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Pro League (Belgium) · Belgium

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Saturday, 5 September 2026

Mechelen

0–4full timeHT 0–2 · 2H 0–2

Westerlo

What Janus-12 said

74%

Mechelen or draw

85% success over 34 matches in this league

✗ Fell into the 26 %

A prediction at 74 % fails 26 % of the time: it happened.

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Sealed on 05/09, 17:15announced on 22/08/2026, 13 days before kick-off

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65% success over 20 matches in this league
66%✓

Pro League

as of 06/10, 06:35

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Diff	Pts
1	St. Gilloise	7	6	1	0	+18	19
2	Gent	7	6	1	0	+9	19
3	Club Brugge	7	6	0	1	+12	18
4	Charleroi	7	6	0	1	+8	18
5	Anderlecht	7	4	1	2	+2	13
6	Waregem	7	3	2	2	+3	11
7	Standard	7	3	2	2	+1	11
8	Westerlo	7	3	1	3	-1	10
9	Waasland-Beveren	7	3	0	4	-4	9
10	Genk	7	2	3	2	+1	9
11	St Truiden	7	2	2	3	0	8
12	Lommel United	7	2	2	3	-2	8
13	Antwerp	7	2	1	4	-4	7
14	RAAL La Louviere	7	1	1	5	-7	4
15	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	7	1	1	5	-8	4
16	Kortrijk	7	1	0	6	-13	3
17	Cercle Brugge	7	0	3	4	-6	3
18	Mechelen	7	0	3	4	-9	3

What we announced

1/2

Under each prediction, the most plausible explanation of what became of it.

Mechelen or draw74%lost
- It all came down to the final minutes: Westerlo scored in the 88th minute.
- Mechelen chased the score almost all match: Westerlo scored as early as the 7th minute.
Draw or Westerlo ahead at half-time66%held
- It was all decided before the break: 0-2 at half-time, 7′ Westerlo, 27′ Westerlo.

What happened

Before kick-off

TableMechelen 18th, Westerlo 8th (Pro League)

During the match

During the match7′ opening goal, Westerlo (0-1)
During the match27′ Westerlo go 2 goals up (0-2)
During the matchHalf-time: 0-2
During the match88′ last goal, Westerlo

What it changes

In this league, “Mechelen or draw” goes from 85.3% to 82.9% success rate, over 35 settled matches, this one included.

This prediction came from a model trained on 594,977 matches. This one is now part of it: the model is retrained from scratch twice a day, result included.

Our wins and our failures are counted in the same place, in public. See the full record.

How the match unfolded

Mechelen on the left, Westerlo on the right.

First half

Goal · Isa Sakamoto (assist : Lasse Flo)7'
Yellow card · Cisse Sandra24'
Goal · Shunsuke Saito (assist : Cameron Congreve)27'
29'Substitution · Adeshina Ayodele ⇄ Bouke Boersma
Yellow card · Isa Sakamoto42'
45'Substitution · Cedric Van Meirvenne ⇄ Bill Leeroy Antonio

Half-time0 – 2

Second half

Goal · Shunsuke Saito67'
Substitution · Shunsuke Saito ⇄ Nikola Storm73'
77'Yellow card · Keano Vanrafelghem
78'Substitution · José Martínez Marsà ⇄ Benito Raman
78'Substitution · Dennis Praet ⇄ Marco Decherf
82'Yellow card · Marco Decherf
Substitution · Norman Bassette ⇄ Pape Daouda Diong84'
86'Yellow card · Fredrik Hammar
Goal · Nikola Storm (assist : Isa Sakamoto)88'
89'Substitution · Mike Eerdhuijzen ⇄ Massimo Decoene
Substitution · Cameron Congreve ⇄ Naoufal Bohamdi-Kamoni90'
Substitution · Isa Sakamoto ⇄ Thomas Van Den Keybus90'

What we announced

1/2

Under each prediction, the most plausible explanation of what became of it.

Mechelen or draw74%lost
- It all came down to the final minutes: Westerlo scored in the 88th minute.
- Mechelen chased the score almost all match: Westerlo scored as early as the 7th minute.
Draw or Westerlo ahead at half-time66%held
- It was all decided before the break: 0-2 at half-time, 7′ Westerlo, 27′ Westerlo.

What happened

Before kick-off

TableMechelen 18th, Westerlo 8th (Pro League)

During the match

During the match7′ opening goal, Westerlo (0-1)
During the match27′ Westerlo go 2 goals up (0-2)
During the matchHalf-time: 0-2
During the match88′ last goal, Westerlo

What it changes

In this league, “Mechelen or draw” goes from 85.3% to 82.9% success rate, over 35 settled matches, this one included.

This prediction came from a model trained on 594,977 matches. This one is now part of it: the model is retrained from scratch twice a day, result included.

Our wins and our failures are counted in the same place, in public. See the full record.

Pro League

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How the match unfolded

What we announced

What happened

What it changes

How the match unfolded

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What happened

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