AS Eupen expected to fight losing battle when facing Antwerp

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Antwerp are probable winners of this home fixture vs AS Eupen, if the league table is to be trusted. Or could we be in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen have won significantly more corners away than at home.

These are active days for the hosts, as they had a match only four days ago in the Champions League. This match was also played here at Bosuilstadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, AS Eupen have had more rest.

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Antwerp form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Antwerp at their home stadium (Bosuilstadion) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Antwerp.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 276 minutes without scoring a league goal. Muja was the last player to find the net. The Antwerp goalkeeper Jean Butez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 363 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pro League.

Antwerp's previous game was also a home event, the loss 2-3 against Shakhtar Donetsk (in Champions League). Midfield player Vermeeren got a match rating of 8.2 in that game, the max score being 10. Vermeeren signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 42 total).

0-0 away at Mechelen before that.

Antwerp have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bosuilstadion with 7 goals in 4 league matches.

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AS Eupen form and stats

The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. With the AS Eupen losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Home advantage was not enough for Eupen in their previous game as they lost hosting Anderlecht, 1-3. Attacker Pantović got a player rating of 7.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Pantović hit three key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gent wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

AS Eupen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

The 5 most recent fixtures involving these opponents have all finished as Antwerp wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpV. Janssen
V. Janssen
5 goals
AntwerpA. Muja
A. Muja
2 goals
AS EupenG. Magnée
G. Magnée
2 goals

Antwerp missing players

AS Eupen missing players

Antwerp AS Eupen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
3 2 1 Won W 0 2 3
5 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 5
13 7 6 Scored S 1 5 12
4 0 0 Conceded C 2 4 18
67% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
44% 25% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 78%
33% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 78%
22% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 67%
11% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
22% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 67%
67% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 11%
44% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
6.8 6.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 4.2
4 2.2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 5.1
1 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.7 17 25 Shots (avg) S ( 18 11.8 11.9
4.6 5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.7
32% 35% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 36%
 
9.9 5.8 4 Shots against (avg) S A 13 19 18.7
2.3 1.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.8 5.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Antwerp have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
  • Antwerp have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (6) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  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 9 6 1 2 18 12 5 3 1 1 12 6 4 3 0 1 6 6 6 19
2 Gent 9 5 4 0 15 9 4 3 1 0 9 6 5 2 3 0 6 3 6 19
3 Anderlecht 9 5 3 1 13 9 4 3 1 0 6 3 5 2 2 1 7 6 4 18
4 Club Brugge 9 4 4 1 22 9 5 2 3 0 14 6 4 2 1 1 8 3 13 16
5 Antwerp 9 3 5 1 13 4 4 2 2 0 7 0 5 1 3 1 6 4 9 14
6 Genk 9 3 5 1 15 9 5 0 4 1 7 8 4 3 1 0 8 1 6 14
7 Sint-Truiden 9 3 4 2 11 10 4 2 0 2 3 3 5 1 4 0 8 7 1 13
8 Cercle Brugge 9 4 0 5 9 9 4 2 0 2 4 4 5 2 0 3 5 5 0 12
9 RWDM 9 3 3 3 10 18 5 2 1 2 6 9 4 1 2 1 4 9 -8 12
10 Mechelen 9 3 2 4 10 9 5 2 1 2 6 3 4 1 1 2 4 6 1 11
11 Standard Liege 9 2 4 3 8 8 4 0 2 2 1 3 5 2 2 1 7 5 0 10
12 AS Eupen 9 3 1 5 12 18 5 1 1 3 7 14 4 2 0 2 5 4 -6 10
13 OH Leuven 9 2 3 4 12 16 5 1 2 2 7 6 4 1 1 2 5 10 -4 9
14 Sporting Charleroi 9 1 4 4 8 14 4 1 3 0 4 3 5 0 1 4 4 11 -6 7
15 Kortrijk 9 1 2 6 8 21 5 1 2 2 6 8 4 0 0 4 2 13 -13 5
16 Westerlo 9 0 3 6 10 19 4 0 0 4 3 10 5 0 3 2 7 9 -9 3

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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.