Anderlecht 7-2 Mechelen: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 12 September 2021
Result
Anderlecht 7-2 Mechelen
Pro League · Sunday 12 September 2021, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Anderlecht 7-2 Mechelen: match report
Anderlecht won against Mechelen 7-2 in the Pro League on Sunday 12 September 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.
Benito Raman opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Anderlecht's goals came from Benito Raman (23'), C. Kouamé (49'), C. Kouamé (57'), A. Murillo (61'), Francis Amuzu (74'), Y. Verschaeren (85') and J. Zirkzee (87'). Mechelen scored through Nikola Storm (36') and Onur Kaya (90+1').
Discipline: Anderlecht received 1 yellow card; Mechelen received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Anderlecht were 14th on 7 points from 5 and Mechelen 15th on 7 points from 6. Anderlecht went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Mechelen 8th with 56.
Anderlecht lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Mechelen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joshua Zirkzee of Anderlecht (8.9), ahead of Christian Kouamé (8.6).
Going into the match Anderlecht's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Mechelen's D-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 0'Yellow card · Wouter Vrancken
- 23'Goal · Benito Raman
- 36'Goal · Nikola Storm
- 49'Goal · C. Kouamé
- 57'Goal · C. Kouamé
- 60'Yellow card · Kristoffer Olsson
- 61'Goal · A. Murillo
- 74'Goal · Francis Amuzu
- 85'Goal · Y. Verschaeren
- 87'Goal · J. Zirkzee
- 90+1'Goal · Onur Kaya
Team news
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Anderlecht line-up (4-2-2-2)
Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Amir Murillo, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Wesley Hoedt, Sergio Gómez, Josh Cullen, Kristoffer Olsson, Anouar Ait El Hadj, Lior Refaelov, Benito Raman, Christian Kouamé
Mechelen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Sheldon Bateau, Lucas Bijker, Samuel Oum Gouet, Rob Schoofs, Maryan Shved, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Hugo Cuypers