📊 Form Guide

KAA Gent

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KAA Gent, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-3 First Division A success over Dender.

In that match, KAA Gent had 46% possession and 12 shots at goal with 8 on target. For KAA Gent, the goals were scored by Max Dean (11'), Abdelkahar Kadri (65') and Wilfried Kanga (89'). Dender got 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Fabio Ferraro (14') scored for Dender.

It has been seldom in recent games where KAA Gent have shown defensive steel. The facts show that KAA Gent have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 8 goals along the way. We will just have to see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.

KV Mechelen

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Club Brugge in First Division A action, KV Mechelen and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, KV Mechelen had 41% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for KV Mechelen was Benito Raman (55'). At the other end, Club Brugge got 24 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Nicolò Tresoldi (2'), Kyriani Sabbe (23', 37') and Brandon Mechele (71') scored for Club Brugge.

Illustrating their penchant for productive matches, we’ve had goals 20 times in the previous six games in which KV Mechelen have taken to the pitch, giving an average of 3.33 goals for each clash. Opposing teams have hit 11 of this grand total.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of past results between these clubs going back to 20/04/2024 tells us that these fixtures have not been kind to KV Mechelen. They have not been able to come away with any wins at all whereas KAA Gent have simply been better than them, beating them in 67% of those games played.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 in all at an average of 4 goals per match.

The previous league game between these sides was First Division A match day 28 on 08/03/2026 which ended up with the score at KAA Gent 3-1 KV Mechelen.

On that day, KAA Gent managed 46% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Max Dean (31'), Lopes (45') and Ibrahima Cissé (83').

KV Mechelen got 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Myron van Brederode (69') scored.

The referee was Lothar D'hondt.

ℹ️ Team News: KAA Gent

Maksim Paskotsi (Ankle injury), Abdoul Ayinde (unknown injury), Mohammed El Âdfaoui (Broken foot) and Matisse Samoise (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for KAA Gent manager Rik De Mil.

It seems likely that De Buffalo's will probably go for a 3-4-1-2 system with Davy Roef, Daiki Hashioka, Matties Volckaert, Siebe Van Der Heyden, Michal Skoras, Tibe De Vlieger, L. da Silva, Tiago Araújo, Hyun-seok Hong, Max Dean and Wilfried Kanga.

🗞️ Team News: KV Mechelen

KV Mechelen boss Frédéric Vanderbiest has to choose a team with limited availability. Fredrik Hammar (Facial injury), Bouke Boersma (minor knock) and Moncef Zekri (Ankle injury) are not able to play.

We reckon that KV Mechelen might begin the game with a 3-4-3 formation by sending out Nacho Miras, Redouane Halhal, Mory Konaté, Tommy St. Jago, Therence Koudou, Kerim Mrabti, Dikeni Salifou, José Marsà, Bilal Bafdili, Benito Raman and Myron van Brederode.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that KV Mechelen will really need to work well to break down this KAA Gent team who we reckon will score one, at least.

We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought 1-0 victory for KAA Gent at the end of this one.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Renata Leite, 03:00 06/04/2026