Mechelen 2-3 Zulte-Waregem: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 24 September 2016

Result

Mechelen 2-3 Zulte-Waregem

Pro League · Saturday 24 September 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Mechelen · Zulte-Waregem · Pro League predictions

Mechelen 2-3 Zulte-Waregem: match report

Mechelen were beaten by Zulte-Waregem 2-3 in the Pro League on Saturday 24 September 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

N. Verdier opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Mechelen's goals came from N. Verdier (6') and Y. Croizet (38'). Zulte-Waregem scored through Lukas Lerager (51'), S. Coopman (80') and Lukas Lerager (89').

Discipline: Mechelen received 1 yellow card; Zulte-Waregem received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Mechelen were 7th on 12 points from 7 and Zulte-Waregem 1st on 16 points from 7. Mechelen went on to finish that season 8th with 48 points, and Zulte-Waregem 5th with 60.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Mechelen win, 0 draws and 1 for Zulte-Waregem.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · N. VerdierMechelen · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Y. CroizetMechelen · 2-0
  • 51'Goal · Lukas LeragerZulte-Waregem · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · J. NaessensZulte-Waregem
  • 80'Goal · S. CoopmanZulte-Waregem · 2-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Luca MarroneZulte-Waregem
  • 86'Yellow card · Mats RitsMechelen
  • 89'Goal · Lukas LeragerZulte-Waregem · 2-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Igor VetokeleZulte-Waregem

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Mechelen 1, draws 0, Zulte-Waregem 1.

Team news

Mechelen line-up

Anthony Moris, Seth De Witte, Uroš Vitas, Edin Cocalić, Aleksandar Bjelica, Tim Matthys, Mats Rits, Dimitrios Kolovos, Nils Schouterden, Nicolas Verdier, Yohan Croizet

Zulte-Waregem line-up

Kenny Steppe, Davy de Fauw, Marvin Baudry, Luca Marrone, Timothy Derijck, B. Hämäläinen, Lukas Lerager, Onur Kaya, Soualiho Meïté, Mbaye Leye, Jens Naessens