Mechelen 3-4 Anderlecht: result and report
Pro League · Friday 13 October 2017
Result
Mechelen 3-4 Anderlecht
Pro League · Friday 13 October 2017, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-4
Mechelen 3-4 Anderlecht: match report
Mechelen were beaten by Anderlecht 3-4 in the Pro League on Friday 13 October 2017. It was 1-4 at half-time.
Pieter Gerkens opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Rob Schoofs (34'), Nicklas Pedersen (60') and Hassane Bandé (90+1'). Anderlecht scored through Pieter Gerkens (18'), Henry Onyekuru (30'), Henry Onyekuru (37') and Lukasz Teodorczyk (43').
Discipline: Mechelen received 1 yellow card; Anderlecht received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Mechelen were 13th on 8 points from 9 and Anderlecht 7th on 15 points from 9. Mechelen went on to finish that season 16th with 27 points, and Anderlecht 2nd with 67.
Mechelen lined up in a 3-5-2 and Anderlecht in a 3-4-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Mechelen win, 2 draws and 1 for Anderlecht.
Going into the match Mechelen's last five read D-W-L-D-L and Anderlecht's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Pieter Gerkens
- 30'Goal · Henry Onyekuru
- 34'Goal · Rob Schoofs
- 37'Goal · Henry Onyekuru
- 43'Goal · Lukasz Teodorczyk
- 53'Yellow card · Seth De Witte
- 60'Goal · Nicklas Pedersen
- 70'Yellow card · S. Hanni
- 79'Yellow card · Frank Boeckx
- 83'Yellow card · Leander Dendoncker
- 90+1'Goal · Hassane Bandé
- 90+4'Yellow card · Nicolae Stanciu
Head-to-head
Team news
Mechelen line-up (3-5-2)
Colin Coosemans, Seth De Witte, Uroš Vitas, Edin Cocalić, Ivan Tomecak, Faycal Rherras, Mats Rits, Rob Schoofs, Yohan Croizet, H. Bandé, Silvere Ganvoula
Anderlecht line-up (3-4-3)
Frank Boeckx, Olivier Deschacht, Sami Qaeid, Dennis Appiah, Pieter Gerkens, Henry Onyekuru, Sven Kums, Adrien Trébel, Leander Dendoncker, Sofiane Hanni, Lukasz Teodorczyk