Mechelen prevails over KV Oostende 4-2

OOSTENDE. Mechelen prevails over KV Oostende 4-2.

October 30, 2021

OOSTENDE. Mechelen beats KV Oostende 4-2.

The match was played at the DIaz Arena stadium in Oostende on Friday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Christof Dierick who was helped by Dirk Gilon and Martijn Tiesters. The 4th official was Quentin Pirard. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.8 degrees Celsius or 53.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.

Match Statistics

KV Oostende

2 - 4

Mechelen

53 Ball Possession 47

Shots

14 Total 8
4 On Target 4
8 Off Target 4
2 Shots blocked 0

151 Attack 102
41 Dangerous attack 41
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 1
3 Off Sides 3

Fouls

15 Total 14
6 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. KV Oostende was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Mechelen that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

KV Oostende was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Mechelen succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.

KV Oostende shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Mechelen shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

KV Oostende received 5 yellow cards (M. Gueye, N. Batzner, T. Ndicka Matam, V. Koziello and A. Amade). On the other side, Mechelen received 3 yellow cards (S. Bateau, S. Gouet and G. Hairemans).

V. Koziello (KV Oostende) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

Match Timeline

Alfons Amade- Yellow

26'

37'

Kerim Mrabti(goal)N. Storm

40'

46'

50'

Kerim Mrabti(goal)H. Cuypers

Vincent Koziello- sub ->M. D\'Arpino

51'

56'

Robbie D'Haese- sub ->A. Tanghe

62'

69'

70'

Geoffry Hairemans- sub ->N. Storm

72'

78'

81'

85'

89'

Geoffry Hairemans(goal)R. Schoofs

Vincent Koziello- Yellow

90'

Geoffry Hairemans- Yellow

90'

Vincent Koziello(yellowred)

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, KV Oostende will stay with 17 points like Gent and Genk to stay in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Mechelen will have 23 points like Club Brugge to stay in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, KV Oostende will play away against OH Leuven on the 5th of November with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of KV Oostende (6 draws).

Mechelen will host Sint-Truiden on the 6th of November with a 11-9 head to head stats in favor of Mechelen (4 draws).

KV Oostende – Formation

KV Oostende

Guillaume Hubert 28.Belgium

5.3

Steven Fortès 17.Cape Verde

6.5

Anton Tanghe 33.Belgium

6.1

62'

Frederik Jäkel 15.Germany

7.0

81'

Brecht Capon 27.Belgium

6.5

Théo Ndicka Matam 7.France

6.1

90'

Maxime D'Arpino 6.France

6.8

51'

Alfons Amade 23.Germany

6.1

46'

Kenny Rocha Santos 10.Cape Verde

6.9

Marko Kvasina 21.Austria

7.1

T. Ambrose 68.Guadeloupe

6.2

46'

Substitutes

Jordy Schelfhout 22.Belgium

Zechariah Medley 3.England

Nick Bätzner 34.Germany

6.8

46'

69'

Robbie D'Haese 29.Belgium

6.9

62'

Evangelos Patoulidis 24.Belgium

Vincent Koziello 26.France

6.1

51'

90'

Makhtar Gueye 9.Senegal

7.1

46'

85'

56'

The manager Alexander Blessin decided to play with the following team: G. Hubert, B. Capon, Steven Fortès, A. Tanghe, T. Matam, F. Jäkel, M. D’Arpino, A. Amade, Kenny Rocha Santos, M. Kvasina and T. Ambrose.

The home team had on the bench: M. Gueye, J. Schelfhout, N. Bätzner, R. D’Haese, E. Patoulidis, V. Koziello and Z. Medley.

Substitutions

KV Oostende made 4 changes: T. Ambrose for M. Gueye (46′), A. Amade for N. Batzner (46′), M. D’Arpino for V. Koziello (51′) and A. Tanghe for R. D’Haese (62′).

Mechelen – Formation

Mechelen

Gaëtan Coucke 1.Belgium

6.3

Sheldon Bateau 4.Trinidad and Tobago

6.2

40'

Lucas Bijker 3.Netherlands

6.5

Sandy Walsh 5.Indonesia

6.7

Jordi Vanlerberghe 30.Belgium

6.7

Rob Schoofs 16.Belgium

6.8

90'

S. Gouet 17.Cameroon

6.7

72'

Vini Souza 33.Brazil

7.2

Nikola Storm 11.Belgium

7.2

70'

Kerim Mrabti 19.Sweden

8.7

78'

37', 50'

Hugo Cuypers 14.Belgium

8.3

78'

26'

Substitutes

Maxime Wenssens 32.Rwanda

I. Swers 2.Belgium

6.7

78'

Geoffry Hairemans 7.Belgium

7.0

70'

90'

89'

O. Kaya 8.Belgium

Maryan Shved 35.Ukraine

I. Rinck 10.Belgium

90'

Ferdy Druijf 9.Netherlands

6.8

78'

On the other side, Wouter Vrancken played with: G. Coucke, S. Bateau, L. Bijker, S. Walsh, J. Vanlerberghe, R. Schoofs, S. Oum Gouet, Vinicius Souza, N. Storm, K. Mrabti and H. Cuypers.

These were the players on the bench: M. Shved, I. de Camargo, I. Swers, F. Druijf, G. Hairemans, M. Wenssens and O. Kaya.

Substitutions

Mechelen made 4 changes: N. Storm for G. Hairemans (70′), H. Cuypers for F. Druijf (78′), K. Mrabti for I. Swers (78′) and R. Schoofs for I. de Camargo (90′).