Mechelen 0-1 Anderlecht: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 23 January 2022

Result

Mechelen 0-1 Anderlecht

Pro League · Sunday 23 January 2022, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Mechelen · Anderlecht · Pro League predictions

Mechelen 0-1 Anderlecht: match report

Mechelen lost to Anderlecht 0-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 23 January 2022. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from J. Zirkzee of Anderlecht in the 23rd minute.

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

Going into the game Mechelen were 8th on 33 points from 21 and Anderlecht 4th on 39 points from 22. Mechelen went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Anderlecht 4th with 72.

Mechelen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Anderlecht in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yannick Thoelen of Mechelen (7.5), level with Geoffry Hairemans (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Mechelen wins, 5 draws and 3 for Anderlecht.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Vincent KompanyAnderlecht
  • 23'Goal · J. ZirkzeeAnderlecht · 0-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Maryan ShvedMechelen
  • 72'Yellow card · Jordi VanlerbergheMechelen
  • 85'Yellow card · A. MurilloAnderlecht
  • 89'Yellow card · Kristoffer OlssonAnderlecht
  • 89'Yellow card · Vinicius SouzaMechelen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Mechelen 2, draws 5, Anderlecht 3.

Team news

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Mechelen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Yannick Thoelen, Sandy Walsh, Thibaut Peyre, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Lucas Bijker, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Dries Wouters, Geoffry Hairemans, Hugo Cuypers, Kerim Mrabti, Ferdy Druijf

Anderlecht line-up (4-4-2)

Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Amir Murillo, Lisandro Magallán, Wesley Hoedt, Sergio Gómez, Yari Verschaeren, Josh Cullen, Kristoffer Olsson, Lior Refaelov, Benito Raman, Joshua Zirkzee