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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Pieter GerkensAnderlecht · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Henry OnyekuruAnderlecht · 0-2
  • 34'Goal · Rob SchoofsMechelen · 1-2
  • 37'Goal · Henry OnyekuruAnderlecht · 1-3
  • 43'Goal · Lukasz TeodorczykAnderlecht · 1-4
  • 53'Yellow card · Seth De WitteMechelen
  • 60'Goal · Nicklas PedersenMechelen · 2-4
  • 70'Yellow card · S. HanniAnderlecht
  • 79'Yellow card · Frank BoeckxAnderlecht
  • 83'Yellow card · Leander DendonckerAnderlecht
  • 90+1'Goal · Hassane BandéMechelen · 3-4
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Nicolae StanciuAnderlecht

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Mechelen 1, draws 2, Anderlecht 1.

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