Mechelen vs Anderlecht — Belgian Pro League result and pre-match forecast, Friday, 11 September 2026

Belgian Pro League·Friday, 11 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 15.2 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Mechelen

22%

Draw

26%

Anderlecht

53%

pick · result

Final score

0–1

Top pick landed

Metis gave an Anderlecht win 52.8% before kick-off, and its most likely result was an Anderlecht win. Expected goals 1.18–1.80 against 0–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals57%1 scored
Both teams score60%no
Mechelen clean sheet16%no
Anderlecht clean sheet31%yes
Mechelen score 2+33%no
Anderlecht score 2+55%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1347
1X2 Brier score0.3352
Probability on the result52.8%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (12.0%), 1–2 (11.1%), 0–1 (9.1%). It finished 0–1 — one of them.

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Mechelen

9 AugAvs Gent0–2L
16 AugHvs Standard Liege3–3D
22 AugAvs Charleroi0–2L
29 AugAvs RAAL La Louviere2–2D
5 SeptHvs Westerlo0–4L

Anderlecht

30 AugAvs Union SG0–3L
9 AugHvs RAAL La Louviere2–1W
16 AugAvs Beveren0–1L
30 AugAvs St. Gilloise0–3L
3 SeptHvs Kortrijk1–0W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatMechelen
(Home · 5 matches)
Anderlecht
(Away · 5 matches)
BTTS rate40.0%20.0%
Over 2.5 rate60.0%60.0%
Clean sheet20.0%20.0%
Avg goals3.802.40

Home stats use Mechelen's home record; away stats use Anderlecht's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.