Live broadcast: Can KV Mechelen stop a negative series against Cercle Brugge? | Jupiler Professional League 2023/2024

Eric Lambrechts starts the match between KV Mechelen and Cercle Brugge. Can the home team stop the negative streak or will Circle continue its momentum?

The last three matches between Cercle Brugge and KV Mechelen have ended in draws. Since the end of 2021, KV Mechelen has managed to beat Cercle Brugge once again.

On their home field, Brugge lost in the eighth round of the Belgian Cup after extra time. As for Cercle, it has been more than three years since she was able to beat Achter De Kazerne again.

Eleven days of matches, he conceded eleven goals. They don’t have to complain about the defensive report at Cercle Brugge. Only Antwerp and Racing Genk have scored fewer goals at the moment. Cercle also managed to keep four clean sheets at the back.

KV Mechelen scored four goals against Racing Genk the previous match day and was unable to score himself. The latter is a recurring problem this season. In five out of eleven league matches, KV Mechelen was unable to score a single goal, only KV Kortrijk performed equally poorly.

There are no reasons to tinker with starting team Miron Moselik after the home win against KA Gent. The same eleven from last week are now at the start of the match.

At KV Mechelen they cannot rely on Schoofs today. In addition, Vanlerberg and Mokau also disappeared from the base. The trio was replaced by Van Hecke, Bates and Raemakers.

KV Mechelen has been in the corner where the hits have been falling for several weeks. Steven Defor’s side have only managed to pick up one point in their last five matches. After eleven days of matches, they were in thirteenth place in the relegation zone.

By a large margin with Cercle Brugge, which occupies fourth place at the top of the classification. With a win in Mechelen, Al-Ittihad can jump to second place.