Betting preview: RSC Anderlecht II vs Beerschot-Wilrijk should be interesting

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Competition: Belgium Challenger Pro League
Competition: Fri 05.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

High flying Beerschot-Wilrijk arrive at RSC Anderlecht II after their 0-3-result versus Waasland-Beveren. Get out our thorough match preview!

Insights:
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Challenger Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Challenger Pro League

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

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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RSC Anderlecht II form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what RSC Anderlecht II have to build on here at Lotto Park in the Challenger Pro League. With seven home Challenger Pro League games in a row without a win, the Anderlecht fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

RSC Anderlecht II travelled for their previous game, a trip to Club Brugge II that ended 0-0.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Lierse Kempenzonen.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 16 of the 20 most recent league games with this team has had at least three goals.

RSC Anderlecht II have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Lotto Park with 18 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Anderlecht's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

Playing away, Beerschot-Wilrijk have won 6 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Challenger Pro League this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Beerschot-Wilrijk's last three away games as they have all been lost.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Beerschot-Wilrijk, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Waasland-Beveren.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Club Brugge II.

Highlight this: 8 of the latest 10 league games involving this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The travelling fans enjoy Beerschot-Wilrijk's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Beerschot-Wilrijk's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled before this season: Beerschot-Wilrijk - RSC Anderlecht II 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): RSC Anderlecht II one win, one draw and Beerschot-Wilrijk one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtL. Stassin
L. Stassin
15 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkT. Baeten
T. Baeten
12 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkT. Verlinden
T. Verlinden
5 goals

RSC Anderlecht II missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

RSC Anderlecht II Beerschot-Wilrijk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 6 Played P 4 15 30
9 3 0 Won W 2 7 14
10 6 2 Drew D 0 1 4
11 6 4 Lost L 2 7 12
46 21 5 Scored S 6 20 40
53 27 15 Conceded C 5 26 39
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
90% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 87% 73%
73% 73% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 53%
53% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 27%
20% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 13%
67% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 47%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 7% 27%
23% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 30%
 
5 4.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.6 6
4.9 4.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.4 3.8
1.7 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
12.2 12.8 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.8 13.1
5.6 5.3 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.7 5.3
28% 26% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 25%
 
11.8 10.2 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8.7 9.4
5.7 4.8 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.3 4
Key stats in Challenger Pro League this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Challenger Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Challenger Pro League
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Challenger Pro League
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most matches over the total-line (22) 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 Liège 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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The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.