Anderlecht 4-1 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 26 January 2025

Result

Anderlecht 4-1 Mechelen

Pro League · Sunday 26 January 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Anderlecht 4-1 Mechelen: match report

Anderlecht won against Mechelen 4-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 26 January 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.

Keisuke Goto opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Anderlecht's goals came from Keisuke Goto (24'), Jan-Carlo Simić (41'), Yari Verschaeren (67') and an own goal by Ahmed Touba (82'). Mechelen scored through Damir Milanovic (49').

Discipline: Anderlecht received no yellow cards; Mechelen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Anderlecht were 4th on 36 points from 22 and Mechelen 11th on 27 points from 22. Anderlecht went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Mechelen 8th with 50.

Anderlecht lined up in a 3-4-3 and Mechelen in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yari Verschaeren of Anderlecht (8.4), ahead of Aziz Ouattara (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Anderlecht win, 0 draws and 0 for Mechelen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Keisuke GotoAnderlecht · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Ahmed ToubaMechelen
  • 41'Goal · Jan-Carlo SimićAnderlecht · 2-0
  • 49'Goal · Damir MilanovicMechelen · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Bill AntonioMechelen
  • 67'Goal · Yari VerschaerenAnderlecht · 3-1
  • 82'Own goal · Ahmed ToubaAnderlecht · 4-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Anderlecht 1, draws 0, Mechelen 0.

Team news

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Anderlecht line-up (3-4-3)

Mads Kikkenborg, Adryelson, Leander Dendoncker, Jan-Carlo Simić, Killian Sardella, Mats Rits, Yari Verschaeren, Moussa Ndiaye, Thorgan Hazard, Keisuke Goto, César Huerta

Mechelen line-up (3-5-2)

Ortwin De Wolf, Stephen Welsh, Toon Raemaekers, Ahmed Touba, Rafik Belghali, Aziz Ouattara, Fredrik Hammar, Rob Schoofs, José Marsà, Kerim Mrabti, Benito Raman