Mechelen vs Gent betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on February 07th, 2025

Mechelen and Gent are scheduled to play against each other on February 07th, 2025, Friday at 19:45h (UTC), in a Pro League match to be held in Belgium, check the Mechelen vs Gent betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Mechelen vs Gent will occur

The game is set to be played in the small AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne stadium, in the city of Mechelen, with a capacity for 16672 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Mechelen vs Gent betting tip 2024/2025

The Pro League has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.82 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.67 goals per match played.

Mechelen last match

Mechelen come from a defeat in the last match. The game against OH Leuven, valid for the Pro League, ended with a 1-0. The team coached by B. Hasi lined up in the last match with a 3-4-2-1 formation.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 2.35.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. Toon Raemaekers leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Gent last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Pro League, Gent, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Anderlecht team with a final score of 1-0.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.05, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Mechelen vs Gent h2h

When these teams last played against each other in Pro League, Mechelen ranked 11th place while Gent was in 12th place. Mechelen initiated hostilities with a 5-3-2 formation while Gent played using a 3-4-2-1 tactic.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 15-09-2024, in a match of the 2024/2025 season of the Pro League, and the match ended with a 2-0 win for Gent.

The performance of the Gent team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Mechelen team.

Mechelen

Pro League leaderboard now

The Mechelen team with 27 points currently occupies the 12th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Play-offs, with a campaign of 7 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses.

The team, in the 25th round, enjoys an advantage of 1 point against the Westerlo team which is ranked just below, in position 13 and with 1 point less than Dender team that is in the 11th place.

Mechelen analysis

After 24 matches, Mechelen shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 37 goals and conceded 34.

In terms of form, the team comes from a 4 losses streak in the Pro League, which is not a good omen for this next match.

The Mechelen team seeks to control the game by trying to achieve an average ball possession of 54.83%. This is based on the observation that ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

Being naturally stronger at home than as a visiting team, having won twice away from home. At home the team proves to be better, having positive results, with 5 wins against 4 losses, and 3 draws.

Best goalscorer from Mechelen

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Benito Raman so far in the competition. With 8 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Mechelen to achieve victorious results this season.

Historical data Mechelen

With 4 titles won in the tournament's history the Mechelen team is one of the leading names in the competition. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Gent

Pro League leaderboard now

The Gent team with 36 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 9 wins, 9 draws, and 6 losses.

Which means that the team has an advantage of 1 point, in the 25th round, with the Standard Liège team in hot pursuit at 7th place.

Gent analysis

Gent after 24 days has put up 32 goals scored, and taken 25, and thus record has a positive goal difference.

Best goalscorer from Gent

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Max Dean so far in the competition. With 6 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Gent to achieve victorious results this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Mechelen is Benito Raman, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Gent is Max Dean, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

Gent has conceded 14 away goals in 12 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Gent will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 2-0, something to take into consideration.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 4.86 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.38 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Gent side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Mechelen who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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