KAA Gent - KV Mechelen

KAA Gent

1A Jupiler Pro League Season 2026 - Round 1

Sunday 9 August 2026 12:30

2 - 0

Finished

Referee: E. Lambrechts

KV Mechelen

Result

Ball possession

53%

47%

Timeline

28'

Gora Diouf (out)
Kobe Corbanie (in)

Tiago Filipe Alves Araújo

1-0

37'

Player unknown

2-0

45'

Christian Burgess (out)
Maksim Paskotši (in)

46'

Benito Raman (out)
(in)

Tibe De Vlieger (out)
Mathias Delorge-Knieper (in)

71'

Abdelhak Kadri (out)
Bi Christ Hyllarion Goore (in)

71'

76'

José Martínez Marsà (out)
Adrían Eduardo Choco Cordova (in)

77'

Dennis Praet (out)
Maksim Kireev (in)

85'

Massimo Decoene

86'

Bilal Bafdili (out)
(in)

Odds

1X2	10Bet	1xBet	888Sport	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	BetVictor	Dafabet	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 KAA Gent	1.90	1.95	1.95	1.85	1.95	1.90	1.93	1.98	1.90	1.96	1.96	1.97	1.97	1.95
X Draw	3.55	3.66	3.40	3.50	3.55	3.40	3.50	3.55	3.58	3.60	3.25	3.55	3.35	3.40
2 KV Mechelen	3.90	3.84	3.60	3.75	3.85	3.60	3.80	3.80	3.75	3.96	3.45	3.75	3.75	3.60

Previous confrontations (H2H)

15 KAA Gent

10 Draw

5 KV Mechelen

53% Over 2.5 goals

57% Both teams scored

2.9 Goals per match

10 | 4 Clean sheets

Biggest win: KAA Gent 3-0 KV Mechelen (2022)

Most goals: KV Mechelen 4-3 KAA Gent (2021)

Goals scored all matches

1.80

1.07

Goals in home matches

2.13

1.33

Goals in away matches

1.47

0.80

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2026-05-03 Sunday 12:30

Won 😀

KV Mechelen 2

KAA Gent 3

2026-04-06 Monday 17:30

Draw 🤔

KAA Gent

KV Mechelen

2026-03-08 Sunday 15:00

Won 😎

KAA Gent 2 P

KV Mechelen 2

2025-08-16 Saturday 17:15

Draw 🤔

KV Mechelen 2

KAA Gent

2025-02-07 Friday 19:45

Draw 🤔

KV Mechelen

KAA Gent

2024-09-15 Sunday 18:15

Won 😎

KAA Gent 2

KV Mechelen 4

2024-05-04 Saturday 17:15

Won 😎

KV Mechelen 2

KAA Gent

2024-04-20 Saturday 19:00

Won 😎

KAA Gent

KV Mechelen

2024-01-19 Friday 19:45

Won 😎

KAA Gent 2

KV Mechelen 4

2023-08-06 Sunday 15:00

Won 😎

KV Mechelen 2

KAA Gent 3

2023-04-16 Sunday 15:00

Draw 🤔

KV Mechelen

KAA Gent

2022-10-16 Sunday 15:00

Walkover 🔥

KAA Gent

KV Mechelen 3

2022-05-10 Tuesday 17:45

Won 😎

KV Mechelen

KAA Gent 3

2022-05-07 Saturday 19:45

Won 😀

KAA Gent

KV Mechelen 4

2021-12-15 Wednesday 17:45

Won 😀

KV Mechelen 3 P

KAA Gent

2021-08-15 Sunday 15:00

Won 😎

KAA Gent 2

KV Mechelen 2

2021-05-22 Saturday 19:00

Won 😎

KV Mechelen 4 P

KAA Gent 6

2021-05-02 Sunday 15:00

Draw 🤔

KAA Gent

KV Mechelen

2021-02-19 Friday 19:45

Draw 🤔

KV Mechelen

KAA Gent

2020-08-30 Sunday 19:45

Won 😀

KAA Gent 2

KV Mechelen

2020-02-01 Saturday 19:30

Walkover 🔥

KV Mechelen 3

KAA Gent 2

2019-09-15 Sunday 17:00

Walkover 🔥

KAA Gent

KV Mechelen 3

2018-02-18 Sunday 13:30

Draw 🤔

KAA Gent 2

KV Mechelen 3

2017-08-12 Saturday 17:00

Draw 🤔

KV Mechelen 2

KAA Gent

2017-03-12 Sunday 13:30

Walkover 🔥

KAA Gent 2

KV Mechelen 3

2016-10-30 Sunday 17:00

Won 😎

KV Mechelen P

KAA Gent 2

2015-12-26 Saturday 19:00

Won 😎

KV Mechelen

KAA Gent

2015-08-29 Saturday 19:30

Draw 🤔

KAA Gent

KV Mechelen

2014-12-12 Friday 19:30

Draw 🤔

KV Mechelen

KAA Gent

2014-08-03 Sunday 19:00

Won 😎

KAA Gent

KV Mechelen P

Stats

KAA Gent

KV Mechelen

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Offsides

Goalkeeper saved

514

Total passes

463

437

Passes success

384

85%

Passes %

83%

1.16

Expected goals (xG)

0.34

0.14

Goals prevented

0.14

Stadion

Stadion name

GHELAMCO-arena

Capacity

20000

Address

Ottergemsesteenweg-Zuid 808
Gent

table 2026

Pro League

Team	Pts
Sporting Charleroi	12
Club Brugge FC	9
KAA Gent	9
Standard de Liège	8
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	7
SV Zulte Waregem	7
KRC Genk	7
Lommel SK	7
Royal Antwerp FC	7
STVV Sint-Truiden	5
RSC Anderlecht	3
SK Beveren	3
Cercle Brugge	2
KV Mechelen	2
RAAL La Louvière	1
OH Leuven	0
KV Kortrijk	0
KVC Westerlo	0

