KV Mechelen vs Antwerp Match Preview

Mechelen hosts Antwerp in the Belgian league premiere.

Home team Mechelen will have a difficult start in the new league as they will be without the coach of the last four years and with many new faces. The inhomogeneity is usually an inhibiting factor in the effort of each team in the first matches, especially when important players have also left.

The visiting Antwerp, on the other hand, is theoretically in a better match condition after already welcoming Drita on Thursday in the Europa Conference League where they ended in a bore draw, but having 79% possession and twelve shots against any of the opponents which shows that they did not win from misfortune. In addition, once again they have set very high the bar that reaches the championship due to the financial strength that exists in the club, a fact that is also reflected in the transfers that have been made but also in the victorious friendlies against Salzburg and Dynamo Kyiv.

Taking into account the above, I think that the guests have a clear advantage for the victory, even though the opening games hide surprises. I will conservatively bet 4 points on the away win draw no bet at odds of 1.90 to get my bet back on a possible draw as Antwerp will have the disadvantage of playing away from home.