Betting preview: Excelsior Virton vs RSC Anderlecht II should be interesting

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yvan Georges (3765 seats)

First Division B: Excelsior Virton are 13 points behind RSC Anderlecht II, but are fully set to go full throttle. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest points (5) at home in First Division B
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in First Division B

Excelsior have had a bad season and will be relegated from First Division B.

Excelsior Virton and RSC Anderlecht II should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Excelsior Virton form and stats

Excelsior Virton's results here at Stade Yvan Georges in the First Division B have been very modest with 0 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. With nine home First Division B games in a row without a win, the Excelsior Virton fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

Excelsior Virton enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Dender's place. The match ended 4-3. This was their first victory after 13 consecutive league games not winning! As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Before that, Excelsior drew at home versus Waasland-Beveren.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Excelsior Virton here at Stade Yvan Georges in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Excelsior Virton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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RSC Anderlecht II form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of RSC Anderlecht II playing as the away team in the First Division B this season. Anderlecht seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in RSC Anderlecht II's previous match, the home game that ended 3-3 vs Lierse Kempenzonen (placed 4th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Lierse Kempenzonen was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against RWDM.

Take note that 12 of this club's 14 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Anderlecht have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

RSC Anderlecht II - Excelsior Virton 3-1 was the output when these two participants last played each other, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

RSC Anderlecht IIL. Stassin
L. Stassin
12 goals
Excelsior VirtonS. Anne
S. Anne
7 goals
Excelsior VirtonY. Mabella
Y. Mabella
3 goals

Excelsior Virton missing players

RSC Anderlecht II missing players

Excelsior Virton RSC Anderlecht II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
2 0 0 Won W 1 4 7
8 5 1 Drew D 0 2 6
9 4 2 Lost L 2 3 6
20 6 3 Scored S 6 18 34
33 11 5 Conceded C 6 17 30
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
74% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
53% 22% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 89% 74%
37% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 67% 47%
11% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 21%
63% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 74%
16% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
32% 56% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
3.7 3.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.1 4.7
4.7 3.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.3 4.9
2.2 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.9 7.1 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 11.3 12.5
3.6 2.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 5.9 6
27% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 34% 30%
 
11.7 9.9 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14.8 12.7
5.3 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 7 5.6
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of RSC Anderlecht II's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest points (5) at home in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have yet to win a game at home.
  • RSC Anderlecht II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RSC Anderlecht II have scored at least twice as many goals away as Excelsior Virton have scored home.
  • RSC Anderlecht II have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in First Division B
  • RSC Anderlecht II haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Waasland-Beveren 19 11 5 3 43 19 10 7 2 1 24 9 9 4 3 2 19 10 24 38
2 RWDM 19 11 4 4 35 19 10 7 2 1 22 8 9 4 2 3 13 11 16 37
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 19 11 2 6 30 24 9 5 1 3 12 8 10 6 1 3 18 16 6 35
4 Lierse Kempenzonen 18 9 3 6 38 39 9 6 1 2 23 16 9 3 2 4 15 23 -1 30
5 Lommel United 19 10 0 9 30 31 9 4 0 5 12 15 10 6 0 4 18 16 -1 30
6 Club Brugge II 18 8 5 5 35 28 9 5 3 1 20 12 9 3 2 4 15 16 7 29
7 RSC Anderlecht II 19 7 6 6 34 30 10 3 4 3 16 13 9 4 2 3 18 17 4 27
8 Deinze 19 7 3 9 24 29 9 5 1 3 18 15 10 2 2 6 6 14 -5 24
9 Dender 19 5 3 11 24 33 10 2 0 8 13 23 9 3 3 3 11 10 -9 18
10 Standard Liege II 18 4 4 10 20 36 9 1 3 5 12 22 9 3 1 5 8 14 -16 16
11 KRC Genk II 18 4 3 11 21 33 9 3 1 5 11 13 9 1 2 6 10 20 -12 15
12 Excelsior Virton 19 2 8 9 20 33 9 0 5 4 6 11 10 2 3 5 14 22 -13 14

Read more about First Division B

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.