Jenthe Mertens Stats, Market Value & Form

Summary

Jenthe Mertens has delivered an exceptional offensive output for a defender in the 2025/26 Challenger Pro League season so far. In 17 appearances totalling 1,476 minutes, he has netted four goals, surpassing the baseline of 0.05 goals per 90 minutes by a factor of nearly five, and has provided four assists. His shooting efficiency is evident with 11 shots and 7 on target, a conversion rate of 36%, and a shots-per-90 rate of 0.67 compared with the baseline 0.42. Mertens also contributes creatively, recording 32 key passes for a key-passes-per-90 of 1.95 versus the baseline 0.58, while defensively he has made 43 tackles and 22 interceptions, translating to 2.62 tackles per 90 against the baseline 1.67. With an average match rating of 7.38, Mertens consistently exceeds positional expectations across all statistical categories.

Jenthe Mertens has played 1,476 minutes across 17 appearances in Challenger Pro League, scoring 0.24 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.05, converting 36% of 11 shots and averaging 7.38 a match.

Written by Pythia from this player's own numbers.

🛡️ Tackles

Season total · per 90 beside it

Mathias Francotte

66(3.06)

Matteo Scarpinati

66(3.29)

Sieben Dewaele

61(3.03)

Arnaud Dony

58(2.61)

Lucas Schoofs

57(2.82)

Maxime Bastian

54(2.88)

Reno Wilmots

52(2.55)

Kéres Masangu

52(2.71)

Milan Robberechts

51(2.26)

Alexander De Ridder

51(2.57)

Laurens Goemaere

50(2.54)

Brecht Dejaegere

49(3.02)

Christophe Janssens

49(2.47)

Lukas Van Eenoo

49(2.31)

Emmanuel Sarfo

48(3.54)

Edouard Soumah-Abbad

47(2.29)

Victor Daguin

46(2.18)

Wout Asselman

46(2.93)

Martin Wasinski

45(2.07)

Emmanuel Tshimbalanga

44(2.49)

Stef Peeters

43(1.77)

Jenthe Mertens

43(2.62)

Laurent Jans

43(2.03)

Matthew Anderson

42(2.83)

Samuel Gomez Van Hoogen

42(1.79)

Jannes Van Hecke

41(2.34)

Sam De Grand

41(1.98)

Yentl Van Genechten

40(2.48)

Lukas Mondele

40(1.92)

Jordi Palacios

40(1.78)

Edisson Jordanov

39(2.69)

Mathias Fixelles

39(4.57)

Mathieu Cachbach

39(1.98)

Gilles De Meyer

39(2.18)

Toon Janssen

38(1.91)

Lenn De Smet

38(2.32)

Colin Dagba

37(2.59)

Massimo Bruno

37(1.93)

Genki Haraguchi

37(1.79)

Boris Lambert

36(2.00)

🧲 Interceptions

Season total · per 90 beside it

Boris Lambert

50(2.78)

Jordan Bustin

48(2.46)

Mathias Francotte

47(2.18)

Christophe Janssens

45(2.27)

Sieben Dewaele

43(2.14)

Victor Daguin

42(1.99)

Diego Camara

40(2.05)

Arnaud Dony

40(1.80)

Reno Wilmots

35(1.71)

Dorian Dessoleil

33(1.27)

Noah Solheid

32(1.45)

Rune Paeshuyse

31(1.36)

Jason Dalle Molle

31(1.41)

Mathieu Cachbach

30(1.53)

James Ndjeungoue

30(2.04)

Matteo Scarpinati

30(1.49)

Kéres Masangu

29(1.51)

Maxime Bastian

29(1.55)

Rudy Kohon

29(1.69)

Brian Plat

28(1.27)

Jordan Renson

28(1.08)

Jeovanni Dianganga

28(2.30)

Ali Loune

27(2.09)

Stef Peeters

25(1.03)

Toon Janssen

25(1.26)

Oussmane Kebe

25(1.63)

Emmanuel Tshimbalanga

25(1.41)

Mats Lemmens

24(1.45)

Brecht Dejaegere

23(1.42)

Hady Camara

23(1.48)

Loïc Mbe Soh

22(1.83)

Jenthe Mertens

22(1.34)

Laurent Jans

22(1.04)

Martin Wasinski

22(1.01)

