Football match preview: Beerschot-Wilrijk vs RSC Anderlecht II

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Competition: Belgium Challenger Pro League
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olympisch Stadion (12771 seats)

The table shows that 4 points divide the two contenders in this Challenger Pro League match. Beerschot-Wilrijk have both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Challenger Pro League
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Challenger Pro League

Beerschot-Wilrijk is in the 3rd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. RSC Anderlecht II have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 6th place no matter what happens.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Beerschot-Wilrijk and RSC Anderlecht II.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Beerschot-Wilrijk have to build on here at Olympisch Stadion in the Challenger Pro League.

Beerschot-Wilrijk are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Sanusi).

The spoils were shared in Beerschot-Wilrijk's previous game, also at home. Visiting RSC Anderlecht II travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Preceding that match was a defeat to RWDM (0-1).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Beerschot-Wilrijk's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Beerschot-Wilrijk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games.

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RSC Anderlecht II form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of RSC Anderlecht II, who have the most scored goals (24) away in Challenger Pro League, playing as the away team in the Challenger Pro League this season.

RSC Anderlecht II has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Beerschot-Wilrijk for a 0-0 draw.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Deinze.

Observe that 11 of this team's 13 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, RSC Anderlecht II are regular goalscorers on their travels. As for defending, Anderlecht rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

RSC Anderlecht II - Beerschot-Wilrijk 1-2 was the result in these participants' latest head-to-head game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Beerschot-Wilrijk one win, zero draws and RSC Anderlecht II one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. Sanusi likes to play against RSC Anderlecht II and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

RSC Anderlecht IIL. Stassin
L. Stassin
14 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkT. Baeten
T. Baeten
10 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkR. Sanusi
R. Sanusi
4 goals

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

RSC Anderlecht II missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk RSC Anderlecht II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 3 12 23
12 6 1 Won W 0 6 9
3 2 0 Drew D 2 3 8
8 4 2 Lost L 1 3 6
33 15 4 Scored S 5 24 42
28 11 5 Conceded C 8 20 35
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 91%
74% 58% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 91%
52% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 74%
26% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 52%
17% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 22%
52% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 74%
26% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 22%
26% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 13%
 
6.5 6.4 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.6
3.6 3.9 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.2 4.7
2 1.8 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.7
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.7 14.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 10.6 11.9
5.6 5.9 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.8 5.8
26% 21% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 35% 31%
 
8.4 8.5 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 13.8 12.3
3.7 4 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 6.7 5.7
Key stats in Challenger Pro League this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Challenger Pro League
  • RSC Anderlecht II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Challenger Pro League
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most scored goals (24) away in Challenger Pro League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RWDM 22 14 4 4 41 21 11 8 2 1 25 9 11 6 2 3 16 12 20 46
2 Waasland-Beveren 22 12 7 3 52 25 11 8 2 1 29 11 11 4 5 2 23 14 27 43
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 22 12 2 8 33 28 11 6 1 4 15 11 11 6 1 4 18 17 5 38
4 Club Brugge II 22 10 6 6 38 30 11 7 3 1 22 12 11 3 3 5 16 18 8 36
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 22 11 3 8 42 42 11 7 1 3 25 18 11 4 2 5 17 24 0 36
6 RSC Anderlecht II 22 9 7 6 42 35 11 3 5 3 18 15 11 6 2 3 24 20 7 34
7 Lommel United 22 10 2 10 33 36 11 4 1 6 13 18 11 6 1 4 20 18 -3 32
8 Deinze 22 9 3 10 29 33 11 6 1 4 22 19 11 3 2 6 7 14 -4 30
9 KRC Genk II 22 5 5 12 28 40 11 3 3 5 15 17 11 2 2 7 13 23 -12 20
10 Dender 22 5 4 13 27 40 11 2 0 9 13 24 11 3 4 4 14 16 -13 19
11 Standard Liege II 22 4 7 11 25 43 11 1 5 5 14 24 11 3 2 6 11 19 -18 19
12 Excelsior Virton 22 2 8 12 21 38 11 0 5 6 7 15 11 2 3 6 14 23 -17 14

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