Football preview: Home fans have big expectations when Antwerp receive AS Eupen

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

A win is the only result that will suffice for the Antwerp supporters in this Bosuilstadion battle with AS Eupen, as they have a healthy lead on them in the Pro League standings.

Insights:
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (13) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Pro League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Antwerp form and stats

Antwerp have performed here at Bosuilstadion this season with 9 wins from 12 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Antwerp, as their goalkeeper Jean Butez has completely shut out the opponents for 320 minutes in the Pro League.

A good away victory last time out for Antwerp, who won 1-0 against Genk (placed 1st). The striker Janssen was declared "man of the match" for Antwerp with the rating of 7.6/10. Janssen hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Club Brugge.

Goals decide football matches and Antwerp are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 12 league matches. Antwerp are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bosuilstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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AS Eupen form and stats

There's been little loot from AS Eupen's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Pro League. AS Eupen only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

Eupen go into this game after a win, the home game against Mechelen that ended 2-1. Hooray; their first victory in the league after six rounds not winning. Baiye came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Mechelen last time out, making the manager Still feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Baiye was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. Baiye scored one goal.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Westerlo.

You'll want to know how AS Eupen managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 4 home wins.

Take note! Both teams have scored in 11 of this club's last 14 league matches.

The visiting AS Eupen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. The Eupen manager Still has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels. AS Eupen has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent meetings involving these two teams have all ended as Antwerp wins. Another one?

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the records show this recent match: AS Eupen - Antwerp 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpV. Janssen
V. Janssen
14 goals
AS EupenS. Peeters
S. Peeters
6 goals
AS EupenK. Jocelyn N’dri
K. Jocelyn N’dri
6 goals

Antwerp missing players

AS Eupen missing players

Antwerp AS Eupen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 2 12 25
15 9 3 Won W 0 3 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 2 7 14
43 26 6 Scored S 3 17 32
23 9 1 Conceded C 7 28 49
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 76%
52% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 56%
24% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 36%
16% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 20%
36% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 64%
52% 58% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 16%
24% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 20%
 
4.6 4.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.5 4.9
4.4 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.4 5.7
1.8 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
12.6 14 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.7 11.9
4.6 4.6 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 3.8
37% 47% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 42% 34%
 
10.3 8.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 15.5 14.4
3.2 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.5 5.5 4.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AS Eupen have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (13) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (7) at home in 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 Genk 25 20 2 3 60 23 13 11 1 1 33 10 12 9 1 2 27 13 37 62
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 25 17 5 3 51 25 12 9 2 1 23 8 13 8 3 2 28 17 26 56
3 Antwerp 25 15 5 5 43 23 12 9 2 1 26 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 20 50
4 Club Brugge 25 11 9 5 43 30 13 6 6 1 27 15 12 5 3 4 16 15 13 42
5 Gent 25 11 6 8 44 30 12 6 3 3 20 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 14 39
6 Standard Liege 25 11 5 9 38 32 13 7 2 4 25 14 12 4 3 5 13 18 6 38
7 Westerlo 25 10 6 9 48 43 13 6 3 4 31 20 12 4 3 5 17 23 5 36
8 Cercle Brugge 25 9 8 8 33 33 12 5 5 2 20 13 13 4 3 6 13 20 0 35
9 Sint-Truiden 25 9 8 8 26 28 12 4 3 5 11 14 13 5 5 3 15 14 -2 35
10 Anderlecht 25 10 4 11 36 33 13 5 2 6 21 18 12 5 2 5 15 15 3 34
11 OH Leuven 25 8 8 9 38 36 12 4 4 4 17 16 13 4 4 5 21 20 2 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 24 9 4 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 12 4 3 5 16 20 -4 31
13 Mechelen 24 7 5 12 33 44 13 6 4 3 25 21 11 1 1 9 8 23 -11 26
14 AS Eupen 25 7 4 14 32 49 13 4 2 7 15 21 12 3 2 7 17 28 -17 25
15 Kortrijk 25 7 4 14 28 45 12 3 3 6 11 22 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 25
16 Zulte-Waregem 25 5 6 14 31 53 13 3 3 7 20 32 12 2 3 7 11 21 -22 21
17 KV Oostende 25 5 4 16 26 54 12 4 0 8 13 24 13 1 4 8 13 30 -28 19
18 RFC Seraing 25 5 3 17 23 48 12 1 2 9 6 18 13 4 1 8 17 30 -25 18

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.