Samuel Gomez Van Hoogen

22(0.94)

Alexander De Ridder

22(1.11)

Kjetil Borry

21(1.04)

Lucas Schoofs

21(1.04)

Manoël Verhaeghe

21(1.11)

Colin Dagba

20(1.40)

💪 Duels won

Won / contested · count beside it

Kevin Bukusu

70%(21)

Dennis Gyamfi

69%(103)

Viktor Boone

69%(81)

Lucas Delorge

68%(34)

Yannis Kari

68%(36)

Babatunde Akomolede

67%(39)

Tibo Persyn

66%(71)

Gilles Ruyssen

66%(78)

Kenan Haroun

65%(75)

Gilles De Meyer

65%(105)

Hasan Jahić

64%(87)

Jano Willems

64%(37)

Mohamed Soumah

63%(95)

Bas Van den Eynden

63%(82)

Djovkar Doudaev

62%(35)

Manu Mocsnik

62%(50)

Jhon Banguera

62%(83)

Japhet Muanza

62%(119)

Mohammed El Âdfaoui

62%(61)

Bruno Godeau

61%(67)

Maxime Bastian

61%(164)

Dries Wouters

61%(81)

Zoumana Keita

61%(28)

Christophe Janssens

60%(104)

Jasper Van Oudenhove

60%(60)

Rune Paeshuyse

60%(81)

Samuel Gomez Van Hoogen

60%(111)

Sebastiaan Brebels

59%(69)

Emmanuel Sarfo

59%(117)

Jonathan D'Ostilio

59%(48)

Alexander De Ridder

59%(132)

Colin Dagba

59%(62)

Lukas Mondele

59%(80)

Genki Haraguchi

59%(92)

Dacosta Antwi

59%(82)

Martin Wasinski

59%(96)

Loïc Mbe Soh

58%(38)

Vancy Mabanza

58%(173)

Devon De Corte

58%(84)

Sam Vanderhallen

58%(53)

Jenthe Mertens

53%(104)

📏 Pass accuracy

Completed / attempted · count beside it

Yoni Gomis

94%(647)

Merveille Bokadi

92%(395)

Andreas Spegelaere

92%(559)

Joey Pelupessy

92%(577)

Samuel Gomez Van Hoogen

92%(1517)

Nathan De Medina

92%(402)

Zoumana Keita

91%(463)

Vince Osuji

91%(1093)

Igor Plastun

91%(608)

Wout Verlinden

91%(713)

Rune Van Den Bergh

90%(205)

Hannes Vernemmen

90%(637)

Oleksandr Soroka

90%(1214)

Lucas Delorge

90%(445)

Dries Wouters

90%(1265)

Jeovanni Dianganga

89%(538)

Emmanuel Sarfo

89%(466)

Elie Mbavu

89%(606)

Gilles De Meyer

89%(730)

Djovkar Doudaev

89%(542)

Mohamed Soumah

89%(831)

Preben Blondeel

89%(498)

Manoël Verhaeghe

89%(768)

Bruno Godeau

88%(1013)

Loïc Mbe Soh

88%(683)

Thomas Ephestion

88%(295)

Kenshin Yasuda

88%(280)

Jhon Banguera

88%(767)

Oriol Busquets

88%(396)

Genki Haraguchi

88%(901)

Brad Manguelle

88%(508)

Brian Plat

88%(1074)

Elias Spago

87%(339)

Rudy Kohon

87%(794)

Sem Audoor

87%(549)

Pierre-Yves Ngawa

87%(738)

Mats Lemmens

87%(734)

Viktor Boone

87%(741)

Ali Camara

87%(131)

Mamadou Diallo

87%(745)

Jenthe Mertens

75%(535)

🧤 Saves

Season total · per 90 beside it

Kiany Vroman

79(4.27)

Nick Gillekens

74(3.52)

Marco Hiller

72(3.35)

Nick Shinton

71(2.84)

Jordi Belin

69(3.78)

Kjell Peersman

67(3.34)

Yannick Pandor

66(3.14)

Axl De Corte

53(4.01)

Lucca Brughmans

51(3.19)

Beau Reus

50(2.27)

Marko Ilić

49(2.88)

Julien Devriendt

47(1.81)

Argus Vanden Driessche

40(3.64)

Joachim Imbrechts

37(3.36)

