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Mechelen 1-0 Zulte-Waregem - February 28, 2023 / Croky Cup 2022/2023

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Croky Cup 2022/2023 - Semi-finals

AFAS Stadion - Mechelen - Belgium

February 28, 2023 - 20:45

Mechelen

1 - 0

Zulte-Waregem

David Bates

74'

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35' - Red card Alessandro Ciranni

43' - Substitution Rob Schoofsis substituted by Julien Ngoy43

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46' - Substitution Alioune Ndouris substituted by Wout Debuyser

49' - Yellow card Alec Van Hoorenbeeck49

54' - Yellow card Julien Ngoy54

62' - Substitution Alec Van Hoorenbeeckis substituted by Lucas Bijker photo Jordi Vanlerberghe

62' - Substitution Alessio Da Cruzis substituted by Jordi Vanlerberghe62

74' - Goal David Bates74

76' - Yellow card Birger Verstraete76

82' - Substitution Nicolas Rommensis substituted by Abdoulaye Sissako

83' - Substitution Wout Debuyseris substituted by Lukas Willen

86' - Substitution Nikola Stormis substituted by Yonas Malede86

91' - Yellow card Jelle Vossen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Mechelen

1 - 0

Zulte-Waregem

Mechelen Zulte-Waregem

Team line-ups

Mechelen

1 Coucke

Gaetan Coucke

Belgium

B.date03/11/1998

Age24 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

4 Wouters

Dries Wouters

Belgium

B.date28/01/1997

Age26 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

27 Bates74

David Bates

Scotland

B.date05/10/1996

Age26 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

18 Van Hoorenbeeck6249

Alec Van Hoorenbeeck

Belgium

B.date30/12/1998

Age24 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

66 Verstraete76

Birger Verstraete

Belgium

B.date16/04/1994

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

16 Schoofs43

Rob Schoofs

Belgium

B.date23/03/1994

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

6 Van Hecke

Jannes Van Hecke

Belgium

B.date15/01/2002

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

19 Mrabti

Kerim Mrabti

Sweden

B.date20/05/1994

Age28 years

positionMidfield

7 Hairemans

Geoffry Hairemans

Belgium

B.date21/10/1991

Age31 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

11 Storm86

Nikola Storm

Belgium

B.date30/09/1994

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

22 Da Cruz62

Alessio Da Cruz

Cape Verde

B.date18/01/1997

Age26 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Gaetan Coucke		24	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Dries Wouters		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	David Bates	74	26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Alec Van Hoorenbeeck	6249	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
66	M	Birger Verstraete	76	28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Rob Schoofs	43	28	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Jannes Van Hecke		21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Kerim Mrabti		28	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Geoffry Hairemans		31	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Nikola Storm	86	28	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Alessio Da Cruz	62	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Zulte-Waregem

1 Bossut

Sammy Bossut

Belgium

B.date11/08/1985

Age37 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

4 Derijck

Timothy Derijck

Belgium

B.date25/05/1987

Age35 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

14 Ciranni35

Alessandro Ciranni

Belgium

B.date28/06/1998

Age24 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

21 Fila

Karol Fila

Poland

B.date13/06/1998

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

26 Miroshi

Novatus Miroshi

Tanzania

B.date02/09/2002

Age20 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

20 Rommens82

Nicolas Rommens

Belgium

B.date17/12/1994

Age28 years

H1m85

positionOffensive Midfielder

12 Brüls

Christian Brüls

Belgium

B.date30/09/1989

Age33 years

H1m79

positionOffensive Midfielder

11 Ndour46

Alioune Ndour

Senegal

B.date21/10/1997

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight Winger

9 Vossen91

Jelle Vossen

Belgium

B.date22/03/1989

Age33 years

H1m80

positionStriker

7 Fadera

Alieu Fadera

Gambia

B.date03/11/2001

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft Winger

93 Gano

Zinho Gano

Guinea-Bissau

B.date13/10/1993

Age29 years

H1m99

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sammy Bossut		37	471	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Timothy Derijck		35	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Alessandro Ciranni	35	24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Karol Fila		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Novatus Miroshi		20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nicolas Rommens	82	28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Christian Brüls		33	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Alioune Ndour	46	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jelle Vossen	91	33	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Alieu Fadera		21	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
93	F	Zinho Gano		29	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	G	Yannick Thoelen		32
30	D	Jordi Vanlerberghe	62	26	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Lucas Bijker	62	29	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Iebe Swers		26
9	F	Julien Ngoy	4354	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Yonas Malede	86	23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Enock Agyei		18

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
38	G	Louis Bostyn		29
3	D	Borja López		29
15	D	Wout Debuyser	4683	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Abdoulaye Sissako	82	24	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Lukas Willen	83	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Kevor Palumets		20
35	F	Lennert Hallaert		19

