Mechelen 1-1 Anderlecht: result and report

Pro League · Friday 5 February 2016

Result

Mechelen 1-1 Anderlecht

Pro League · Friday 5 February 2016, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Mechelen 1-1 Anderlecht: match report

Mechelen drew with Anderlecht 1-1 in the Pro League on Friday 5 February 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Mats Rits opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Mats Rits (11') and N. Verdier (73'). Anderlecht scored through Frank Acheampong (18') and Frank Acheampong (70').

Discipline: Mechelen received 1 yellow card; Anderlecht received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Mechelen were 15th on 22 points from 24 and Anderlecht 3rd on 45 points from 24. Mechelen went on to finish that season 11th with 40 points, and Anderlecht 3rd with 72.

Mechelen lined up in a 3-4-3 and Anderlecht in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Mechelen wins, 4 draws and 4 for Anderlecht.

Going into the match Mechelen's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Anderlecht's W-W-L-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Mats RitsMechelen · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · K. MbodjiAnderlecht
  • 18'Goal · Frank AcheampongAnderlecht · 1-1
  • 20'Yellow card · A. BjelicaMechelen
  • 65'Yellow card · Steven DefourAnderlecht
  • 70'Goal · Frank AcheampongAnderlecht · 1-2
  • 73'Goal · N. VerdierMechelen · 2-2
  • 73'Yellow card · S. BadjiAnderlecht

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Mechelen 2, draws 4, Anderlecht 4.

Team news

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Mechelen line-up (3-4-3)

Jean-François Gillet, Laurens Paulussen, Aleksandar Bjelica, Uroš Vitas, Tim Matthys, Mats Rits, Steven De Petter, Ahmed El Messaoudi, Glenn Claes, Sofiane Hanni, Nicolas Verdier

Anderlecht line-up (4-5-1)

Silvio Proto, Sami Qaeid, Andy Nájar, Bram Nuytinck, Alexander Büttner, Stéphane Badji, Dennis Praet, Filip Djuricic, Steven Defour, Frank Acheampong, Idrissa Sylla