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Antwerp vs KV Mechelen Prediction & Betting tips
We will open the seventeen day with a nice match between Antwerp and Mechelen. Can Antwerp continue its way after the successful double confrontation with Ghent? Or do the visitors jump over the home team?
Royal Antwerp:
‘On a thief’ is called such a thing, but AA Gent handed over the loot (a point) itself, without Antwerp threatening it. The Great Old played a dull game in the Ghelamco Arena, the stadium of its own chairman, but due to the late equalizer it remains unbeaten in the top matches. The balance: twelve out of eighteen. Antwerp remains unbeaten against the G5 (Big Five), thanks to a late goal from Zinho Gano. The 26-year-old striker is completely in the shadow of Dieumerci Mbokani this season, but is profoundly prof.
Last Thursday, Antwerp won from KAA Gent in-house, three days later another match between the Buffalos and The Great Old was scheduled. After fifteen minutes of good intentions, however, the pudding quickly collapsed and the home team took more than control. Ghent took the lead. The double lead was more in the air throughout the match than an equalizer. Gent’s victory never seemed to be in danger until Zinho Gano was able to kick a ball into an empty goal after 94 minutes after a free kick that Thomas Kaminski went under.
Kevin Mirallas made it a bit too last weekend. The attacker was ready to step in, but after a discussion with Laszlo Bölöni he walked into the dressing room. He was put in place by his coach afterwards. “It was a small conflict,” said Bölöni. “Kevin may be frustrated because he was not allowed to start. He was a lecturer, but not a few weeks ago. I understand that frustration somewhere, but Refaelov and Lamkel Zé happened to that too, that is the life of a football player. Those who can’t handle that change their job better. ”
KV Mechelen:
KV Mechelen was able to finish eight points on its direct competitor for the top six, but it saw its lead on Zulte Waregem shrink to two points. The loss is a serious damper for Malinwa, which misses second place. With KV Mechelen and Zulte Waregem, however, two similar teams were on the pitch. Their favorite game is playing football from the reaction against a team that wants to make the game. Sit back and relax, but with a tight organization and then try to counter it from the counterattack.
Franky Dury was shocked on Saturday-evening when his team got a team of elaborate angels. Essevee succeeded twice, just before the break and just before the final whistle. Cooked-out and particularly efficient customization: the West-Flemish plan was completely in line. KV Mechelen was looking desperately, but found no solution. Dante Vanzeir and Igor De Camargo wriggled in the front, but really threatening was so difficult, apart from the giant chance of the international promise. The ultimate expression of Mechelen’s powerlessness came in the final phase of captain Onur Kaya. Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet saw from the sidelines how he specifically asked for a present after a failed action in the sixteen. No penalty with a snare around it, but referee D’Hondt’s yellow card for a schwalbe was the logical verdict.
The report: a meager eleven out of twenty-four in-house. Hardly three home games were won by the Wouter Vrancken boys. The KV Mechelen coach reacted particularly cynically after the game. “Out or at home, we always lost this match, you know. Incomprehensible that we started the game so weakly. We were hit in every game. My team was also much too large, they left a lot of space between the lines open.
Antwerp vs KV Mechelen head to head matches
20.10.19 JL KV Mechelen Antwerp 3 : 1
26.09.18 CUP KV Mechelen Antwerp 3 : 1
25.11.17 JL Antwerp KV Mechelen 0 : 0
19.08.17 JL KV Mechelen Antwerp 1 : 2
08.07.15 CF Antwerp KV Mechelen 1 : 0