Mechelen vs Anderlecht prediction and betting tips on February 1, 2024
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Game Prediction
The new month begins on Thursday, and this is traditionally a day with few football events, unless there are matches at the level of the Europa League and the Conference League. Both will return in a couple of weeks, but for now even a confrontation in Belgium is in focus: as part of the next round, Mechelen will host Anderlecht. The editors of the website have published a detailed prediction for this match on February 1, 2024.
Mechelen is holding up well so far
“The Malinois” have been remembered in different ways lately. On the one hand, this team, playing in the second division of the country, won the Cup in 2019. On the other hand, the club that had returned to the Jupiler Pro League was officially accused of fixing matches soon after that. In any case, the team remained in the elite division and even played again in the cup final in the previous season, although they finished the draw only in 13th place. Speaking about the current championship, it even managed to improve its performance a little – Besnik Hasi’s team is in the top 10. For instance, Molenbeek was beaten with a 3-1 score at the home arena in the previous round.
Anderlecht is “shrugging” its shoulders in the current season
“The Purple and Whites”, when they won their 34th championship in 2017, certainly could not have guessed that they would then go for years without any trophies. And speaking about the previous season, the historical giants finished outside the top 10 of the final standings. However, Brian Riemer, who arrived at the end of 2022, continued his work as a coach. And now this trust has been justified: the club is trying to fight with Union. By the way, it played against this opponent twice in a row. First, struggling in the cup confrontation on the rival’s field, the team lost by 1 goal. And 3 days later, already at Lotto Park, it quickly conceded twice in the Jupiler Pro League, but, fighting until the final whistle, the draw was snatched in the very end.
Previous head-to-head matches
The clubs exchanged away victories in the previous season. As part of the new national championship, “the Purple and Whites” won at the home arena in October – 3-1.
Free prediction for the match Mechelen vs Anderlecht on February 1:
For the guests, victory is much more important. Let’s believe that a motivated grandee will win on the away field (odd: 2.16).