KAA Gent vs KV Mechelen, Jupiler League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Match Preview
KAA Gent vs KV Mechelen — Jupiler League at Ghelamco Arena.
- KAA Gent 30 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
- KV Mechelen 30 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jan Boterberg
- Assistant 1 Nick Senecaut
- Assistant 2 Kevin Debeuckelaere
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 66 2 Club Brugge KV 30 63 3 K. Sint-Truidense VV 30 57 4 KAA Gent 30 45 5 KV Mechelen 30 45 6 RSC Anderlecht 30 44 7 KRC Genk 30 42 8 Royal Standard de Liege 30 40 9 KVC Westerlo 30 39 10 Royal Antwerp FC 30 35 11 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 30 34 12 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 30 34 13 SV Zulte-Waregem 30 32 14 UR La Louviere Centre 30 31 15 Cercle Brugge KSV 30 31 16 FC Verbroedering Dender EH 30 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Apr KV Mechelen H 1–1 D 22 Mar FC Verbroedering Dender EH A 3–1 W 13 Mar SV Zulte-Waregem H 2–0 W 08 Mar KV Mechelen H 3–1 W 01 Mar KRC Genk A 0–3 L 20 Feb Cercle Brugge KSV H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Apr KAA Gent A 1–1 D 22 Mar Club Brugge KV A 1–4 L 15 Mar RSC Anderlecht H 1–0 W 08 Mar KAA Gent A 1–3 L 28 Feb SV Zulte-Waregem H 2–1 W 22 Feb UR La Louviere Centre A 2–0 W Season Stats
KAA Gent KV Mechelen #4 Position #5 45 Points 45 30 Played 30 13 / 6 / 11 W / D / L 12 / 9 / 9 49 Scored 39 43 Conceded 37 +6 GD +2 1.50 PPG 1.50 43% Win % 40% Key Stats
47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history25% Clean Sheets
KAA Gent this season25% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this seasonKAA Gent are 4th (45 pts). KV Mechelen are 5th (45 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. KAA Gent is hosting KV Mechelen for another epic battle.
- 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Wilfride Kanga suffering a number of foals already.
- 10' It looks like no one’s ball. KAA Gent is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 15' GOAL! Max Dean scores on 15. Assisted by Michal Skoras
- 20' Tiago Araujo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 48 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 25' KAA Gent seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 30' Tommy St. Jago needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Hyun-seok Hong made 39 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. KAA Gent needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 45' KV Mechelen is showing some good football. However, KV Mechelen are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 46' Bill Antonio has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dikeni Salifou on 46 minute.
- 51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 56' KAA Gent looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker Max Dean scoring 1 goals.
- 61' It’s high time Frédéric Vanderbiest made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 66' It looks surprising KV Mechelen does not make any changes. Davy Roef has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 67' The whistle greets Hyun-seok Hong as he departs to be replaced by Hyllarion Goore.
- 68' The KV Mechelen manager makes a substitution. Benito Raman departs to be replaced by Bouke Boersma.
- 71' Time for substitution for KAA Gent. Abdelkahar Kadri is replaced by Atsuki Ito.
- 76' KAA Gent is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 81' Supporters expect more eagerness from Bill Antonio, as he is very good at scoring at Ghelamco Arena with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
- 86' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 90' Max Dean was booked on 90.
- 90' KV Mechelen manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Maxim Kireev is hanging Tommy St. Jago on the field on 90 minute.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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KAA Gent
3-4-1-2Starting XI- 22
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Wilfride Kanga ↓ Ibrahima Cisse 90'
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37
Abdelkahar Kadri ↓ Atsuki Ito 71'
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Bench- 29
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Atsuki Ito ↑ 71'
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45
Hyllarion Goore ↑ 67'
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75
Ibrahima Cisse ↑ 90'
Coach Rik De MilKV Mechelen
3-4-3Starting XI-
14
Benito Raman ↓ Bouke Boersma 68'
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33
Tommy St. Jago ↓ Maxim Kireev 90'
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Dikeni Salifou ↓ Bill Antonio 46'
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Bench- 8
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Bill Antonio ↑ 46'
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Bouke Boersma ↑ 68'
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Maxim Kireev ↑ 90'
Coach Frédéric Vanderbiest -
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