Pro League preview: Can Anderlecht edge out victory against Westerlo?

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

Anderlecht confront Westerlo for prestige and victory.

This promises to be an exciting game with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Anderlecht form and stats

The hosts won their first Pro League game here at Lotto Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Anderlecht last season were 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 17 games.

The Anderlecht goalkeeper Maxime Dupe is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pro League.

Anderlecht are returning here after visiting Sint-Truiden and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. N'Diaye scored the goal(s). Defender N'Diaye got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. N'Diaye scored one goal and won 6 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match, Anderlecht won a home game hosting Antwerp (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Anderlecht handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

At Lotto Park, Anderlecht has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Westerlo form and stats

One match played away so far in the Pro League for Westerlo and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from 17 games.

Westerlo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Gent proved too strong as Westerlo slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Het Kuipje. Westerlo goalkeeper Bolat had a first-class shift versus Gent, but despite registering six saves the loss could not be evaded. Midfield player Madsen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Madsen scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 49 total).

A 0-1 loss hosting Club Brugge before that.

We have checked recent matches where Westerlo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Westerlo has managed {2 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Anderlecht wins - draws - Westerlo wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WesterloN. Hautorp Madsen
N. Hautorp Madsen
2 goals
AnderlechtM. Ndiaye
M. Ndiaye
1 goals
AnderlechtK. Dolberg
K. Dolberg
1 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Westerlo missing players

Anderlecht Westerlo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
2 1 0 Scored S 2 2 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
2.3 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4
5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 1 5.3
2.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 22 22 16.3
2.3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 4.3
29% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 23%
 
10.3 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13 17
3.7 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 7.7
Anderlecht Last season Westerlo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 17   Played P   20 40
13 6   Won W   6 15
7 4   Drew D   6 10
13 7   Lost L   8 15
49 27   Scored S   24 71
41 23   Conceded C   34 68
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
67% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 88%
48% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 57%
39% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 42%
18% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 30%
48% 53%   BTTS BTTS   55% 60%
33% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 28%
27% 35%   Failed to Score F T   25% 18%
 
5.4 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.7
4.1 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.8
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.6
5 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.7 14.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 11.7
4.6 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 4.3
32% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 42%
 
11.4 10   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 13.9
4 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 9
2 Gent 3 3 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 9
3 Club Brugge 3 2 1 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 6 7
4 Antwerp 3 2 0 1 7 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 6
5 Genk 3 2 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 6
6 Sint-Truiden 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
7 Anderlecht 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
8 RWDM 3 2 0 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 6
9 AS Eupen 3 1 1 1 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 -4 4
10 Cercle Brugge 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Sporting Charleroi 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
12 Mechelen 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
13 Standard Liège 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
14 Westerlo 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
15 OH Leuven 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 6 -5 1
16 Kortrijk 3 0 0 3 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 9 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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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.