KV Mechelen play a friendly match against Ukrainian side Karpaty Lviv on Saturday. The fixture kicks off at 5 PM local time and offers the team an opportunity to build rhythm.
The Malinwa currently sit 18th in the Jupiler Pro League with just three points from seven games. They are yet to record a league win this season. Their last five competitive matches yielded zero wins, two draws, and three defeats. They failed to score in four of those five outings.
The most recent result was a 0-0 draw away to Lommel United on September 19. Prior to that, they lost at home to Anderlecht (0-1) and KVC Westerlo (0-4). The only goals in this sequence came in a 2-2 draw at RAAL La Louvière. The full set of recent results is available on our standings page.
For the last match against Lommel, he deployed a 3-4-2-1 formation. Goalkeeper Nacho Mirás started behind a back three of L. Marijnissen, M. Eerdhuijzen and José Marsà. The midfield consisted of S. Michez, F. Hammar, D. Praet and T. Koudou, supporting attackers C. Van Meirvenne and M. Van Brederode behind striker Bouke Boersma.
Attention will quickly return to the league after this friendly. Next weekend, on October 10, KV Mechelen host STVV at the AFAS-stadion. The visitors currently sit 11th. Preparation for that important home fixture begins on Saturday. The schedule for the coming weeks is on our fixtures page.
