Mechelen 3-2 Anderlecht: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 4 March 2017

Result

Mechelen 3-2 Anderlecht

Pro League · Saturday 4 March 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Mechelen 3-2 Anderlecht: match report

Mechelen defeated Anderlecht 3-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 4 March 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Seth De Witte opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Seth De Witte (27', penalty), Jordi Vanlerberghe (30') and Tim Matthys (85'). Anderlecht scored through Lukasz Teodorczyk (54') and Bram Nuytinck (71').

Discipline: Mechelen received 1 yellow card; Anderlecht received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Mechelen were 6th on 45 points from 28 and Anderlecht 2nd on 58 points from 28. Mechelen went on to finish that season 8th with 48 points, and Anderlecht 1st with 80.

Mechelen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Anderlecht in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Mechelen wins, 2 draws and 1 for Anderlecht.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Penalty goal · Seth De WitteMechelen · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Jordi VanlerbergheMechelen · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Jordi VanlerbergheMechelen
  • 43'Yellow card · Lukasz TeodorczykAnderlecht
  • 54'Goal · Lukasz TeodorczykAnderlecht · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Adrien TrébelAnderlecht
  • 66'Yellow card · Leander DendonckerAnderlecht
  • 71'Goal · Bram NuytinckAnderlecht · 2-2
  • 85'Goal · Tim MatthysMechelen · 3-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Mechelen 0, draws 2, Anderlecht 1.

Team news

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

Colin Coosemans, Seth De Witte, Yuan Chen Xavier Tsan, Edin Cocalić, Aleksandar Bjelica, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Mats Rits, Željko Filipović, Glenn Claes, Yohan Croizet, Ighodaro Osaguona

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

Frank Boeckx, Uros Spajic, Andy Nájar, Bram Nuytinck, Ivan Obradović, Massimo Bruno, Alexandru Chipciu, Adrien Trébel, Leander Dendoncker, Sofiane Hanni, Lukasz Teodorczyk