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Oostende vs KV Mechelen Prediction & Betting tips
On Saturday evening, people prepare for the arrival of co-leader KV Mechelen. KV Oostende, which counts six points after four matches, has started reasonably well as they are expected at the bottom while Mechelen has started great because they were also expected at the bottom. Can Malinwa surprise again and stay in the lead with Club or does Ostend take their third three-point?
Ostende:
The verdict for KVO at the end of last season was that it was a fairly unsuccessful season. Despite preservation, it almost never went further than tenth place and could never stunt once. After four match days, the team counts six points and immediately managed to win in the opening match in Lotto Park (RSC Anderlecht) so that curse had already been broken. But after those six out of six, it hit Club Brugge and last week KAA Ghent.
With AA Gent and KV Oostende two teams from the middle bracket faced each other in the Ghelamco Arena, if you can talk about it after three games. After the 2-1 defeat in Mouscron last week, Ghent owed its public a revenge. With a lot of possession, the home team tried to impress the visitors from Ostend, but Ghent hit the same nail too much. Ostend gave Ghent a go for it with a few successful attack combinations. Skulason (free kick intended for the square and shot at a Gents head in the sixteen) and Sakala (cone from an oblique angle) handed out some dangerous pests. Ghent got no further than a header by Kubo (next to) and a quick action by David, deviated by Verstraete against the furthest post. More did not have a pretty weak first half. After the break the fireworks were lit. Van Oostende’s thoughts were still in the dressing room when Odjidja found David with a short corner and the ball hit the net via Jaremchuk’s foot a few seconds later, 1-0. Not much later Kubo wanted to make it 2-0 and a good Dutoit was needed to prevent that. But the double Ghent bonus came in fifty-two minutes anyway: David rammed the leather unsustainably into the roof of the goal. Ostende was forced into the defensive, but kept rooting. Immediately after the 2-0, Sakala smashed some nice and hard against the post, an attempt that deserved more than the disappointment of the accompanying visitors. But that was the fat of the Ostend soup. Ghent ticked and checked, without taking risks and using up too much power. With a 2-0 win, Ghent wins six out of six at home, after the 6-1 two weeks ago against Eupen.
Kare Ingebrigtsen was quite satisfied with the performance of his team, but that corner at the 1-0 was the key to the loss: “I thought our first half hour was very good. We played well and created opportunities, but we forgot to score. the 1-0, we were just asleep again, we were 99.9% of the game concentrated, but at this level it should be 100%, which 1-0 determined the direction of the game, because from then on we got it is difficult. We have to flush it a bit. We have one day for that and after that we are heading for the party next weekend against KV Mechelen.
KV Mechelen:
Mechelen, which managed to promote itself last year by winning the championship, had to wait long, very long for certainty about the promotion. As a result, the summer transfer period was anything but simple and the team was apparently weakened. Mechelen is seen as a relegation candidate, but after four match days it is just neatly in the lead of the rankings with ten out of twelve, equal to Club Brugge that has a better goal difference. Last week the Cercle received a visit.
On the fourth day of play, KV Mechelen had the perfect opportunity to hoist alongside leader Club. For that it had to go beyond a searching and doubtful Cercle. After three days of play, the people of Bruges were desolate, without points after their name. Not entirely unexpectedly, the home team took the lead from the start, although that initially did not even result in a half chance. There was too much waste at stake at KVM for that. If it didn’t get stuck in the superstructure, every possible danger was smothered in the bud by a careless cross. On the other side, Cercle hardly improved, but halfway through the first half the first full chance was enough. Stef Peeters dropped the corner in the middle of the suit, where Yves Dabila towers monstrously above everyone and the ball buffeted the far corner without doubt. In the second half, KV had to tap a different barrel and it did so from the first whistle. With a whirling Storm in front, the home team was immediately dangerous, although De Camargo just missed his attempt. At the hour it was rushing brother Togui who hung the plates in balance. Cercle goalkeeper Badiashile did not get a corner well concealed, after which the Ivorian brushed the ball into the roof of the goal. Cercle couldn’t do much more than defend, but that didn’t go smoothly either. Schoofs’ free kick doesn’t seem to yield much until the repetition shows that Swinkels was knocked down by Serrano with a rugby tackle. The ball on the dot and that is a piece of cake for Storm, who sent Badiashile the wrong way. For example, for the third week in a row, the visitors completely relinquished a lead, but Cercle still had to empty the cup to the bottom. A lesser cross from Kaya was completely kicked against De Camargo, who had to make no effort to put the 3-1 final score on the board. KV Mechelen may call itself co-leader, Cercle is still waiting for his first points of the season.
Coach Vrancken was of course very satisfied, but above all he was very sober: “We are actually playing a good first half. Maybe a bit slow, but we’re not giving anything away. They only had the corner, on which they scored. After the break the pace went up and we won the second balls in the center and then we rightly grab the three points. I think the players didn’t expect such a block from Cercle, but then you have to play through it and keep up the pace. Thanks to this start, we are shared first, but we are already putting Cercle on ten points. ”
Oostende vs KV Mechelen head to head matches
09.12.17 JL Oostende KV Mechelen 0 : 1
10.09.17 JL KV Mechelen Oostende 1 : 1
04.02.17 JL Oostende KV Mechelen 2 : 0
16.10.16 JL KV Mechelen Oostende 2 : 3
22.11.15 JL KV Mechelen Oostende 2 : 1