The Waasland-Beveren & Beerschot-Wilrijk bosses Decker and Wieland are both fearful of and feeling excited about this crucial game in the higher part of the Challenger Pro League table.
- Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals (52) in Challenger Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Challenger Pro League
Waasland-Beveren are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 2nd place whatever happens now. Beerschot-Wilrijk have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 3rd 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 Waasland-Beveren and Beerschot-Wilrijk.
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
Waasland-Beveren are steadily winning Challenger Pro League games and points here at Freethiel-Stadion. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. Ever since the Lommel United game Waasland-Beveren has been unbeatable here at Freethiel-Stadion producing seven straight wins.
A nice win for Waasland-Beveren last time playing, versus Beerschot-Wilrijk. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Barry and Bezua (2) scoring for the victors.
Before that, Waasland-Beveren played out a draw 1-1 when visiting RWDM.Waasland-Beveren are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (29 goals in 11 games).
Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats
6-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Beerschot-Wilrijk in their Challenger Pro League matches away. 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.
Beerschot-Wilrijk play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Waasland-Beveren.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Club Brugge II.Stats flash: 8 of the last 10 league matches involving this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
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
Waasland-Beveren and Beerschot-Wilrijk have played each other earlier this season: Waasland-Beveren - Beerschot-Wilrijk 3-0. The ref got to use his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was den Bergh (Beerschot-Wilrijk). Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - one - four (Waasland-Beveren wins - draws - Beerschot-Wilrijk wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Barry 18 goals |  D. Mbokani Bezua 12 goals |  T. Baeten 12 goals |
Waasland-Beveren missing players
Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players
| Waasland-Beveren | Beerschot-Wilrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 18 | 12 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 69 | 40 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 20 | 40 |
| 31 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 26 | 39 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 87% | 93% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 73% |
| 70% | 73% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 73% | 53% |
| 47% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 27% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 57% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 47% |
| 37% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 27% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 30% |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.4 | 12.1 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 11.8 | 13.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 44% | 49% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 29% | 25% |
| 9 | 8.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4 |
- 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.
- Waasland-Beveren have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Waasland-Beveren have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Waasland-Beveren have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Waasland-Beveren have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in Challenger Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have the most clean sheets (11) in Challenger Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have the most points from losing position (17) in Challenger Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals (29) at home in Challenger Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals (52) in Challenger Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in Challenger Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Challenger Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have the the best goal difference (+27) in Challenger Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Waasland-Beveren is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 |