Tein Troost

36(2.83)

Michiel Haentjens

36(3.27)

Bill Lathouwers

33(2.36)

Nikola Ivezić

29(1.92)

Justin Bengui

25(3.57)

Aitor Embela Gil

24(3.43)

Simon Vervacke

24(2.90)

Matthias Pieklak

23(2.91)

Iago Herrerín

22(2.44)

Victor Swinnen

18(3.60)

Jarno De Smet

14(2.55)

David Vitasek

9(1.50)

Oriol Busquets

0(0.00)

Timothy Eyoma

0(0.00)

Radja Nainggolan

0(0.00)

Colin Dagba

0(0.00)

Loïc Mbe Soh

0(0.00)

Edisson Jordanov

0(0.00)

Dries Wouters

0(0.00)

Merveille Bokadi

0(0.00)

Scott Kennedy

0(0.00)

Igor Plastun

0(0.00)

Brecht Dejaegere

0(0.00)

Alexis De Sart

0(0.00)

Dorian Dessoleil

0(0.00)

Massimo Bruno

0(0.00)

Jenthe Mertens

0(0.00)

Player	Pos	Apps	Mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	On tgt	Goals /shot	Key passes	Pass acc	Dribbles	Drib %	Tackles	Interc.	Blocks	Duels won %	Fouls	Fouled	Yel	Red	Saves	Rating	Form
Jenthe Mertens	D	17	1476	4	4	11	7	36%	32	75%	4	21%	43	22	12	53%	32	16	6	0	0	7.38	5.1
Alexandre Stanic	F	11	974	4	0	21	12	19%	9	74%	4	50%	12	3	3	47%	16	14	2	0	0	6.74	3.5
Cedric Jan Van Meirvenne	F	21	1519	3	3	19	10	16%	27	77%	53	50%	36	8	2	49%	14	26	1	0	0	7.10	7.6
Bryan Adinany	F	14	1251	3	3	29	8	10%	15	66%	9	41%	13	1	4	54%	27	24	2	1	0	6.72	4.3
Emmanuel Matuta	M	18	1169	3	1	14	6	21%	16	74%	1	9%	32	13	4	49%	16	8	1	0	0	6.73	6.8
Pietro Perdichizzi	D	14	1040	2	0	8	5	25%	2	86%	1	100%	14	8	15	57%	15	10	4	2	0	6.98	5.8
Mauro Lenaerts	F	6	326	2	0	5	2	40%	3	64%	4	40%	0	0	0	26%	8	2	1	1	0	6.34	5.7
Daan De Peuter	M	7	234	2	0	7	4	29%	2	70%	0	0%	4	1	0	37%	13	8	2	0	0	6.66	2.7
Victor Daguin	M	22	1902	1	2	15	7	7%	18	84%	9	64%	46	42	9	51%	35	18	6	0	0	6.95	7.0
Dirk Asare	M	15	1350	1	2	15	2	7%	14	85%	3	38%	27	15	12	55%	28	21	3	0	0	7.07	4.9
Samih El Touile	M	12	911	1	0	17	10	6%	11	70%	14	44%	26	7	0	48%	17	16	2	0	0	6.83	4.0
Kiany Vroman	G	19	1665	0	0	0	0	–	0	77%	0	–	0	0	0	100%	0	7	2	0	79	7.35	7.6
Hugo Masaki	D	20	1513	0	0	4	1	0%	9	78%	9	56%	25	15	12	58%	15	13	7	2	0	6.77	4.4
Noam Mayoka-Tika	M	22	1301	0	1	10	4	0%	16	77%	10	67%	31	17	7	47%	26	19	5	0	0	6.58	4.4
Bo De Kerf	D	12	1080	0	0	3	2	0%	2	86%	2	40%	9	14	8	54%	4	6	2	0	0	6.88	5.8
Vincent De Vos	D	15	1011	0	0	2	0	0%	5	80%	6	32%	35	19	3	53%	20	17	1	0	0	6.65	4.5
Sam Vanderhallen	D	12	941	0	0	2	0	0%	1	82%	4	100%	21	7	7	58%	12	9	1	0	0	6.87	7.1
Wout De Buyser	D	12	883	0	0	6	2	0%	8	71%	5	31%	18	11	4	51%	18	13	4	1	0	6.58	7.5
Jano Willems	D	8	623	0	0	2	1	0%	1	83%	1	50%	12	7	4	61%	3	7	1	0	0	6.71	3.6
Jarno De Smet	G	6	495	0	0	0	0	–	0	85%	0	–	0	0	0	100%	0	1	0	0	14	6.62	4.7
Toni Lun Bončina	F	9	454	0	0	6	3	0%	5	67%	1	33%	13	2	0	38%	15	5	0	0	0	6.46	5.3
Thiebe Van Elsuwege	M	5	366	0	0	0	0	–	1	78%	1	100%	10	7	7	49%	6	2	2	0	0	6.68	–
Mansour Sy	M	10	325	0	0	5	2	0%	3	79%	5	42%	7	2	0	56%	5	18	0	0	0	6.66	2.8
Dylan Demuynck	F	8	297	0	0	1	1	0%	1	77%	2	25%	6	0	0	52%	0	1	0	0	0	6.52	6.0
Elton Yeboah	M	7	254	0	0	3	1	0%	4	78%	2	25%	5	6	0	30%	2	1	1	0	0	6.46	4.9
Yann Gboua	F	7	192	0	0	2	0	0%	2	77%	2	100%	0	0	0	25%	3	1	0	0	0	6.29	3.9
Pieter De Schrijver	D	3	102	0	0	0	0	–	2	80%	1	20%	6	3	0	65%	0	2	0	0	0	6.80	–
Tiago Vermeulen	F	3	48	0	0	0	0	–	0	50%	0	0%	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	6.33	–
Yassin Hidraoui	F	4	48	0	0	0	0	–	0	100%	1	100%	0	1	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	6.35	–
Brent Laes	D	1	22	0	0	1	1	0%	0	43%	1	100%	2	2	0	83%	1	1	0	0	0	6.90	–
Bryan Ekmen	D	1	16	0	0	0	0	–	0	71%	0	–	2	1	0	57%	0	2	0	0	0	6.70	–
Noah De Ridder	M	2	5	0	0	0	0	–	0	75%	0	–	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Season	Club	Comp	Apps	Mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	On tgt	Goals /shot	Key passes	Pass acc	Dribbles	Tackles	Interc.	Duels won %	Fouls	Yel	Red	Rating
2025/26	K. Lierse S.K.	Challenger Pro League	17	1476	4	4	11	7	36%	32	75%	4	43	22	53%	32	6	0	7.38
2023/24	SK Beveren	Challenger Pro League	13	499	1	2	5	4	20%	11	77%	2	23	10	54%	11	3	0	6.93