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Birger Verstraete

Julien Ngoy

OUT

Rob Schoofs

Dimitri Lavalée

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicolas Rommens

Borja López

OUT

Christian Brüls

Abdoulaye Sissako

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steven Defour

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Defour vs Zulte-Waregem

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 2023

Defour vs Leye

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Mbaye Leye

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Leye vs Mechelen

2 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 2023

Leye vs Defour

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 2023

Referee

Bram Van Driessche

14 victories	3 draws	8 losses	Mechelen25 matches	General total	Zulte-Waregem21 matches	9 victories	7 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Mechelen1 match	Season total	Zulte-Waregem1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 26, 2025					Latest figure on December 20, 2024

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Key figures

Timothy Derijck played his game number 10 vs Mechelen in his professional career

End of streak for Mechelen after 11 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Zulte-Waregem at home (since 19/11/2011). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time David Bates scores 1 goal in Belgian Cup

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMechelen 1-0 RFC Seraing20/12/2022

DMechelen 1-1 Cercle Brugge23/12/2022

VMechelen 2-1 Oostende14/01/2023

VMechelen 3-2 Kortrijk21/01/2023

DMechelen 2-2 Charleroi05/02/2023

DMechelen 2-2 RC Genk17/02/2023

Overall

LWesterlo 2-0 Mechelen28/01/2023

VZulte-Waregem 1-2 Mechelen02/02/2023

DMechelen 2-2 Charleroi05/02/2023

LEupen 2-1 Mechelen10/02/2023

DMechelen 2-2 RC Genk17/02/2023

VRFC Seraing 0-2 Mechelen25/02/2023

Current form

Away

VDeinze 1-2 Zulte-Waregem21/12/2022

LSint-Truiden 2-0 Zulte-Waregem27/12/2022

LRC Genk 1-0 Zulte-Waregem14/01/2023

VAnderlecht 2-3 Zulte-Waregem18/01/2023

LRU Saint-Gilles 4-0 Zulte-Waregem05/02/2023

DRFC Seraing 1-1 Zulte-Waregem18/02/2023

Overall

LZulte-Waregem 1-2 Club Brugge29/01/2023

LZulte-Waregem 1-2 Mechelen02/02/2023

LRU Saint-Gilles 4-0 Zulte-Waregem05/02/2023

DZulte-Waregem 1-1 Oostende12/02/2023

DRFC Seraing 1-1 Zulte-Waregem18/02/2023

DZulte-Waregem 3-3 Kortrijk24/02/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	9	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	10	5
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	2	7
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	6	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

244	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	302
11	FBDB index ranking (National)	13

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
4	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kerim Mrabti	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Alioune Ndour
Kerim Mrabti	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Alioune Ndour
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ruud Vormer
Rob Schoofs	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Alioune Ndour
Nikola Storm	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	Alioune Ndour

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

7 v

6 d

6 l

31 gf

29 ga

Away

19 matches

9 v

3 d

7 l

27 gf

28 ga

Total

38 matches

16 v

9 d

13 l

58 gf

57 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

7 v

3 d

9 l

28 gf

27 ga

Away

19 matches

6 v

6 d

7 l

29 gf

31 ga

Total

38 matches

13 v

9 d

16 l

57 gf

58 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 02, 2015
Home	3 - 0	May 02, 2015

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	November 22, 2009
Away	2 - 0	November 23, 2019

Latest head to head

February 02, 2023 - Croky Cup 2022/2023

Zulte-Waregem

1 - 2

Mechelen

January 08, 2023 - Jupiler Pro League 2022/2023

Zulte-Waregem

2 - 0

Mechelen

November 05, 2022 - Jupiler Pro League 2022/2023

Mechelen

2 - 2

Zulte-Waregem logo Zulte-Waregem

December 18, 2021 - Jupiler Pro League 2021/2022

Zulte-Waregem

3 - 2

Mechelen

October 23, 2021 - Jupiler Pro League 2021/2022

Mechelen

2 - 2

Zulte-Waregem logo Zulte-Waregem

Best historical scorers against Zulte-Waregem

Sofianne Hanni	6 goals	2015 - 2016
Nikola Storm	6 goals	2019 - 2023
Nicolas Verdier	3 goals	2015 - 2016
Kerim Mrabti	2 goals	2021 - 2023
Steven De Petter	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Seth De Witte	2 goals	2013 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/01/2007. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Mechelen

Gianni Bruno	4 goals	2019 - 2021
Mame Baba Thiam	3 goals	2015 - 2016
Jens Naessens	3 goals	2012 - 2016
Mbaye Leye	3 goals	2009 - 2016
Bernard Malanda Adje	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Zinho Gano	2 goals	2021 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/01/2007. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Zulte-Waregem

Seth De Witte	13 matches	2011 - 2017
Maxime Biset	10 matches	2008 - 2015
Joachim Van Damme	10 matches	2012 - 2021
Kenny Van Hoevelen	9 matches	2007 - 2012
Mats Rits	9 matches	2013 - 2018
Nikola Storm	9 matches	2019 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/01/2007. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Mechelen

Sammy Bossut	26 matches	2007 - 2023
Steve Colpaert	13 matches	2008 - 2015
Karel D'Haene	12 matches	2007 - 2014
Davy de Fauw	11 matches	2011 - 2019
Mbaye Leye	8 matches	2007 - 2016
Onur Kaya	8 matches	2015 - 2018