National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's RFC Seraing or Anderlecht that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for RFC Seraing and Anderlecht.
RFC Seraing form and stats
Seraing was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Belgian Cup.The story so far in the Pro League for RFC Seraing at their home stadium (Stade du Pairay) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Seraing's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Sint-Truiden. The home side are looking to build on that result. Goalkeeper Guillaume Dietsch got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.02 out of ten. Dietsch stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that match, a Pro League win away at OH Leuven.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Seraing as they are travelling to their away game against Club Brugge in the Pro League. That match is four days after this one.
The RFC Seraing fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Seraing have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Anderlecht form and stats
They also participated in Belgian Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Playing away, Anderlecht have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pro League this season.
Two travels in a row for Anderlecht, whose manager V. Kompany could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against Sporting Charleroi. Sergio Gómez, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.95. Gómez scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Kortrijk.Anderlecht have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Anderlecht in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Mikautadze 7 goals |  Y. Maziz 6 goals |   J. Zirkzee 6 goals |
RFC Seraing missing players
Anderlecht missing players
| RFC Seraing | Anderlecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 22 | 52 | ||
| 34 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | ||
| 11 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 24 | 34 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | AS Eupen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Gent | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 10 | Genk | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 21 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 17 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 9 |