Beerschot VA vs KV Mechelen — Jupiler Pro League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 6+ matches
Beerschot VA41%
KV Mechelen33%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Beerschot VA creates 14% more chances
Season form · 6 home / 21 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over53
- Under47
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes57
- No43
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Beerschot VA ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Beerschot VA at home — creates 1.11, concedes 1.54 · 6 matches
KV Mechelen away — creates 1.10, concedes 1.88 · 21 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Beerschot VA attack 1.11 + KV Mechelen defence 1.88 → ÷2 → 1.50
KV Mechelen attack 1.10 + Beerschot VA defence 1.54 → ÷2 → 1.32
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 41%?"
Beerschot VA at 41% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 41% does not mean "Beerschot VA will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Statistics
Beerschot VA host KV Mechelen on Sunday, 14 February 2021 at 15:00. The match is part of the Jupiler Pro League 2018/2019 season.
Jupiler Pro League: Beerschot VA 1–2 KV Mechelen
KV Mechelen beat Beerschot VA 2-1 in Jupiler Pro League on February 14, 2021.
Goals: R. Holzhauser (52' pen), S. Walsh (90'), F. Druijf (90+4').
KV Mechelen controlled possession (57%) and registered 16 shots to 14.
The match was played at Olympisch Stadion in Anvers.