About Match
Westerlo go into the game 13th in the table on 4 points; Mechelen sit 15th on 2 — a 2-point gap. Against a league average of 1.53 goals per team per game, Westerlo run at 1.8 scored and 2.8 conceded, Mechelen at 1 and 2.6. Westerlo would climb to 7 points with a win and up to 9th (other results held equal).
Mechelen have gone 9 games without a win.
The sides have met 30 times in the GioScore results database: 8 wins for Westerlo, 8 draws and 14 for Mechelen, at 3.47 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 37% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 70%. 2.2 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 3.47.
Het Kuipje in Westerlo, capacity 8,182, hosts the game.