Preview

• Mechelen welcome Standard Liège on 2025-05-10 at 17:15 GMT in the Conference League Play-off Group of the 2024-2025 First Division A at AFAS Stadion.
• On average in 10 games, Referee K. Van Damme registers 4-5 yellows and 0-1 reds, and 18 fouls.
• Of the past 3 meetings, I. Leko leads 2-0 over F. Vanderbiest, with 1 draw.
• Mechelen have accumulated 28 points to lie 3rd whereas Standard Liège have 24 points to sit 6th.
• There are no injury or suspension concerns for either Mechelen or Standard Liège.
• We expect Mechelen to line up in a predicted 3-at-the-back 3-4-2-1, and Standard Liège are expected to line up in 3-5-2.
• The previous match saw N. Storm lead Mechelen with a 7.7 TheyScored rating, and M. Fossey top-rating for Standard Liège at 6.5.
• Conflicting outcomes: Mechelen triumphed 2-1 over OH Leuven, while Standard Liège went down 0-1 to Sporting Charleroi.
• Neither side is flying – Mechelen 1-2-2 and Standard Liège 0-3-2 over the last 5 matches.
• Standard Liège lead this rivalry - 18 wins from 43 matches versus Mechelen (who've won just 13 games), alongside 12 draws.
• With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (7-6-5 vs 3-7-8) and scoring roughly 2.17-0.79 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.

Predictions

Summary

Stats

Lineups

MechelenStandard Liège

Mechelen 3-4-2-1 F. Vanderbiest

7.2

Ortwin De Wolf

7.3

Mory Konate

7.6

Stephen Welsh

7.9

Toon Raemaekers

7

Rafik Belghali

7.5

Fredrik Hammar

7.9

Rob Schoofs

6.5

Bill Antonio

6.6

Geoffry Hairemans

6.7

Petter Nosakhare Dahl

7.2

Benito Raman

Substitute Players

77

Patrick Pflücke

19

Kerim Mrabti

11

Nikola Storm

20

Lion Lauberbach

36

Elton Yeboah

35

Bilal Bafdili

5

Moncef Zekri

31

Axel Willockx

22

Nacho Miras

Standard Liège 3-5-2 I. Leko

7.3

Matthieu Epolo

8.3

Daan Dierckx

7.3

Ibe Hautekiet

6.7

Ilay Camara

6.6

Marlon Fossey

6.2

Léandre Kuavita

7

Ibrahim Karamoko

6

Sotiris Alexandropoulos

7.3

Henry Lawrence

6.5

Lazare Amani

6.3

René Mitongo Muteba

Substitute Players

3

Nathan Ngoy

7

Marko Bulat

77

Andreas Hountondji

10

Dennis Eckert Ayensa

30

Laurent Henkinet

41

Attila Szalai

31

Mate Simicic

99

Tom Poitoux

H2H

Standings

TotalHomeAway

Regular Season

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Genk	30	21	5	4	55	33	22	68	W W D D W
2	Club Brugge	30	17	8	5	65	36	29	59	W W D L D
3	Union Saint-Gilloise	30	15	10	5	49	25	24	55	L W W W L
4	Anderlecht	30	15	6	9	50	27	23	51	W L W L W
5	Antwerp	30	12	10	8	47	32	15	46	D L D D W
6	Gent	30	11	12	7	41	33	8	45	L W D D W
7	Standard Liege	30	10	9	11	22	35	-13	39	D L L W L
8	Mechelen	30	10	8	12	45	40	5	38	W W L D W
9	Westerlo	30	10	7	13	50	49	1	37	W W D L D
10	Sporting Charleroi	30	10	7	13	36	36	0	37	L L D W L
11	OH Leuven	30	8	13	9	28	33	-5	37	W L D D W
12	Dender	30	8	8	14	33	51	-18	32	L L L D L
13	Cercle Brugge	30	7	11	12	29	44	-15	32	L L D D D
14	Sint-Truiden	30	7	10	13	41	56	-15	31	L W W D D
15	Kortrijk	30	7	5	18	28	55	-27	26	W W L D L
16	Beerschot	30	3	9	18	26	60	-34	18	L L W D L

Championship Round

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Union Saint-Gilloise	40	24	11	5	71	28	43	56	W W W W D
2	Club Brugge	40	24	10	6	86	42	44	53	D W W W D
3	Genk	40	25	6	9	69	44	25	47	W W L L L
4	Anderlecht	40	18	7	15	62	40	22	36	L L L W W
5	Antwerp	40	14	13	13	57	50	7	32	D L W L W
6	Gent	40	12	12	16	45	65	-20	26	L L L L L

Relegation Round

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Sint-Truiden	36	10	11	15	50	66	-16	41	D W L W L
2	Cercle Brugge	36	9	12	15	39	57	-18	39	L L W L W
3	Kortrijk	36	10	7	19	40	63	-23	37	D W L W W
4	Beerschot	36	5	9	22	36	70	-34	24	W L W L L

Conference League Play-off Group

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Sporting Charleroi	40	16	10	14	55	46	9	40	W D W W W
2	Westerlo	40	13	12	15	69	65	4	33	D W L W D
3	Mechelen	40	12	14	14	62	57	5	31	D D D W D
4	Dender	40	11	12	17	53	72	-19	29	D D W L L
5	Standard Liege	40	10	16	14	27	43	-16	27	D D D L D
6	OH Leuven	40	9	18	13	39	52	-13	27	L L L L D

Championship Round

UEFA Conference League Play-offs

Relegation Round