Westerlo 2-0 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 28 January 2023

Result

Westerlo 2-0 Mechelen

Pro League · Saturday 28 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Westerlo · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Westerlo 2-0 Mechelen: match report

Westerlo won against Mechelen 2-0 in the Pro League on Saturday 28 January 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Kyan Vaesen opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Westerlo's goals came from Kyan Vaesen (22') and Kyan Vaesen (56'). Mechelen did not score.

Discipline: Westerlo received 1 yellow card; Mechelen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Westerlo were 7th on 31 points from 22 and Mechelen 13th on 25 points from 21. Westerlo went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and Mechelen 13th with 37.

Westerlo lined up in a 4-4-2 and Mechelen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolas Madsen of Westerlo (8.6), ahead of Kyan Vaesen (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Westerlo wins, 1 draw and 6 for Mechelen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Kyan VaesenWesterlo · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Birger VerstraeteMechelen
  • 53'Yellow card · N. MadsenWesterlo
  • 56'Goal · Kyan VaesenWesterlo · 2-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Dimitri LavaléeMechelen
  • 77'Second yellow · Dimitri LavaléeMechelen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Westerlo 3, draws 1, Mechelen 6.

Team news

Westerlo line-up (4-4-2)

Sinan Bolat, Bryan Reynolds, Roman Neustädter, Ravil Tagir, Maxim De Cuyper, Dorgeles Nene, Nicolas Madsen, Lukas Van Eenoo, Thomas Van den Keybus, Nacer Chadli, Kyan Vaesen

Mechelen line-up (4-3-3)

Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, David Bates, Dimitri Lavalée, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Jannes Van Hecke, Birger Verstraete, Rob Schoofs, Kerim Mrabti, Frédéric Soèllé Soèllé, Yonas Malede