Match details. Beker van Belgie, Round of 32. Kick-off is Sun 18 Oct, 12:30 Lagos time. It is played at AFAS Stadion, Malines.
What's at stake. It is one game, with penalties if it is level.
Form. Yellow-Red KV Mechelen have won one, drawn four and lost five of their last ten, 0.7 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W D L L D. KAS Eupen have won seven, drawn one and lost two of their last ten, 2.2 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W W W W. In this competition KAS Eupen have gone W.
The numbers. Yellow-Red KV Mechelen score 1.8 and concede 2.6 a game in their last five at home, with no clean sheets and two games without a goal. Yellow-Red KV Mechelen average 11.4 shots (3.1 on target), 4.6 corners and 1.6 cards a game, with 47% of the ball. KAS Eupen score 1.3 and concede 0.7 a game in their last seven away, with four clean sheets. KAS Eupen average 14.0 shots (5.3 on target), 6.0 corners and 2.7 cards a game, with 57% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Yellow-Red KV Mechelen have won four, drawn three and lost three. Five of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in seven. In the last four, Yellow-Red KV Mechelen won three and KAS Eupen won one. The last time they met, on 4 Feb 2024, it finished Yellow-Red KV Mechelen 1-0 KAS Eupen: Yellow-Red KV Mechelen had 4 shots to 18, 47% of the ball, one yellow card.
Where it pulls both ways. KAS Eupen are the form side, but the meetings favour Yellow-Red KV Mechelen: in the last ten meetings, Yellow-Red KV Mechelen won four, KAS Eupen won three and three were drawn.
The read. No side to back. An open game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 58%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Yellow-Red KV Mechelen or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); KAS Eupen or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); Yellow-Red KV Mechelen or Over 1.5 Goals (no result call). Predicted score: Yellow-Red KV Mechelen 1-2 KAS Eupen (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).