Date	Opponent	Res	Mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	On tgt	Key passes	Tackles	Fouls	Yel	Rating	Form
04 Apr	v Francs Borains	L	90	–	0	0	–	2	2	1	1	7.20	4.2
21 Mar	a RWDM	D	90	–	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	6.70	2.9
07 Mar	v Club Brugge II	W	90	1	0	2	2	0	4	3	0	8.30	7.3
28 Feb	a KRC Genk II	W	90	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	9.00	8.9
21 Feb	v KAA Gent II	L	90	–	0	0	–	2	0	2	0	6.70	1.9
13 Feb	v Seraing United	L	90	–	0	1	–	2	4	1	0	7.50	6.1
06 Feb	a Liège	L	45	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	7.90	9.8
19 Dec	a Lommel United	L	90	–	0	0	–	3	2	3	1	6.90	3.7
16 Dec	v Kortrijk	D	90	–	0	0	–	2	4	3	0	8.20	6.1
13 Dec	a Francs Borains	W	90	–	0	0	–	1	3	1	1	8.30	6.3
06 Dec	v KRC Genk II	W	90	1	0	2	2	2	4	1	0	7.90	5.8
29 Nov	v RSC Anderlecht II	W	90	–	0	0	–	1	4	3	0	7.50	5.3
31 Oct	v Lommel United	D	81	–	2	0	–	3	1	1	1	6.90	3.8
24 Oct	a Seraing United	D	90	–	0	2	–	2	2	1	0	6.30	4.0
19 Oct	v Liège	L	90	–	0	2	1	7	3	4	1	7.20	4.5

Jenthe Mertens

🛡️ Tackles

🧲 Interceptions

💪 Duels won

📏 Pass accuracy

🧤 Saves

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