Match Report
16 points separated the sides: Gent 2nd on 19, Mechelen 17th on 3. Per game in the league, Gent were scoring 1.86 and conceding 0.57, Mechelen 0.71 and 2, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 40 games: 21 Gent wins, 8 for Mechelen, 11 draws, at 2.83 goals per meeting.
The referee was E. Lambrechts, with 94 matches in our database and 1.9 yellows per game on average. The venue was Planet Group Arena, with room for 20,185 spectators. On the scoreboard, Gent led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Gent: Tiago Araújo (37'), Josué Vergara (45')
Key stats
Possession: Gent 53% · Mechelen 47% · Total shots: 15-5 · On target: 8-2 · Corners: 4-1