Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Cercle Brugge win with a probability of 50.32%. A win for Mechelen had a probability of 25.74% and a draw had a probability of 23.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cercle Brugge win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.62%) and 2-0 (8.36%). The likeliest Mechelen win was 0-1 (6.62%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.28%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5.7% likelihood.