Balanced ball game between Dender and RSC Anderlecht II expected

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 20.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Van Roystadion (6429 seats)

Struggling Dender are keen to pull off a surprise victory when they play top side RSC Anderlecht II in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 10th vs 4th and the home regulars will have not-so-high expectations.

Insights:
  • Dender have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in First Division B
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most points (14) away in First Division B

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 Dender and RSC Anderlecht II.

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Dender form and stats

Dender's results here at Van Roystadion in the First Division B have been very modest with 1 victory, 0 draws and 5 defeats.

Dender drew their last game, also a home match. RSC Anderlecht II (placed 4th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

1-1 away at Standard Liege II before that.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 13 league games, 10 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Dender with 14 goals conceded in these matches.

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RSC Anderlecht II form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the First Division B. Two points from the last two away games for Anderlecht, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

RSC Anderlecht II are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Dender (placed 10th).

A 2-2 draw at Club Brugge II's stadium before that.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

The RSC Anderlecht II manager Veldeman has got the team scoring on the road, with 16 away goals in 7 league matches. In the opposite end, Anderlecht have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the final score RSC Anderlecht II - Dender 0-2 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

RSC Anderlecht IIL. Stassin
L. Stassin
9 goals
DenderM. Lallemand
M. Lallemand
3 goals
DenderN. Rajsel
N. Rajsel
3 goals

Dender missing players

RSC Anderlecht II missing players

Dender RSC Anderlecht II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 8 14
4 1 0 Won W 1 4 6
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
6 5 2 Lost L 1 1 2
15 6 0 Scored S 5 16 25
18 14 4 Conceded C 4 11 17
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 86%
71% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 86%
29% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 64%
21% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 62% 50%
21% 43% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 14%
43% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 64%
29% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
36% 57% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 21%
 
3.9 4.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.2 4.1
3.8 3.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.8 4.4
1.7 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.7
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.2 10.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9.9 11.4
3.7 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.2 5.4
29% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 38% 33%
 
9.6 11 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.1 11.9
4.1 4.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 6 4.9
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Dender have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Dender have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dender have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in First Division B
  • Dender have the fewest points (3) at home in First Division B
  • Dender have the most matches under the total-line (9) in First Division B
  • Dender have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in First Division B
  • RSC Anderlecht II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RSC Anderlecht II have scored at least twice as many goals away as Dender have scored home.
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most points (14) away in First Division B
  • RSC Anderlecht II have the most scored goals (16) away in First Division B
  • RSC Anderlecht II have won significantly less corners away then 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 Waasland-Beveren 14 8 4 2 31 14 7 5 2 0 16 5 7 3 2 2 15 9 17 28
2 RWDM 14 8 4 2 28 12 7 5 2 0 17 4 7 3 2 2 11 8 16 28
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 14 8 2 4 22 16 8 4 1 3 11 8 6 4 1 1 11 8 6 26
4 RSC Anderlecht II 13 6 5 2 25 17 6 2 3 1 9 6 7 4 2 1 16 11 8 23
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 14 7 1 6 27 31 7 5 0 2 19 13 7 2 1 4 8 18 -4 22
6 Deinze 14 5 3 6 17 19 7 4 1 2 14 9 7 1 2 4 3 10 -2 18
7 Lommel United 14 6 0 8 21 27 8 3 0 5 11 15 6 3 0 3 10 12 -6 18
8 Club Brugge II 14 4 5 5 25 25 7 3 3 1 14 10 7 1 2 4 11 15 0 17
9 Standard Liege II 14 4 4 6 17 26 6 1 3 2 9 13 8 3 1 4 8 13 -9 16
10 Dender 13 4 3 6 15 18 6 1 0 5 6 14 7 3 3 1 9 4 -3 15
11 Excelsior Virton 14 1 6 7 13 24 7 0 4 3 6 10 7 1 2 4 7 14 -11 9
12 KRC Genk II 14 2 3 9 17 29 7 2 1 4 8 11 7 0 2 5 9 18 -12 9

Read more about First Division B

The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.