Mechelen vs Dender

4 April 2025 · Belgian Pro League · 2024/25

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 4–0

Nikola Storm 10’
Lion Lauberbach 14’, 56’
Rob Schoofs 21’, 42’

Bruny Nsimba 59’
Mohamed Berte 90’

Match summary

Mechelen won comfortably, 5-2 at home to Dender. Mechelen led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Nikola Storm put Mechelen ahead with a header in the 10th minute, Lion Lauberbach made it 2-0 in the 14th minute, Rob Schoofs made it 3-0 in the 21st minute, and Schoofs made it 4-0 in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Lauberbach made it 5-0 in the 56th minute, Bruny Nsimba pulled one back to make it 5-1 with a header in the 59th minute, and Mohamed Berte made it 5-2 in the 90th minute.

The chances backed that up: Mechelen created 4.04 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Dender's 0.75 from 9.

Match stats

20 Shots 9

10 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

4.04 xG 0.75

4.04 Non-penalty xG 0.75

Key events

Mechelen Dender

Kick-off

Nikola Storm

1-0

10’

Lion Lauberbach

2-0

14’

Rob Schoofs

3-0

21’

Rob Schoofs

4-0

42’

Half-time4-0

Lion Lauberbach

5-0

56’

59’

Bruny Nsimba

5-1

90’

Mohamed Berte

5-2

Full-time5-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Dender

Noah Mbamba

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Mechelen 4.04 xGDender 0.75 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Dender attacking Mechelen attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Ortwin De Wolf	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rafik Belghali Taken off	70′	–	–	1	0.28	–	–	–
Stephen Welsh	90′	–	–	1	0.11	–	–	–
Ahmed Touba Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
José Marsà	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Fredrik Hammar	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rob Schoofs	90′	2	–	3	0.99	–	–	–
Patrick Pflücke	90′	–	–	3	0.25	–	–	–
Geoffry Hairemans Taken off	69′	–	–	2	0.16	–	–	–
Nikola Storm Taken off	70′	1	–	4	0.61	–	–	–
Lion Lauberbach Taken off	85′	2	–	3	1.05	–	–	–
Mory Konate Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kerim Mrabti Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bill Antonio Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Keano Vanrafelghem Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	2	0.58	–	–	–
Bilal Bafdili Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Michael Verrips	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gilles Ruyssen	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kobe Cools	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bryan Goncalves Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Malcolm Viltard Taken off	73′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Noah Mbamba	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nathan Rodes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fabio Ferraro Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Roman Kvet	90′	–	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Aurélien Scheidler Taken off	46′	–	–	2	0.12	–	–	–
Bruny Nsimba Taken off	73′	1	–	2	0.36	–	–	–
David Hrnčár Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lennard Hens Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	2	0.05	–	–	–
Mohamed Berte Came on as a substitute	44′	1	–	1	0.11	–	–	–
Ridwane M'Barki Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Attah Kadiri Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Mechelen win 51% Avg odds 1.84

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.69

Dender win 23% Avg odds 4.09

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Mechelen D L W W D

Dender D L L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Mechelen 2-1 Dender, 16 Mar 25 Next meeting: Dender 2-2 Mechelen, 24 May 25 All Mechelen vs Dender meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.