Mechelen 2-1 SV Zulte Waregem — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Belgium - Pro League, 28 Feb 2026

📅28/02/2026 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
41%
2.25
Draw
27%
3.35
Away
32%
2.79
Under/Over 2.5
Under
45%
2.07
Over
55%
1.72
Both Teams to Score
Yes Pick
59%
1.54
No
41%
2.31
Total Goals
0-1
22%
3.86
2-3
47%
1.8
4-5
25%
2.99
6+
6%
9.58
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
24%
3.21
1/2
2%
28.0
1/X
6%
12.1
X/1
14%
5.46
X/2
12%
6.42
X/X
16%
4.98
2/1
3%
24.35
2/2
18%
4.14
2/X
5%
12.35
Our Pick = the most likely outcome.
SIGNALS Team Signals — the why behind the numbers
iddaakolik predictions — not real match figures
HOME Mechelen The Market 44%
Head to Head
AWAY SV Zulte Waregem The Market 36%
Average Team Performanceagainst Market Expectation Average
1.46 xG Scorediddaakolik model prediction 1.44
1.22 xG Concedediddaakolik model prediction 1.40
Strong Attack Strength Strong
Average Defense Strength Weak
50% Ball Possession 50%
13 Total Shots 13
6 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 6
340 · 77% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 331 · 77%
25 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19
19 Crosses 18
2 Yellow Cards 2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Mechelen
2W-2D-2L
AWAY SV Zulte Waregem
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.50
0.87 xG 1.74
51% Ball Possession 49%
11 Total Shots 17
4 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 6
323 Passes 302
77% Pass Accuracy 75%
20 Box Touches 30
17 Crosses 25
3 Yellow Cards 2
26.07.2025 SV Zulte Waregem SV Zulte Waregem 1-1 HT 0-1 Mechelen Mechelen BEL
28.02.2023 Mechelen Mechelen 1-0 HT 0-0 SV Zulte Waregem SV Zulte Waregem BEK
02.02.2023 SV Zulte Waregem SV Zulte Waregem 1-2 HT 1-1 Mechelen Mechelen BEK
08.01.2023 SV Zulte Waregem SV Zulte Waregem 2-0 HT 1-0 Mechelen Mechelen BEL
05.11.2022 Mechelen Mechelen 2-2 HT 2-0 SV Zulte Waregem SV Zulte Waregem BEL
18.12.2021 SV Zulte Waregem SV Zulte Waregem 3-2 HT 0-1 Mechelen Mechelen BEL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Mechelen
2 - 1
AWAY SV Zulte Waregem
1.09 xG 1.99
40% Ball Possession 60%
5 Total Shots 16
3 Shots on Target 5
1 Corners 8
243 Passes 401
74% Pass Accuracy 83%
13 Box Touches 34
11 Crosses 23
1 Yellow Cards 2
REVIEW Mechelen vs SV Zulte Waregem
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Mechelen found just enough to beat SV Zulte Waregem 2-1. Half-time: 1-0.

As we said in the preview, our model had Mechelen as the likeliest winner at 41%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. Nothing to argue with on goals either — over 2.5 goals (55%), both teams to score (59%) came home.

Under the surface, Mechelen had 40% of the ball to SV Zulte Waregem's 60%, shots finished 5-16, expected goals 1.09 to 1.99 — the balance of chances actually favoured SV Zulte Waregem.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Mechelen and 1.50 for SV Zulte Waregem.

Mechelen vs SV Zulte Waregem Result & Final Score

Mechelen 2 - 1 SV Zulte Waregem in the Belgium - Pro League on 28/02/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Mechelen vs SV Zulte Waregem Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a Mechelen win the most likely single outcome at about 41%, with the full match-result split Mechelen 41%, draw 27%, SV Zulte Waregem 32%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Mechelen), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Mechelen) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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