Knee Injury) Valencia A. (Knee Injury)

There will not play in Mechelen: Kiki (Surgery)

There are questionable in Mechelen: Raman B. (Injury)

In the last 19 head-to-head matches, Antwerp won 9 matches, drew 3 matches, lost 7 matches, and goals 29:20. (average 1.5:1.1).

Including home matches between the teams, Antwerp won 6 matches, drew 1 match, lost 3 matches, and goals 18:6. (average 1.8:0.6).

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Royal Antwerp FC
Belgian Jupiler Pro League
17.08.25	Charleroi - Royal Antwerp	1:1 ✺
10.08.25	Royal Antwerp - Oud-Heverlee Leuven	3:1 ✺
03.08.25	Genk - Royal Antwerp	1:1 ✺
25.07.25	Royal Antwerp - Saint-Gilloise	1:1 ✺
Club Friendly
19.07.25	Royal Antwerp - Willem II	2:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 11.4 TWTTW
- KV Mechelen
Belgian Jupiler Pro League
16.08.25	KV Mechelen - Gent	1:1 ✺
09.08.25	Westerlo - KV Mechelen	0:1 ✺
01.08.25	KV Mechelen - Club Brugge	2:1 ✺
26.07.25	Zulte Waregem - KV Mechelen	1:1 ✺
Club Friendly
19.07.25	Ajax - KV Mechelen	3:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 15.7 TWWTL

Latest Head to Head

Belgian Jupiler Pro League
13.12.24	KV Mechelen - Royal Antwerp	1:1
24.08.24	Royal Antwerp - KV Mechelen	0:1
17.02.24	Royal Antwerp - KV Mechelen	0:1
30.09.23	KV Mechelen - Royal Antwerp	0:0
Belgian Super Cup
23.07.23	Royal Antwerp - KV Mechelen	2:1 penalties
Belgian Cup
30.04.23	KV Mechelen - Royal Antwerp	0:2
Belgian Jupiler Pro League
05.03.23	Royal Antwerp - KV Mechelen	5:0

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