KV Mechelen 2–1 Club Brugge KV — Belgian Pro League 2025/26 Match Stats

Belgian Pro League · 2025Fri, 1 Aug 2025, 18:45 UTCAchter de Kazerne

KV Mechelen

2–1Historical match

Club Brugge KV

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

KV Mechelen won 2–1.

Shots: 920
Shots on target: 56
Expected goals: 2.021.61
Possession: 35%65%

Full time

What the match recorded

KV Mechelen beat Club Brugge KV 2–1. Recorded in this match (KV Mechelen – Club Brugge KV): shots 9–20, shots on target 5–6, expected goals 2.02–1.61, possession 35%–65%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots9 shots20 shotsKV Mechelen 9 shots, Club Brugge KV 20 shots
Shots on target5 shots6 shotsKV Mechelen 5 shots, Club Brugge KV 6 shots
Expected goals2.02 xG1.61 xGKV Mechelen 2.02 xG, Club Brugge KV 1.61 xG
Possession35%65%KV Mechelen 35%, Club Brugge KV 65%
Corners2 corners3 cornersKV Mechelen 2 corners, Club Brugge KV 3 corners
Fouls11 fouls7 foulsKV Mechelen 11 fouls, Club Brugge KV 7 fouls
Yellow cards4 cards0 cardsKV Mechelen 4 cards, Club Brugge KV 0 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

KV Mechelen: 9 shots, 5 on target, 2.13 xG. Club Brugge KV: 20 shots, 6 on target, 2.00 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: KV Mechelen 2.13 xG · Club Brugge KV 2.00 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0KV Mechelen

3Draws

2Club Brugge KV

7 Dec 2024KV Mechelen — Club Brugge KV · Belgian Pro League1–2

26 Jul 2024Club Brugge KV — KV Mechelen · Belgian Pro League1–1

10 Dec 2023KV Mechelen — Club Brugge KV · Belgian Pro League0–0

30 Jul 2023Club Brugge KV — KV Mechelen · Belgian Pro League1–1

2 Apr 2023KV Mechelen — Club Brugge KV · Belgian Pro League0–3

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

6.1 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/15.09 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Fri, 1 Aug 2025, 22:45 UTC · analysis-v4