Kortrijk v KV Mechelen prediction · Jupiler Pro League

AI match analysis

Pitchside prediction · postponed

KV Mechelen are narrow favourites.

The Pitchside prediction: Kortrijk 30%, draw 26%, KV Mechelen 43%. Over 2.5 goals 52%, both teams to score 55%.

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Pre-match prediction

First published 17 Oct 00:01 · postponed, not graded

Kortrijk win30%

Draw26%

KV Mechelen win43%

Kick-offFRI 23 OCT · 19:45

RoundMatchday 9

VenueGuldensporen Stadion

RefereeB. Van Driessche

Rest & schedule

Before kick-off · every competition we cover

Kortrijk

KV Mechelen

13Days since last match5

Last match: 10 Oct · Jupiler Pro League

Last match: 18 Oct · the Belgian Cup

1Matches in previous 14 days2

Counted across every competition we cover, before kick-off. Friendlies are not counted.

#	TEAM	P	GD	PTS
14	KV Mechelen	8	−8	6
17	Kortrijk	8	−16	3

Match statistics

Match statistics aren’t available yet.

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups aren’t available for this match.

Our number · kv mechelen winFirst published 17 Oct 00:01 · postponed, not graded

43% The market37%

Us43%

~~Market~~37%

We make KV Mechelen a 43% chance to win. The market has them at 37%. We are 6 points more confident than the market. The model expects 1.2–1.5.

What the number rests on

Our model

~~Expected goals · Kortrijk v KV Mechelen~~1.23 – 1.52

~~Form · last six in Jupiler Pro League this season · since 22 Aug~~W1 D0 L5 · W1 D2 L3

~~Table places · points 3 v 6~~17 v 14

~~The market · KV Mechelen win~~37% · ours 43%

Built from every result and the chances each side creates and concedes, recent matches counting most, with home advantage in it. Line-ups, injuries and rest are not in the number.

How the number movedSince we published

Our probability · KV Mechelen win The market, margin stripped

Our number has not moved since we published. No bookmaker had priced it when we published; the market has it at 37% now.

Every market, from one calculation

Market	Us	Market	Gap
Kortrijk win	30%	35%	−5
Draw	26%	28%	−2
KV Mechelen win	43%	37%	+6
Over 2.5 goals	52%	52%	0
Both teams to score	55%	57%	−2
Over 1.5 goals	76%	75%	+1
Over 3.5 goals	30%	31%	−1
Kortrijk or draw	57%	63%	−6
Kortrijk clean sheet	22%	–	–
KV Mechelen clean sheet	30%	–	–

Every figure here is read off one scoreline distribution, so no two can contradict each other. The market is the median of 9 bookmakers, each with its margin stripped — what we are measured against, never an input to the model.

Every scorelineMost likely 1–1 at 12.3%

0123450 7.2 9.2 7.4 3.8 1 7.4 12.3 8.9 4.5 2 4.9 7.2 5.4 2.8 3 2.0 3.0 2.2 4 5

under 2% 5% 12%+Kortrijk down, KV Mechelen across0–5 goals a side shown (99.2% of outcomes)

This is a probability, not a recommendation. We take no bets and hold no affiliate relationships with any gambling operator. Model 1.2 — Pitchside Lab's own model.

How we got to this number6 steps · in order

Our model

Rates each side's attack and defence from the goals and expected goals of 1,683 Jupiler Pro League matches up to 11 Oct 2026, weighting recent results more and allowing for home advantage.

Base rates

Context, not used by the model: Jupiler Pro League matches have gone over 2.5 in 61.1% of games this season, across 72 played.

Head to head

Context, not used by the model: 9 previous meetings since 2021/22 in every competition we cover, 3.67 goals a meeting; 8 of 9 went over 2.5.

Home and away form

Kortrijk at home: 1.17 scored, 2.00 conceded a game (last 6). KV Mechelen away: 0.67 scored, 1.83 conceded (last 6).

What the model expects

1.23 goals for Kortrijk, 1.52 for KV Mechelen. Most likely score 1–1.

Not in these numbers yet

Line-ups, injuries and suspensions, and rest days are being measured in a test version of our model; they do not change these numbers. Weather and the referee are shown on the match page but not used.

Nothing here is written by hand. The model works from every result, as the first step says; the base rates, the head to head and the home and away form are context beside it, not inputs.

Head to head

9 meetings since 2021/22

~~Goals a meeting~~3.67

~~Over 2.5~~8 of 9

~~Both scored~~5 of 9

~~Last meetings~~KOR 3–1 KVM · KVM 3–0 KOR · KVM 3–0 KOR · KOR 0–3 KVM

Every competition we cover, the latest meeting first.

Form · last six in Jupiler Pro League this season · since 22 Aug

KORTRIJK

LLLLWL1–3 · 0–1 · 0–2 · 0–3 · 1–0 · 0–3

KV MECHELEN

LDLLDW0–2 · 2–2 · 0–4 · 0–1 · 0–0 · 4–3

The table

2026/27

#	TEAM	P	GD	PTS
1	Gent	8	+11	22
2	Club Brugge KV	8	+15	21
3	Charleroi	8	+9	21
4	Union St. Gilloise	8	+18	20
5	Anderlecht	8	+3	16
6	KVC Westerlo	8	+3	13
7	Genk	8	+4	12
8	Zulte Waregem	8	+1	11
9	Standard Liege	8	0	11
10	Lommel United	8	0	11
11	SK Beveren	8	−6	9
12	St. Truiden	8	−1	8
13	Antwerp	8	−8	7
14	KV Mechelen	8	−8	6
15	OH Leuven	8	−8	5
16	RAAL La Louvière	8	−10	4
17	Kortrijk	8	−16	3
18	Cercle Brugge	8	−7	3