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Gent - KV Mechelen
Belgium First Division A - Ghelamco Arena
Prediction 1
Gent Win-to-Nil
29/20 (2.45)
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Prediction 2
2-0 Gent
6/1 (7.00)
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* Betting odds were correct at the time of publication but are subject to change
Gent are in the hunt for Champions League football this season and still hope to challenge for the league title, though, current leaders Union Saint-Gilloise do sit ten points clear of the third-placed club. Mid-table Mechelen provide the opposition at the KAA Gent Arena on Friday night and the visitors will be expecting a tough game against a Gent side they haven't beaten in any of their last five head-to-heads.
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Gent vs Mechelen prediction – Betting tips & odds
Hot Tip – Gent to Win-to-Nil
- Gent have won four of their last five encounters with Mechelen.
- Gent have kept three clean sheets in their last five competitive matches.
Another reason that we have backed Gent to win to nil as our main prediction is that Mechelen have failed to score in three of their last five league games.
Latest odds
Head to Head
15/09/24
Belgium First Division A Belgium
Gent
KV Mechelen
2
0
04/05/24
Belgium First Division A Belgium
KV Mechelen
Gent
2
4
20/04/24
Belgium First Division A Belgium
Gent
KV Mechelen
3
1
06/08/23
Belgium First Division A Belgium
KV Mechelen
Gent
0
1
16/04/23
Belgium First Division A Belgium
KV Mechelen
Gent
1
1
Last Five - Gent
07/02/25
Belgium First Division A Belgium
KV Mechelen
Gent
3
3
D
02/02/25
Belgium First Division A Belgium
Anderlecht
Gent
0
1
W
26/01/25
Belgium First Division A Belgium
OH Leuven
Gent
0
0
D
17/01/25
Belgium First Division A Belgium
Charleroi
Gent
1
1
D
12/01/25
Belgium First Division A Belgium
FCV Dender EH
Gent
0
0
D
Last Five - KV Mechelen
07/02/25
Belgium First Division A Belgium
Gent
KV Mechelen
3
3
D
31/01/25
Belgium First Division A Belgium
OH Leuven
KV Mechelen
1
0
L
26/01/25
Belgium First Division A Belgium
Anderlecht
KV Mechelen
4
1
L
18/01/25
Belgium First Division A Belgium
Genk
KV Mechelen
2
1
L
12/01/25
Belgium First Division A Belgium
Cercle Brugge
KV Mechelen
1
0
L
Win probability
- HOME: 4/9 (1.44) – 69.2%
- DRAW: 37/10 (4.70) – 21.3%
- AWAY: 13/2 (7.50) – 13.3%
Gent are the expected winners of this game with a probability of 69.2%, and it's difficult to see this game ending in anything but a home win. For more football betting tips on this match, check out the Anytime Goalscorer market.
Hugo Cuypers is the bookmaker's pick to score in this game at 11/10 (2.10) which has a probability of 47.6%, or you could go with Gift Orban at 13/10 (2.30) with a probability of 43.5%.
Gent vs Mechelen prediction – Other tips
Correct Score: 2-0
- Gent have scored at least two goals in four of their last seven head-to-heads with Mechelen.
- Mechelen have failed to score in four of their last seven games against Gent.
Under 2.5 Goals
- Three of the last five meetings between these two clubs have produced under 2.5 goals.
- Three of Mechelen's last five league games have witnessed fewer than three goals scored.
Gent vs Mechelen team news
Gent
Gent's final game of 2023 saw them make the trip to Kortrijk. A goal in each half from Moroccan international Tarik Tissoudali, along with a good defensive display, proved enough for Gent to claim a 2-0 victory against bottom-of-the-table Kortrijk but Friday's hosts will be without some key players ahead of the Mechelen match.
Tarik Tissoudali is away with Morocco at AFCON 2023, while Hong Hyun-Seok and Tsuyoshi Watanabe are at the Asia Cup, and Paul Nardi has a broken ankle so won't make the game against Mechelen.
Predicted Lineup: Roef (GK), Torunarigha, Kandouss, Gandelman, Kums, De Sart, Gerkens, Samoise, Tissoudali, Cuypers & Fofana
Mechelen
Mechelen made the trip to Sporting Charleroi for their last league game, going down 3-1 in the end. Norman Bassette scored what turned out to be a consolation goal for Mechelen in that game but the result leaves the club sitting tenth in the table with twenty-two points on the board and a goal difference of minus five.
Mory Konaté is away with Guinea at the Africa Cup of Nations, while Toon Raemaekers, Nikola Storm, Rafik Belghali, Jannes Van Hof and Norman Bassette are all injury concerns ahead of the trip to Gent.
Predicted Lineup: Coucke (GK), Walsh, Vanlerberghe, Bates, Cobbaut, Foulon, Hairemans, Schoofs, Antonio, Mrabti & Lauberbach
Gent
KV Mechelen
*Lineups are usually announced 1hr before kick-off
Player to Watch: Sven Kums
Gent's 35-year-old playmaker has been in good form once again this season.
The former Belgian international is enjoying his second spell with Gent after leaving the club in 2016 for a brief spell with Udinese before signing for Anderlecht where he spent two seasons.
This season, Kums has chipped in with five assists in the Pro League as well as one goal, playing a vital role as the club's playmaker in their push for Champions League football and possibly silverware.
