In this week 8 match, on Sat Sep 10th, Mechelen will travel to Kortrijk to battle Kortrijk in a Pro League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 12th placed Kortrijk, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against AS Eupen. Dylan Mbayo scored the first goal for Kortrijk in the 82nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, AS Eupen was frustrated by Kortrijk’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kortrijk ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while mechelen sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against RFC Seraing. Yannick Thoelen struck first for RFC Seraing on an own goal in the 22nd minute, then Thibault Peyre tied it up for Mechelen in the 27th minute on a feed from Dries Wouters , but luckily for RFC Seraing it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Mechelen won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Mechelen’s top weapon lately has been Geoffry Hairemans, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Faïz Selemani and Pape Guèye are the top scorers for Kortrijk in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.