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
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.
Key events
- 27'Penalty goal · Seth De Witte
- 30'Goal · Jordi Vanlerberghe
- 41'Yellow card · Jordi Vanlerberghe
- 43'Yellow card · Lukasz Teodorczyk
- 54'Goal · Lukasz Teodorczyk
- 64'Yellow card · Adrien Trébel
- 66'Yellow card · Leander Dendoncker
- 71'Goal · Bram Nuytinck
- 85'Goal · Tim Matthys
Head-to-head
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