Complete table

Line-ups

KAA Gent — Formation: 3-4-2-1

Coach: Rik De Mil

Davy Roef

Mouhamed El Bachir Ngom

Christian Burgess

Siebe Van der Heyden

Tibe De Vlieger

Leonardo da Silva Lopes

Tiago Filipe Alves Araújo

Abdelhak Kadri

Momodou Lamin Sonko

Benito Raman

Myron van Brederode

Dennis Praet

Bilal Bafdili

Dikeni-Rafid Salifou

Fredrik Hammar

Moncef Zekri

José Martínez Marsà

Gora Diouf

Massimo Decoene

Ignacio Mirás Blanco

KV Mechelen — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo KV Mechelen

Coach: Frederic Vanderbiest

KAA Gent — Formation: 3-4-2-1

Coach: Rik De Mil

KV Mechelen — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo KV Mechelen

Coach: Frederic Vanderbiest

Davy Roef

Mouhamed El Bachir Ngom

Christian Burgess

Siebe Van der Heyden

Tibe De Vlieger

Leonardo da Silva Lopes

Tiago Filipe Alves Araújo

Abdelhak Kadri

Momodou Lamin Sonko

Benito Raman

Myron van Brederode

Dennis Praet

Bilal Bafdili

Dikeni-Rafid Salifou

Fredrik Hammar

Moncef Zekri

José Martínez Marsà

Gora Diouf

Massimo Decoene

Ignacio Mirás Blanco

Substitutes

Substitutes KAA Gent

Name	Age	Position
Kjell Peersman	22	Goalkeeper
Maksim Paskotši	23	Defender
Mathias Delorge-Knieper	22	Midfielder
László Bénes	28	Midfielder
Mohammed Jamel El Âdfaoui	18	Midfielder
Bi Christ Hyllarion Goore	21	Attacker

Substitutes KV Mechelen

Name	Age	Position
Ortwin De Wolf	30	Goalkeeper
Kobe Corbanie	21	Defender
Thérence Koudou	21	Defender
Maksim Kireev	22	Midfielder
Adrían Eduardo Choco Cordova	26	Midfielder
Keano Van Rafelghem	23	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
13	Ignacio Mirás Blanco	8.3	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	38	-	32	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	1	0	-	7	2	0
20	Tiago Filipe Alves Araújo	8.2	90	Midfielder	1	0	2	1	54	-	48	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
27	Tibe De Vlieger	7.5	71	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	46	2	38	4	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
33	Davy Roef ©️	7.3	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	30	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	2	0	0
11	Momodou Lamin Sonko	7.3	90	Attacker	-	1	2	1	25	1	22	3	-	1	9	5	4	2	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
5	Mouhamed El Bachir Ngom	7.2	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	56	3	45	3	1	3	11	5	1	1	3	-	0	-	-	0	-
44	Siebe Van der Heyden	7.2	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	74	-	70	2	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
57	Matties Volckaert	7.2	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	26	1	17	3	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
22	Leonardo da Silva Lopes	7.2	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	55	1	47	5	-	-	15	9	1	-	2	4	0	-	-	0	-
4	Gora Diouf	7.2	28	Defender	-	0	-	-	6	-	4	2	-	2	6	2	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
16	Christian Burgess	7.0	45	Defender	-	0	-	-	45	-	42	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
17	Mathias Delorge-Knieper (sub)	7.0	19	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	13	1	12	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
37	Abdelhak Kadri	6.9	71	Attacker	-	0	-	-	36	-	28	2	-	1	7	3	1	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
3	Maksim Paskotši (sub)	6.9	45	Defender	-	0	-	-	29	-	27	2	-	-	4	2	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
45	Bi Christ Hyllarion Goore (sub)	6.9	19	Attacker	-	0	3	3	10	1	7	-	-	-	5	2	1	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
39	Massimo Decoene	6.7	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	53	-	49	1	1	1	5	3	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
18	Adrían Eduardo Choco Cordova (sub)	6.7	14	Defender	-	0	-	-	13	-	8	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
3	José Martínez Marsà	6.6	76	Defender	-	0	-	-	63	-	53	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
26	Dennis Praet	6.6	77	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	27	1	22	2	1	1	7	4	-	-	2	2	0	-	-	0	-
9	Myron van Brederode	6.5	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	45	-	34	2	-	1	9	3	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
6	Fredrik Hammar ©️	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	46	1	42	-	-	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
11	Bilal Bafdili	6.3	86	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	31	1	24	-	-	1	5	1	1	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
14	Benito Raman	6.3	45	Attacker	-	0	1	1	5	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
10	Maksim Kireev (sub)	6.3	13	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	6	-	5	-	-	1	4	1	1	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
17	Cedric Jan Van Meirvenne (sub)	6.3	9	Attacker	-	0	-	-	4	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
8	Dikeni-Rafid Salifou	6.2	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	34	-	24	2	-	1	16	7	1	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
20	Kobe Corbanie (sub)	6.2	62	Defender	-	0	-	-	32	-	28	2	-	-	7	4	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
23	Moncef Zekri	5.9	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	53	-	46	1	-	3	10	3	3	2	3	-	0	1	-	0	-
30	Kjell Peersman (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
56	Mamadou Aliou Diallo (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
8	László Bénes (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
59	El Hadji Seck (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
28	Mohammed Jamel El Âdfaoui (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
1	Ortwin De Wolf (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
7	Thérence Koudou (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
27	Keano Van Rafelghem (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-