Anderlecht welcome Kortrijk as obvious favourites: Full preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 18.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

Let's all look at Anderlecht - Kortrijk! Even with their varied results, this game could be awesome!

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

These are active days for the hosts, as they had a game only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at FCSB.

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Anderlecht form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Anderlecht at their home stadium (Lotto Park) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The Anderlecht coach Mazzù and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus FCSB in the Europa Conference League. Vertonghen, defender, was given a rating of 7.3/10 in that game, top of the team. Vertonghen won 5 of 8 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Westerlo in the Pro League.

Anderlecht are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 4 and lost 0.

Anderlecht have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Lotto Park with 7 goals in 4 league matches.

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Kortrijk form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

The manager Belhocine was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Guldensporenstadion. Kortrijk suffered a 1-4 loss to Mechelen (placed 10th). Dessoleil, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.03. Dessoleil won 3 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus AS Eupen at their stadium, the result 1-0.

4 goals so far away for Kortrijk, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 4 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Anderlecht won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Kortrijk have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtF. Soares Silva
F. Soares Silva
4 goals
AnderlechtF. Amuzu
F. Amuzu
2 goals
AnderlechtM. Murillo Bermudez
M. Murillo Bermudez
1 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Anderlecht Kortrijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 4 8
3 2 2 Won W 0 2 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
4 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
12 7 5 Scored S 1 4 5
9 4 1 Conceded C 2 4 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
62% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 38%
25% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 38%
25% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 38%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 38%
 
5.6 6.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.8 4.4
4.1 2.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 7.8 6.6
2 1.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
12.4 15 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.5 10.6
4.1 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.2 2.8
36% 39% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 44% 23%
 
10.6 8.8 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17 22.2 18.9
3.9 3 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 4.2 4.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have scored more than double the goals of Kortrijk.
  • Anderlecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kortrijk have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Kortrijk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kortrijk 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 Antwerp 8 8 0 0 19 5 4 4 0 0 12 4 4 4 0 0 7 1 14 24
2 Genk 8 6 1 1 21 9 4 3 1 0 9 4 4 3 0 1 12 5 12 19
3 Club Brugge 8 6 1 1 19 7 4 3 1 0 10 4 4 3 0 1 9 3 12 19
4 OH Leuven 8 5 1 2 16 13 4 3 0 1 7 6 4 2 1 1 9 7 3 16
5 Gent 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 14
6 Standard Liege 8 4 1 3 12 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 2 6 8 -1 13
7 Union Saint-Gilloise 8 4 1 3 12 13 4 3 0 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 6 9 -1 13
8 Sporting Charleroi 8 4 0 4 13 13 4 2 0 2 7 8 4 2 0 2 6 5 0 12
9 Anderlecht 8 3 1 4 12 9 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 1 0 3 5 5 3 10
10 Mechelen 8 3 1 4 16 15 4 2 0 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 10
11 Sint-Truiden 8 2 4 2 7 8 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 1 3 0 2 1 -1 10
12 Westerlo 8 3 0 5 13 16 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 4 5 12 -3 9
13 KV Oostende 8 3 0 5 8 11 4 2 0 2 4 5 4 1 0 3 4 6 -3 9
14 Kortrijk 8 2 1 5 5 11 4 0 1 3 1 7 4 2 0 2 4 4 -6 7
15 AS Eupen 8 2 0 6 7 14 4 1 0 3 3 6 4 1 0 3 4 8 -7 6
16 RFC Seraing 8 2 0 6 7 16 4 0 0 4 0 8 4 2 0 2 7 8 -9 6
17 Zulte-Waregem 8 1 2 5 7 15 4 1 0 3 5 10 4 0 2 2 2 5 -8 5
18 Cercle Brugge 8 1 2 5 3 13 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 0 0 4 1 10 -10 5

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.