KV Mechelen vs Mouscron Match Preview

KV Mechelen faces Mouscron for the 19th round of the Belgian Pro League on Sunday 27 of December at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne.

The hosts come from a 1-2 home win over Leuven, but still, nothing changed for them on the league table, as the rest of the botom teams got a positive result as well. They remain at 16th spot with a total of 17 points, alongside today's opponent, Mouscron, but they are ahead on goal average.

Mechelen's has been pretty weak at home so far, having 1 win, 2 draws, and 6 defeats this season, which is the worst record among the 18 teams of the Pro League, while they have 20 goals against in these home games. In fact, they have only defeats in their last 5 home matches, conceding at least twice in these matches.

No significant missings are reported for Wouter Vrancken's team, who will prepare his best eleven for today's crucial match.

On the other hand, Mouscron won 0-1 at home over strong Standard Liege in the previous round, extending their unbeaten streak to 3 games (2-1-0). After this result, they managed to climb up the ranks, reaching the 17th spot of the table, but still, Jorge Simão and his team have a very difficult task for the rest of the season.

On the road, Mouscron has been decent so far, with a record of 2-2-5, while they count 2 wins and 3 defeats in the last five duels, finding the back of the net in three of them.

The Portuguese manager Jorge Simão has plenty of choices for today's match, as he has no missings on his squad and he will field his best eleven.

The last few matches between the two sides have been thrilling with lots of goals from both teams. In fact, in the two previous matches at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne, Mouscron prevailed 0-2 while they shared a point on the most recent one.

Today's game could go one way or another, both Mechelen and Mouscron fighting to extend their presence in the Belgian Pro League for the next season. Considering the quality of these sides and the fact that they are pretty equal, I will pick Mouscron to win here, with the offered odds being massive at 6.50.