Mechelen 2-1 KV Oostende: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 14 January 2023

Result

Mechelen 2-1 KV Oostende

Pro League · Saturday 14 January 2023, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

Mechelen · KV Oostende · Pro League predictions

Mechelen 2-1 KV Oostende: match report

Mechelen beat KV Oostende 2-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 14 January 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Alessio Da Cruz opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Alessio Da Cruz (40') and David Bates (70'). KV Oostende scored through Nick Bätzner (63').

Discipline: Mechelen received 1 yellow card; KV Oostende received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Mechelen were 13th on 19 points from 18 and KV Oostende 16th on 17 points from 19. Mechelen went on to finish that season 13th with 37 points, and KV Oostende 17th with 27.

Mechelen lined up in a 4-3-3 and KV Oostende in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Bates of Mechelen (7.8), level with Nick Bätzner (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Mechelen wins, 1 draw and 4 for KV Oostende.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Matej RodinKV Oostende
  • 40'Goal · Alessio Da CruzMechelen · 1-0
  • 45+5'Yellow card · David BatesMechelen
  • 63'Goal · Nick BätznerKV Oostende · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · David BatesMechelen · 2-1
  • 76'Red card · D. Awokoya-MebudeKV Oostende

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Mechelen 5, draws 1, KV Oostende 4.

Team news

Mechelen line-up (4-3-3)

Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, David Bates, Dimitri Lavalée, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Birger Verstraete, Alessio Da Cruz, Rob Schoofs, Geoffry Hairemans, Yonas Malede, Nikola Storm

KV Oostende line-up (3-4-2-1)

Dillon Phillips, Anton Tanghe, Matej Rodin, Zech Medley, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Kenny Rocha Santos, Alfonso Amade, Théo Ndicka Matam, David Atanga, Nick Bätzner, Dapo Mebude