Antwerp 2-1 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 24 August 2025

Result

Antwerp 2-1 Mechelen

Pro League · Sunday 24 August 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Antwerp · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Antwerp 2-1 Mechelen: match report

Antwerp beat Mechelen 2-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 24 August 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Thérence Koudou opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Antwerp's goals came from Thibo Somers (27') and Mahamadou Doumbia (80'). Mechelen scored through Thérence Koudou (11').

Discipline: Antwerp received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Mechelen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Antwerp were 8th on 6 points from 4 and Mechelen 5th on 8 points from 4. Antwerp went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Mechelen 10th with 51.

Antwerp lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Mechelen in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yannick Thoelen of Antwerp (8.3), ahead of Rob Schoofs (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Antwerp wins, 2 draws and 2 for Mechelen.

Going into the match Antwerp's last five read D-W-D-D and Mechelen's D-W-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Thérence KoudouMechelen · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Thibo SomersAntwerp · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Lion LauberbachMechelen
  • 54'Red card · Dennis PraetAntwerp
  • 80'Goal · Mahamadou DoumbiaAntwerp · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Fredrik HammarMechelen
  • 87'Yellow card · Thérence KoudouMechelen

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Antwerp 0, draws 2, Mechelen 2.

Team news

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Antwerp line-up (3-1-4-2)

Yannick Thoelen, Yuto Tsunashima, Rosen Bozhinov, Zeno Van Den Bosch, Dennis Praet, Thibo Somers, G. Bijl, Mahamadou Doumbia, Daam Foulon, Vincent Janssen, Marwan Al-Sahafi

Mechelen line-up (3-4-1-2)

Ortwin De Wolf, Redouane Halhal, Mory Konaté, Gora Diouf, Thérence Koudou, Fredrik Hammar, Rob Schoofs, Moncef Zekri, Bilal Bafdili, Lion Lauberbach, Kerim Mrabti